Nairobi has been named the 6th most tweeting city in Africa. In a report titled How Africa Tweets by Portland Communications, Johannesburg is the most active city in Africa, with 344,215 geo-located tweets during Q4 2013.
Ekurhuleni in South Africa is second with 264,172 tweets with Cairo coming third at 227,509. Durban (163,019) and Alexandria (159,534) make up the remainder of the top five most active cities.
At 123,078, Nairobi is the 6th in Africa and the most tweeting city in East Africa.
English, French and Arabic are the most common languages on Twitter in Africa, accounting for 75.5% of the total tweets analysed. Zulu, Swahili, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Portuguese are the next most commonly tweeted languages in Africa.
Tuesdays and Fridays are the most active tweeting days on the continent.
Here are the top 20 most active cities on Twitter in Africa.
Top 20 Most Tweeting Cities in Africa…Nairobi at No. 6
Johannesburg – 344,215
Ekurhuleni – 264,172
Cairo – 227,509
Durban – 163,019
Alexandria – 159,534
Nairobi – 123,078
Cape Town – 83,818
Accra – 78,575
Abidjan – 56,054
Douala – 51,441
Lagos – 44,392
Dar es Salaam – 22,581
Kano – 19,023
Ibadan – 13,703
Algiers – 12,317
Kinshasa – 10,201
Luanda – 7,312
Addis Ababa – 3,307
Dakar – 788
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