Python Tweepy – Getting the number of tweets a user has tweeted

In this article we will see how we can get number of statuses/tweets a user has tweeted/updated. The statuses_count attribute provides us with an integer which denotes the number of statuses the user has posted. Identifying the date when a user was created in the GUI : 👁 Image
In the above mentioned profile, number of statuses the user has posted : 13.2K (13, 200+)

In order to get the number of statuses a user has posted, we have to do the following :

1. Identify the user ID or the screen name of the profile.
2. Get the User object of the profile using the get_user() method with the user ID or the screen name.
3. From this object, fetch the statuses_count attribute present in it.

Example 1: Consider the following profile : 👁 Image
We will use the user ID to fetch the user. The user ID of the above mentioned profile is 57741058. Output :

The number of statuses the user has posted are : 13239

Example 2: Consider the following profile : 👁 Image
We will use the screen name to fetch the user. The screen name of the above mentioned profile is PracticeGfG.

Output :

The number of statuses the user has posted are : 2265