Brandwatch

The table below gives information about all the data fields that you can import from Brandwatch.

The fields that you can fetch in Adverity are updated regularly to reflect updates to data source APIs. As a result, the fields shown here may not be the same as the fields available in Adverity. If you notice a difference between this documentation and the fields you see in Adverity, please contact your Adverity account manager for more information.

To see the fields you can collect from another data source, go back to the Available fields in Adverity overview.

Field UI name

Field API name

Description

Use in Adverity

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Account Type

Account Type is the type of account ('individual' or 'organisational') that a Twitter author has. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Author

Author is the nick name, user name or full name of the person who posted a mention. The name depends on the site on which it has been found.

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Author City

Author City is the city with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Author Continent

Author Continent is the continent with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Author Country

Author Country is the country with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Author County

Author County is the county with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Author State

Author State is the state with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Blog Comments

Blog Comments is the number of comments a blog has. This metric is specific to mentions from a blog page type and will be 0 for mentions originating from any other source.

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Category

A user-defined label that has one level of hierarchy associated with it which can be applied as metadata to a Mention. A single Category will be comprised of one or multiple Subcategories. A Category must have at least one Subcategory.

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Checked

Checked is part of the Brandwatch workflow functionality and can be used to indicate that a mention has been reviewed.

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City

City is the name of the city from which the mention originated.

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Continent

The continent from which the mention originated.

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Country

Country is the country from which the mention originated.

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Day

Chart by the days that mentions were from.

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Day of the Week

Chart by the day of week that mentions were from.

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Domains

Domain is the domain name of the website from which the mention originated.

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End Date

The end of the date range that contains the Mentions.

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Facebook Audience Comments

The number of Audiences' comments on facebook.

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Facebook Audience Posts

The number of Audiences' posts on facebook.

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Facebook Comments

The number of comments on facebook.

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Facebook Likes

The number of likes on facebook.

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Facebook Owner Comments

The number of Owners' comments on facebook.

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Facebook Owner Posts

The number of Owners' posts on facebook.

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Facebook Posts

Facebook Posts is the number of messages in the forum thread at the time the mention was found.

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Facebook Shares

Facebook Shares is number of times that a Facebook mention has been shared. This is a Facebook specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Facebook.

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Forum Posts

Forum Posts is the number of messages in the forum thread at the time the mention was found. This metric is specific to mentions from a forum page type and will be 0 for mentions originating from any other source.

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Forum Views

Form Views is the number of times the forum thread has been viewed by people at the time the mention was found. This metric is specific to mentions from a forum page type and will be 0 for mentions originating from any other source.

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Gender

Gender is the gender ('male' 'female' 'unknown') of an author. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 'unknown' for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Hour

Chart by the hours that mentions were from.

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Hour of Day

Chart by the hour of day that mentions were from.

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Impressions

Impressions is the potential number of viewers of a tweet. This is calculated by taking the sum of the followers of the account that originally posted a tweet and the followers of any accounts that retweeted it. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Influence

Influence is the Kred Influence score of the author of this mention at the time the mention was found (1-1000). This is a metric provided by an external data provider Kred. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Language

Language is the shortcode for the language in which the mention was written.

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Mention Volume

Mention volume of the brand.

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Mixed Category

Includes both promotion and prevention focused message frames.

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Month

Chart by the months that mentions were from.

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Net Sentiment

Aggregate by net sentiment score (-5 to +5).

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Outreach

Outreach is the Kred Outreach score of the author of this mention at the time the mention was found (1-12). This is a metric provided by an external data provider Kred. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Page Type

Page Type describes the kind of website the mention was found on e.g. a blog or forum.

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Parent Category

Name of the parent category.

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Priority

Priority is part of the Brandwatch workflow functionality and can be used to indicate the priority of a mention (e.g. 'high' 'medium' 'low'). If the mention has never been marked with a priority this field will be null.

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Profession

Profession is an array of the professions that are mentioned in the Twitter bio of the individual (not organization) that authored the mention. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be an empty list for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Project ID

An ID of the Project Name.

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Project Name

A silo within a Brandwatch user’s account to contain all their searches, settings and configurations.

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Query

A keyword-based search utilizing Boolean operators to scan for matching results across select social networks and publicly accessible open websites.

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Query Group

Chart by the query groups that mentions are stored in. Use when passing through specific Query Group IDs.

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Query ID

Query Id is the unique identifier for the query that the mention originated from in Brandwatch.

