Using the rtweet pkg Necessary information to know : You need a Twitter Developer Account to perform the tasks on your own need to access token for API use running search_words variable launches Twitter Developer webpage where you click authorize rtweets access, then your code runs (it is advised to have the browser window open and ready for the prompt to ask for authorization for Rwteet package) User API requests The basic use of Twitter API has limits on how often you can request data, every 15 minutes between request calls is required (small data requests can be less than 15 minutes but caution is advised).