8 facts about Americans and Twitter as it rebrands to X
As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter to “X,” here are eight facts about Americans’ use of the social media platform.
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As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter to “X,” here are eight facts about Americans’ use of the social media platform.
With Musk at the helm, here are four facts about how adult Twitter users in the United States are using the site.
A quarter of Americans who have used Twitter in the past year say they are not likely to use it a year from now.
Since Elon Musk’s take over of Twitter, Republican users have more positive views of the site, while those of Democratic users are more negative.
Prominent accounts on Twitter are more likely than those on alternative social media sites to link to print publications, TV and wire services.
YouTube and Facebook are by far the most used online platforms among U.S. adults. But TikTok’s user base has grown significantly in recent years: 33% of U.S. adults now say they use it, up from 21% in 2021.
One-in-five federal, state and local candidate tweets in 2022 have mentioned race, abortion, education or the economy.
Roughly one-quarter of American adults use Twitter. And when they share their views on the site, quite often they are doing so about politics and political issues.
Here are five facts about political content on Twitter, such as the content and nature of these posts.
73% of U.S. adult Twitter users include identifiable text in their profile, but 27% include no text apart from the display and username fields.
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