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Reach

Reach is the sum of the Influence of the author and all of the authors who have retweeted. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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Start Date

The beginning of the date range that contains the Mentions.

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State

State is the name of the state from which the mention originated.

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Tag

A simple user-defined label that can be applied as metadata to a Mention.

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Users who have been Assignee

Users who have been Assignee.

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Week

Chart by the weeks that mentions were from.

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added

Added is the date when the mention was added to the Brandwatch query (either by regular crawling or a backfill).

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assignment

Assignment is part of the Brandwatch workflow functionality and allows you to send a mention to another Brandwatch user to check.

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authorCityCode

Author City Code is the shortcode for the city with which a tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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authorCityName

The name of Author City.

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authorContinentCode

Author Continent Code is the shortcode for the continent with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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authorContinentName

The name of Author Continent.

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authorCountryCode

Author Country Code is the shortcode for the country with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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authorCountryName

The name of Author Country.

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authorCountyCode

Author County Code is the shortcode for the county with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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authorCountyName

The name of Author County.

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authorGender

Gender of an author.

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authorInterest.0

The level of Author Interest.

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authorInterest.1

The level of Author Interest.

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authorInterest.2

The level of Author Interest.

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authorInterest.3

The level of Author Interest.

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authorInterest.4

The level of Author Interest.

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authorInterest.5

The level of Author Interest.

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authorLocation

Author Location is the location with which the tweet's author is associated. This is displayed in shortcode in the following format: continent country state county city. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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authorName

Name of the author.

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authorProfessions.0.jobTitle

Job Title as a profession that is mentioned in the Twitter bio of the author.

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authorProfessions.0.profession

Profession as a profession that is mentioned in the Twitter bio of the author.

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authorProfessions.1.jobTitle

Job Title as a profession that is mentioned in the Twitter bio of the author.

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authorProfessions.1.profession

Profession as a profession that is mentioned in the Twitter bio of the author.

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authorProfessions.2.jobTitle

Job Title as a profession that is mentioned in the Twitter bio of the author.

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authorProfessions.2.profession

Profession as a profession that is mentioned in the Twitter bio of the author.

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authorReach

Author Reach is the sum of the Influence of the author.

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authorStateCode

Author State Code is the shortcode for the state with which the tweet's author is associated. This is a Twitter specific metric, and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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authorStateName

The name of Author State.

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authorVolume

The number of Author the topic appears on.

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avatarUrl

Avatar URL is the URL of the author's Twitter avatar. This is only available for mentions originating from Facebook Instagram or Twitter.

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averageDurationOfVisit

Average Duration of Visit is a metric pertaining to the traffic for the site that the mention originated from. It is the average number of minutes spent on the website by visitors.

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averageVisits

Average Visits is a metric pertaining to the traffic for the site that the mention originated from. It is calculated by taking the total number of visits to the site and dividing it by the total number of visitors to the site.

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backlinks

Backlinks is the number of pages across the web that link to this website. This is a metric provided by an external data provider.

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burst

The rate that the topic has emerged over time.

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categories

Categories is an array of IDs of any categories that are applied to the mention.

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categoryDetails

Category Details is an array of details (ID of the category, name of the category ID of the parent category name of the parent category) for each of the categories that is applied to the mention.

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cityCode

City Code is the shortcode for the city from which the mention originated.

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classifications

The process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood.

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continentCode

Continent Code is the shortcode for the continent from which the mention originated.

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continet

Continent is the name of the continent from which the mention originated.

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countryCode

Country Code is the shortcode for the country from which the mention originated.

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countryName

Country is the name of the country from which the mention originated.

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date

Date is the date when the mention was posted.

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displayUrls

Display URLs are the shortened links that appear in a mention. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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engagement

Deprecated.

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expandedUrls

Display URLs are the full URLs for any shortened links that appear in a mention. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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facebookAuthorId

Facebook Author Id is the unique id of the Facebook author. This is a Facebook specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Facebook.

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facebookComments

Facebook Comments is the number of comments on a Facebook mention. This is a Facebook specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Facebook.

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facebookLikes

Facebook Likes is the number of Likes on a Facebook mention. This is a Facebook specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Facebook.

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facebookRole

Facebook Role is the role of the Facebook user who authored the post ('owner' or 'audience'). A Facebook role of 'owner' would indicate that the author is posting on their own page whereas a Facebook role of 'audience' would indicate that an author is posting on someone else's Facebook page. This is a Facebook specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Facebook.

