Python: Count the number of tagged tweets from a username

tweetCount.py

import os, sys
import tweepy as tw
from collections import Counter
from dateutil.parser import parse

search_words = "#MagnetWeeklyCTF -filter:retweets" # Use -filter:retweets
date_since = "2020-09-01"

consumer_key= ''
consumer_secret= ''
access_token= ''
access_token_secret= ''

auth = tw.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tw.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True)

tweets = tw.Cursor(api.search,
              q=search_words,
              since=date_since).items()

authors = []
for tweet in tweets:
    authors.append(tweet.user.screen_name)

counts = Counter(authors)
print(counts)