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by me_bx 4371 days ago
The 'sample' streaming API endpoint indeed provides you with a small percentage of all tweets.

However, the 'filter' endpoint gives you access to all tweets matching to your search, up to a certain limit. Unless you're tracking very commonly used words or brands like 'selfie' or 'ipad', you're likely to get all tweets you are interested in without ever reaching the limit.

cf. https://dev.twitter.com/docs/faq#6861

Also, the API limits are per authenticated user, not per app.