DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18207634
title: Elite Twitter Activity and Hashtag Dataset (2010–2021): Politicians, Business Leaders, and Celebrities

description: Overview

This dataset contains longitudinal metadata on Twitter activity from 102 globally visible elite public figures spanning politics, business, and entertainment. The dataset supports research on elite communication dynamics, hashtag usage, temporal activity patterns, and behavioral responses to major societal events, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

To ensure ethical sharing and compliance with platform policies, all privacy-sensitive information and tweet text have been removed. Only tweet identifiers and derived metadata are provided. Users may rehydrate tweet content using the Twitter API, subject to platform terms of service.

 

Dataset Structure

The dataset is organized into three top-level folders based on elite domain:







 



/Businessmen
/Celebrities
/Politicians



Each folder contains one Excel file per elite individual.File names correspond to the elite’s name with no spaces (e.g., BillGates.xlsx, TaylorSwift.xlsx).

 

Elite Sample and Account Coverage

The dataset covers 103 globally visible elite public figures distributed across three domains: Politicians and World Leaders (24), Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (22), and Entertainers and Celebrities (56). 

The dataset is organized into three top-level folders based on elite domain:



/Businessmen
/Celebrities
/Politicians


Each folder contains one Excel file per elite individual.File names correspond to the elite’s name with no spaces (e.g., BillGates.xlsx, TaylorSwift.xlsx).

To facilitate transparency and reproducibility, the tables below list all elites included in the dataset together with their public Twitter identifiers and approximate follower counts. Follower counts reflect publicly reported values as of November 2025 and are provided for descriptive reference only; the dataset itself contains no follower metadata or personal content.

🏛️ Politicians and World Leaders (24)








Name
Twitter ID
Followers




Abdelfattah Elsisi
@AlsisiOfficial
6.3M


Alberto Fernández
@alferdez
2.2M


Barack Obama
@BarackObama
129M


Benjamin Netanyahu
@netanyahu
3.5M


Boris Johnson
@BorisJohnson
4.5M


Emmanuel Macron
@EmmanuelMacron
10.2M


Imran Khan
@ImranKhanPTI
21.2M


Ivan Duque
@IvanDuque
2.6M


Jair Bolsonaro
@jairbolsonaro
14.1M


Joko Widodo
@jokowi
21.7M


Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeau
6.6M


Kaguta Museveni
@KagutaMuseveni
3.6M


King Salman
@KingSalman
10.2M


Lopez Obrador
@lopezobrador_
11M


Mohammed AlMaktoum
@HHShkMohd
10.9M


Moon Jaein
@moonriver365
2.1M


Muhammadu Buhari
@MBuhari
4.5M


Nana Akufo-Addo
@NAkufoAddo
2.7M


Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
108.6M


Nicolas Maduro
@NicolasMaduro
4.7M


Paul Kagame
@PaulKagame
3.3M


Queen Rania
@QueenRania
9.7M


Sebastian Piñera
@sebastianpinera
2.3M


Tayyip Erdogan
@RTErdogan
21.3M






💼 Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (22)








Name
Twitter ID
Followers




Bill Gates
@BillGates
66.0M


Elon Musk
@elonmusk
228.5M


Eric Yuan
@ericsyuan
86.8K


Jack Dorsey
@jack
6.4M


Joe Gebbia
@jgebbia
206.1K


John Collison
@collision
208.5K


Ken Fisher
@KennethLFisher
428.3K


Marc Benioff
@Benioff
1.1M


Melinda Gates
@melindagates
2.4M


Michael Dell
@MichaelDell
796.1K


Micky Arison
@MickyArison
184.8K


Mike Bloomberg
@MikeBloomberg
2.5M


Mike Brookes
@mcannonbrookes
105.1K


Orlando Bravo
@OrlandoBravoTB
44.1K


Patrick Collison
@patrickc
572K


Ralph Lauren
@RalphLauren
2.2M


Ricardo Salinas
@RicardoBSalinas
2.1M


Samuel Bankman
@SBF_FTX
996.8K


Tilman Fertitta
@TilmanJFertitta
103.8K


Tim Sweeney
@TimSweeneyEpic
316.1K


Tobi Lütke
@tobi
424.1K


Vinod Khosla
@vkhosla
686.5K






🎭 Entertainers and Celebrities (56)








