Table 3.
Most important channels in the main downstream, core and upstream clusters for the network in Fig. 5 corresponding to the period July 2019 to Feb. 2020
Size rank | Top channels in downstream communities |
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1 () | Uzynqulaq, dinamika_ria, MakarenkoLive, eshnic, antizlobinlive, sexy_moscow, sevkav, TJournal, Buddykiton, nourlnews |
2 () | realdonaldtrump, breaking911, WhiteHouse, InfowarsNews, durov, Notactuallyfunny, TrumpWarRoom, PS752, ReutersWorldChannel, Breitbart, realtimenewsbroadcasts, JoeBiden, hongkongfp, DonaldJTrumpJr, SvenLiebichChat*, telegram, southfronteng, foxnews, AnarchoMemes, anarchiaautonomia |
5 | r_privacy, reddit_android, programmer_humor, manutd, just_hmmm, r_gifs, soccer_reddit, r_libertarian, r_WikiLeaks, rfurryirl |
Size rank | Top channels in core communities |
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3 () | rt_russian, bbbreaking, SolovievLive, margaritasimonyan, SIL0VIKI, karaulny, rlz_the_kraken, sashakots, youlistenedmayak, kremlinprachka |
4 () | AntifaPublicWatch, JackDawkins, BritainFirst, TommyRobinsonNews, vinniesullivan, police_frequency, MiloOfficial, Brexiteers, therealityreport, luketrrcage, PatriotNewz, leegarrettupdates, dannytommo, trump, JaydaFransen, loomeredofficial, newspanopticon, MARIOBORG20, Jaydafransensupporters, RedDog71Media |
7 | italia24hnews, WTF_Radio, coindesk_news, Partisan2015, HowToFind, Arteshban, LiverpoolFCNews, IrVatan, LoyalistsHQ, HA_alshami02 |
Size rank | Top channels in upstream communities |
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9 () | KingdomZombe*, TheVaultVids*, nomoremosqueschat*, PatrioticGroupChat*, AfrikanerBoer, nomorelockdown*, BritPatriots*, ChronoClockCorp*, realDonaldjTrump, loomeredchat*, BritPol1*, infowarsofficalchat*, SundayLongLive*, UKIPSUPPORTERS*, Excarkun, GalliaArchive, TheVaultTommyRobinsonWeAreTommy*, students4trump*, ultracatolico*, GroomingGangsPredatorAwareness* |
12 () | agrgtr, armnewz, SkuratoffOne, skrepka2020, ci_newsblock, vampov, snimulapshu, bosphorus1861, bgmos, W_IN_FIRE |
We give the top channels ranked by their in-Katz centrality for channels in the downstream and core clusters and ranked by their out-Katz centrality in the upstream clusters. We show the top 20 channels, sorted according to their Katz score, in communities linked to the UK and US far-right and the top 10 channels in other communities. Channels marked with an asterisk correspond to group chats while the other ones correspond to broadcast channels