Accessing Twitter data for analysis depends on your question and time period.
Twitter's Developer Agreement and Policy has details about what you can do with the data.
Read Where to Get Twitter Data for Academic Research, a guide written by the creators of Social Feed Manager at George Washington University Libraries, for more options for accessing Twitter data.
There are two ways to access Twitter data:
1. Work with existing Twitter datasets.
2. Apply for a Twitter developer account to get an API key to extract data directly. This is more time-consuming because you need to fill out a detailed application and wait for Twitter to get back to you. It is not guaranteed that Twitter will approve your application.
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