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facebookSubtype

Facebook Subtype is the type of media shared in a Facebook mention ('link' 'photo' 'status' or 'video'). This is equivalent to the Facebook Media Type shown in the front end of the Brandwatch Analytics platform. This is a Facebook specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Facebook.

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fullText

The full text.

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fullname

Full Name is the full name of the author who posted the mention.

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id

Id is a unique identifier given to each mention by Brandwatch.

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impact

Impact is a Brandwatch metric to measure the potential impact of an author, site or mention. It's a logarithmic scale between 0-100 normalised for your data to help you find what's most interesting. The impact score takes into account how much potential a mention has to be seen as well as how many times a mention has been viewed shared or retweeted.

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impactAmplification

Internally used to calculate the Impact Score.

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impactReach

Internally used to calculate the Reach Score.

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impactRelevancy

The number of impact relevancy.

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importanceAmplification

The number of importance Amplification.

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importanceReach

The number of importance Reach.

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insightsHashtag

Insights Hashtags is an array of hashtags identified within the mention. This is a Twitter and Instagram specific metric and will be empty for mentions not originating from Twitter or Instagram.

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insightsMentioned

Insights Mentioned is an array of user handles identified within the mention. This is a Twitter and Instagram specific metric and will be empty for mentions not originating from Twitter or Instagram.

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instagramCommentCount

Instagram Comment Count is the number of comments on an Instagram mention. This is an Instagram specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Instagram.

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instagramFollowerCount

Instagram Followers Count is the number of followers of the Instagram mention's author. This is an Instagram specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Instagram.

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instagramFollowingCount

Instagram Following Count is the number of users that the author of an Instagram mention is following. This is an Instagram specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Instagram.

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instagramInteractionsCount

Instagram Interactions Count is the sum of likes and posts on an Instagram mention. This is an Instagram specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Instagram.

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instagramLikeCount

Instagram Like Count is the number of likes on an Instagram mention. This is an Instagram specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Instagram.

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instagramPostCount

Instagram Post Count is the number of posts on an Instagram mention. This is an Instagram specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Instagram.

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interest

Interest is an array of the interests that are mentioned in the Twitter bio of the individual (not organization) that authored the mention. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be an empty list for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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label

A sequence of characters that identifies a location within source code.

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lastAssignmentDate

Last Assignment Date is part of the Brandwatch workflow functionality and shows the date when the mention was last assigned to a Brandwatch user. If the mention has never been assigned to a user this field will be null.

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latitude

Latitude of a geo-tagged Tweet. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter as well as mentions that have not been goe-tagged.

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locationName

Location name of a geo-tagged Instagram mentions. This is an Instagram specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Instagram as well as mentions that have not been geo-tagged.

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longitude

Longitude of a geo-tagged Tweet. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter as well as mentions that have not been geo-tagged.

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matchPositions

Match Positions is an array of details about words from the mention that matched the query string.

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mediaFilter

Media Filter is the image filter that was used on an Instagram mention. This is an Instagram specific metric, and will be null for mentions not originating from Instagram.

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mediaUrls

Media URLs is a list of the URLs associated with any media (e.g. photo video) attached to the mention.

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monthlyVisitors

Monthly Visitors is a metric pertaining to the traffic for the site that the mention originated from. It is the total number of unique visitors who have been to the website that month.

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mozRank

mozRank measures site credibility similar to Google's PageRank. It's on a scale of 1-10 where 10 is most credible. This is a metric provided by an external data provider Moz.

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name

The name.

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noteIds

Note Ids is part of the Brandwatch workflow functionality and shows an array of the ids of any notes that have been added to the mention.

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originalUrl

Original URL is the URL of the tweet. If the tweet is a retweet or a reply it will be the URL of the original being retweeted or replied to. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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pageType.blog

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.facebook

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.forum

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.general

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.image

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.instagram

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.licensed

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.microblog

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.news

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.print

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.review

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.twitter

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pageType.video

The kind of website the mention was found.

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pagesPerVisit

Pages Per Visit is a metric pertaining to the traffic for the site that the mention originated from. It is the average number of pages viewed by people visiting the website. This is equivalent to the Avg. Pages metric shown in the front end of the Brandwatch Analytics platform.

