Sizing Up Twitter Users
Twitter users are younger, more likely to identify as Democrats, more highly educated and have higher incomes than U.S. adults overall.
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Twitter users are younger, more likely to identify as Democrats, more highly educated and have higher incomes than U.S. adults overall.
Most Americans are at least somewhat happy with their lives, but some have grappled with issues like loneliness and work-life balance.
Although most national officials use the platform, their posts receive only a small number of likes and retweets.
Republican and Republican-leaning adult Twitter users are more likely than Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents to follow Trump.
An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not human beings.
A Pew Research Center analysis of the most visited pages in each language in 2015 tells a story about how the various versions are used.
Analysis of over 1 million apps in Google’s Android operating system in 2014 shows apps can seek 235 different kinds of permissions from smartphone users. The average app asks for five permissions.
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