5 facts about Twitter ‘lurkers’
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.
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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.
Here are key facts about the alternative social media service Rumble, an online video-sharing platform founded in 2013.
A minority of Twitter users produce a majority of tweets from U.S. adults, and the most active tweeters are less likely to view the tone or civility of discussions as a major problem on the site.
While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.
Here are some key takeaways for how the public engaged with Team USA on Twitter during the Tokyo Olympics.
64% of members of Congress mentioned Black History Month on Facebook or Twitter in February 2021, up from just 29% in 2015.
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.
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.
Republican lawmakers have produced three-quarters of recent congressional social media posts that mention places and people in Asia.
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