Twitter ‘lurkers’ follow – and are followed by – fewer accounts

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March 16, 2022

5 facts about Twitter ‘lurkers’

Twitter ‘lurkers’ follow – and are followed by – fewer accounts

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5 facts about Twitter ‘lurkers’
Most adult Twitter ‘lurkers’ are between 30 and 49
Twitter ‘lurkers’ are more likely than more active users to say the most important reason they use the platform is to see different points of view
Roughly half of tweets from Twitter ‘lurkers’ are replies to other users

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