There's two different HTTP Streaming endpoint for Twitter's stream https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/sample https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.

There's two different HTTP Streaming endpoint for Twitter's stream https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/sample https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/sample Returns a small random sample of all public statuses. The Tweets returned by the default access level are the same, so if two different clients connect to this endpoint, they will see the same Tweets https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/firehose https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/statuses/firehose Returns all public statuses. Few applications require this level of access. Creative use of a combination of other resources and various access levels can satisfy nearly every application use case.