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percentFemaleVisitors

Percent Female Visitors is a metric pertaining to the traffic for the site that the mention originated from. It is the percentage of that site's visitors that are female.

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percentMaleVisitors

Percent Male Visitors is a metric pertaining to the traffic for the site that the mention originated from. It is the percentage of that site's visitors that are male.

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queries.0.id

Query id.

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queries.0.name

Query name.

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queries.0.volume

Query volume.

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queryName

Query Name is the name of the query that the mention originated from in Brandwatch.

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reachEstimate

Reach Estimate is a score created by Brandwatch to estimate how many individuals may have seen a piece of content. It's available for multiple data sources and enables the user to compare reach of content from different platforms and track development over time.

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replyTo

Reply To is the URL of the original tweet that this tweet is in reply to. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter and for tweets that are not a reply to any earlier tweet.

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resourceId

Resource Id is the unique identifier assigned to a mention when it is indexed in our database. This is for reference when using the Brandwatch API.

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resourceType

Deprecated.

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retweetOf

Retweet Of is the URL of the original tweet that this tweet is a retweet of. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter and for tweets that are not a retweet of any earlier tweet.

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retweets

The number of retweets.

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sentiment

Sentiment is the tone of the mention: positive negative or neutral.

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sentiment.negative

Negative tone of the mention.

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sentiment.neutral

Neutral tone of the mention.

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sentiment.positive

Positive tone of the mention.

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sentimentScore

Avarage sentiment score.

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shortUrls

Short URLs are the shortened links that appear in a mention. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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snippet

Snippet is a snippet of the mention text that best matches the query.

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starred

Starred is part of the Brandwatch workflow functionality and can be used to indicate that a mention is interesting or to mark it for any other purpose you choose.

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stateCode

State Code is the shortcode for the state from which the mention originated.

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status

Status is part of the Brandwatch workflow functionality and can be used to indicate the status of a mention (e.g. 'open' 'pending' 'closed'). If the mention has never been marked with a status this field will be null.

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subtype

Subtype is the same as the Media Type in the UI and indicates the type of media included within a Facebook Twitter or Instagram mention.

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tags

Tags is an array of the names of any tags that are applied to the mention.

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threadAuthor

Thread Author is the name of the author of the original mention in the thread.

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threadCreated

Thread Created is the date when the original mention in the thread was posted.

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threadEntryType

Thread Entry Type is the type of mention (post reply share) for mentions in a thread.

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threadId

Thread Id is the unique identifier of the thread (as provided by Twitter or Facebook).

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threadURL

Thread URL is the URL of the full thread which this mention appears in.

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title

Title is the title of the mention, as determined by Brandwatch.

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topauthors

Shows who writes about the brand the most.

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topsites

Shows on what websites the brand has the most mentions.

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toptweeters

Shows who tweets about the brand the most.

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trackedLinkClicks

Deprecated.

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trackedLinks

Deprecated.

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twitterAtMentions

The number of twitter at mention.

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twitterAuthorId

Twitter Author Id is the unique id of the Twitter author. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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twitterAvatar

The URL of the author's Twitter avatar.

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twitterFollowers

Twitter Followers is the number of followers of the Twitter mention's author. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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twitterFollowing

Twitter Following is the number of users that the author of a Twitter mention is following. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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twitterInfluence

The number of twitter infuence.

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twitterOutreach

The number of twitter Outreach.

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twitterPageTitle

The title of the twitter page.

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twitterPostCount

Twitter Post Count is the total number of tweets that the author of the mention has posted. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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twitterReplyCount

Twitter Reply Count is the total number of replies to a tweet. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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twitterRetweets

Twitter Retweet Count is the total number of times that a tweet has been retweeted. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be 0 for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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twitterRole

Twitter Role is the role of the Twitter user who authored the post ('owner' or 'audience'). A Twitter role of 'owner' would indicate that the author is posting on their own channel whereas a Twitter role of 'audience' would indicate that an author is posting on someone else's channel. This is a Twitter specific metric and will be null for mentions not originating from Twitter.

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twitterTweets

The number of the tweets.

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twitterVerified

Twitter Verified indicates if the author of the mention is verified on Twitter (These are large accounts usually celebrities). This is a Twitter specific metric and will be false for all mentions not originating from Twitter.

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type

The type of the tweets.

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updated

Updated is the date when the mention was last modified.

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url

URL is the URL of the mention.

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volume

The number of Mentions the topic appears in.

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wordCount

Deprecated.

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