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UFC 257 Social Media Commentary
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About
This dataset captures Twitter activity surrounding the UFC 257 event, a high-profile sporting occasion that took place on 24 January in the United Arab Emirates. The event garnered significant media attention, particularly due to the fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. Users, including famous personalities, experts, and ordinary sports fans, actively shared their opinions and information on Twitter using the #UFC257 hashtag. The data comprises the last 15,000 tweets gathered around 10:30 UTC that contained #UFC257 and were not retweets. This dataset is a valuable tool for text mining analyses, offering an engaging challenge for those interested in martial arts or social media text analysis. It facilitates inquiries into how users commented on the fight, the emotions expressed, and how content evolved before, during, and after the event.
Columns
The dataset consists of 15 columns, with each row representing a single tweet.
- Sequence number: An ordinal indicator for the tweet.
- text: The actual content of the tweet.
- favorited: A boolean variable, primarily set to 'false', indicating whether the tweet was favourited. This variable should be ignored for analysis.
- favoriteCount: The total number of likes a tweet received. Most tweets have fewer than 4041.90 likes, though some have significantly more, up to 80,838.
- replyToSN: The screen name ID of the user to whom the tweet is a response.
- created: The publication date and time of the tweet in UTC. All tweets in this dataset were published on 24 January 2021.
- truncated: Indicates if the tweet was truncated to the first 140 characters. Approximately 29% of tweets are truncated.
- replyToSID: The unique tweet ID to which the current tweet is a response.
- id: The unique identifier for the tweet itself. There are 14,903 unique tweet IDs in the dataset.
- replyToUID: The user ID of the individual to whom the tweet is a response.
Distribution
The dataset is structured with 15 columns, where each row represents an individual tweet. It contains the last 15,000 tweets related to UFC 257. The data files are typically in CSV format. The 'favorited' attribute shows 15,000 instances marked as 'false' and no 'true' instances. The 'favoriteCount' attribute indicates that nearly all records (14,984 out of 15,000) have a favorite count between 0 and 4041.90, with a few outliers reaching up to 80,838. All tweets were created on 24 January 2021. About 29% of the tweets are truncated. There are 14,903 unique tweet IDs.
Usage
This dataset is well-suited for training and performing text mining analyses. It presents an engaging challenge for enthusiasts of martial arts and users seeking new data for textual analysis. Potential applications include:
- Analysing user commentary on the fight.
- Identifying and categorising emotions expressed in tweets.
- Tracking changes in content during and after the fight.
- General sentiment analysis and social media trend analysis around live events.
Coverage
The dataset captures tweets related to the UFC 257 event, which occurred on 24 January 2021. While the event was held in the United Arab Emirates, the tweets themselves originate from media and users worldwide. The content includes opinions and information shared by various demographics, such as famous personalities, experts, and general sports fans. The dataset contains the last 15,000 tweets collected for the event.
License
CC0
Who Can Use It
- Data scientists and analysts: For text mining, natural language processing (NLP), and social media analysis.
- Sports enthusiasts and researchers: To understand fan engagement and sentiment around major sporting events.
- Marketing and media professionals: To analyse public reactions and trends related to event promotion and coverage.
- Academics and students: As a practical dataset for studies in computational linguistics, data science, and social media studies.
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- UFC257 Tweets Dataset
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Attributes
Original Data Source: UFC257 Tweets
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