How U.S. adults on Twitter use the site in the Elon Musk era
With Musk at the helm, here are four facts about how adult Twitter users in the United States are using the site.
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With Musk at the helm, here are four facts about how adult Twitter users in the United States are using the site.
About half of all U.S. adults who use TikTok have never posted a video themselves. And the top 25% of U.S. adults on the site by posting volume produce 98% of all publicly accessible videos from this group. Users who have posted videos are generally more active on the platform than non-posters.
More than 44 million #BlackLivesMatter tweets from nearly 10 million distinct users currently exist on Twitter today. Over half of all existing tweets that include the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag were posted from May to September 2020.
Here are key facts about the alternative social media service Rumble, an online video-sharing platform founded in 2013.
While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.
Roughly half of American adults who use Twitter (49%) post fewer than five tweets per month; 59% of infrequent tweeters are ages 30 to 49.
With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.
In recent years, several new options have emerged in the social media universe, many of which explicitly present themselves as alternatives to more established social media platforms. Free speech ideals and heated political themes prevail on these sites, which draw praise from their users and skepticism from other Americans.
Most Americans are at least somewhat happy with their lives, but some have grappled with issues like loneliness and work-life balance.
Videos from independent news producers are more likely to cover subjects negatively and discuss conspiracy theories.
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