Name
Twitter ID
Followers




Adele Adkins
@Adele
25.5M


Alecia Beth (Pink)
@Pink
28.7M


Alicia Keys
@aliciakeys
27.7M


Armando Perez (Pitbull)
@pitbull
22.8M


Britney Spears
@britneyspears
51.6M


Bruno Mars
@BrunoMars
40.9M


Chris Brown
@chrisbrown
30.5M


Demi Lovato
@ddlovato
50M


Drake Graham
@Drake
37.8M


Harry Styles
@Harry_Styles
35.3M


Jennifer Lopez
@JLo
42.2M


Justin Bieber
@justinbieber
105.7M


Justin Timberlake
@jtimberlake
57.4M


Kanye West
@kanyewest
32.7M


Katy Perry
@katyperry
101.3M


Lady Gaga
@ladygaga
79.7M


Liam Payne
@LiamPayne
31.6M


Lil Wayne
@LilTunechi
32.9M


Louis Tomlinson
@Louis_Tomlinson
33.5M


Miley Cyrus
@MileyCyrus
44.6M


Niall Horan
@NiallOfficial
38.2M


Nicki Minaj
@NICKIMINAJ
27.8M


Robyn Rihanna
@rihanna
105.8M


Shakira Ripoll
@shakira
51.3M


Shawn Mendes
@ShawnMendes
25.2M


Taylor Swift
@taylorswift13
91.4M


Wiz Khalifa
@wizkhalifa
34.7M


Zayn Malik
@zaynmalik
29.2M


Akshay Kumar
@akshaykumar
46.6M


Amitabh Bachchan
@SrBachchan
48.3M


Deepika Padukone
@deepikapadukone
25.7M


Emma Watson
@EmmaWatson
25.8M


Hrithik Roshan
@iHrithik
31.8M


Priyanka Chopra
@priyankachopra
26.8M


Salman Khan
@BeingSalmanKhan
45.2M


Selena Gomez
@selenagomez
63.6M


Shah Rukh Khan
@iamsrk
43.5M


Andres Iniesta
@andresiniesta8
24.3M


Cristiano Ronaldo
@Cristiano
114.2M


LeBron James
@KingJames
52M


Mesut Ozil
@M10
25.3M


Neymar Junior
@neymarjr
62.9M


Ricardo Kaká
@KAKA
27.4M


Sachin Tendulkar
@sachin_rt
40.5M


Virat Kohli
@imVkohli
67.5M


Conan O’Brien
@ConanOBrien
26.1M


Jimmy Fallon
@jimmyfallon
47.8M


Kevin Hart
@KevinHart4real
35.2M


Oprah Winfrey
@Oprah
39.4M


Patrick Harris
@ActuallyNPH
23.1M


Whindersson Nunes
@whindersson
27.6M


Kendall Jenner
@KendallJenner
30.6M


Khloe Kardashian
@khloekardashian
29.2M


Kim Kardashian
@KimKardashian
73.3M


Kourtney Kardashian
@kourtneykardash
25.2M


Kylie Jenner
@KylieJenner
38.9M






 

File Format

Each Excel file contains four columns:








Column Name
Description




creation_datetime
Timestamp of tweet creation (UTC).


hashtag
Hashtag(s) associated with the tweet (if any).


Tweet Type
Type of post: original tweet, retweet, quote tweet, or reply.


tweet_id
Unique tweet identifier issued by Twitter.






No tweet text, user mentions, URLs, or personal data are included.

 

Temporal Coverage





Start: 1 January 2010




End: 31 December 2021



The dataset captures long-run baseline communication patterns as well as pandemic-period dynamics.

 

Data Collection





Source: Twitter API v2 (Academic Research access).




Collection Unit: Individual elite accounts.




Aggregation: Each row corresponds to a single tweet event.



All preprocessing was conducted to remove potentially sensitive content while preserving reproducibility.