Knowing how to set up a search stream on twitter is very important if we want to see the conversations that actually interest us. Furthermore, comparing multiple streams allows us to analyse the activities of competitors.
In this article we will learn how to:
- Add a stream
- Use the advanced Twitter search filters
To add a search stream:
Step 1:
Click on the “+” button to add a new stream
Step 2:
Select the Social account
Step 3:
Select the “Search” button from the “Stream Type”
Step 4:
Enter any search query. For example @poweraddon (this allows us to listen to all the twitter containing the “PowerAddon” account)
The system will automatically load all the tweets that contain a mention to the @PowerAddon account
Twitter search queries and filters
Do not use commas to separate the search terms in your query. You can use spaces, which act like AND, so results will contain ALL the terms. Put OR between terms to pull results containing either term. See the filter table below for more options.
You can add filters to the end of your search queries to narrow your results. For example, you can search for tweets in a specific language, or from a specific user.
The query pizza lang:it min_retweets:5 min_faves:10 filter:images will display all tweets in Italian mentioning pizza that have at least 5 retweets, 10 likes and contain an image.
The Twitter search field supports up to 1,000 characters, but avoid using more than 10 keywords and filter operators.
Filter example |
Result |
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General | |||
Twitter search | containing both “twitter” AND “search” | ||
“poweraddon marketing” | containing the exact phrase “poweraddon marketing” | ||
pizza OR pasta | containing either “pizza” OR “pasta” (or both) | ||
(strawberry OR banana) milkshake | containing “strawberry milkshake” or “banana milkshake” | ||
-RT | excludes retweets | ||
super -man | containing “super” but not “man” | ||
#blackfriday | containing the hashtag “blackfriday” | ||
Users | |||
from:poweraddon | sent from user “poweraddon” | ||
to:invoke | sent to user “invoke” | ||
@poweraddon | mentioning user “poweraddon” | ||
filter:verified | containing tweets by verified users | ||
list:poweraddon/deals | containing tweets from the list “deals” by @poweraddon | ||
-from:@username | not containing tweets from a specific user | ||
Timeframe (within the last 7 days) | |||
ms since:2017-01-23 | containing “superhero” sent since “year-month-day” | ||
help until:2017-01-27 | containing “help” sent up to “year-month-day” | ||
Sentiment | |||
unicorns 🙂 | containing “unicorns” with a positive attitude | ||
broken 🙁 | containing “broken” and with a negative attitude | ||
recommend ? | containing “recommend” and asking a question | ||
Links and Media | |||
rainbows filter:links | containing “rainbows” and linking to URLs | ||
filter:images | containing all posts with images | ||
filter:links | containing all posts with links | ||
filter:videos | containing all posts with videos | ||
filter: media | containing all posts with videos or images | ||
Social Source | |||
instagram.com | containing Instagram content | ||
foursquare.com | containing Foursquare content | ||
twitpic | containing Twitpic content | ||
yfrog | containing yfrog content | ||
post.ly | containing Postly content | ||
source:Facebook | containing posts coming to Twitter from Facebook | ||
exclude:nativeretweets | does not include native retweets | ||
news source:twitterfeed | containing “news” and entered via TwitterFeed | ||
exclude:retweets | does not include regular RT retweets | ||
Minimum Result | |||
min_replies:5 | containing tweets with 5 or more replies | ||
min_retweets:30 | containing tweets with 30 or more retweets | ||
min_faves:100 | containing tweets with 100 or more likes | ||
Language | |||
Arabic | lang:ar | Danish | lang:da |
Dutch | lang:nl | English | lang:en |
Filipino | lang:fil | Finnish | lang:fi |
French | lang:fr | German | lang:de |
Greek | lang:el | Hindi | lang:hi |
Hungarian | lang:hu | Indonesian | lang:id |
Italian | lang:it | Japanese | lang:ja |
Korean | lang:ko | Malayalam | lang:ml |
Norwegian | lang:no | Polish | lang:pl |
Portuguese | lang:pt | Russian | lang:ru |
Simplified Chinese | lang:zh-cn | Spanish | lang:es |
Swedish | lang:sv | Tagalog | lang:tl |
Tamil | lang:ta | Thailand | lang:th |
Traditional Chinese | lang:zh-tw | Turkish | lang:tr |