More information about the surveys used in this report appears in the Methodology section. The sample was weighted to be equivalent to a national sample of Twitter users identified on the November 2018 wave of the CenterвЂ™s American Trends Panel. Twitter users can choose not to post tweets publicly, but the Twitter API makes summary statistics about all accounts вЂ“ public or private вЂ“ available. This report is based on the remaining 2,791 respondents who both completed the survey and provided a valid handle (76% of confirmed Twitter users). Next, researchers reviewed each account and removed any that were nonexistent or belonged to institutions, products or international entities. Of these confirmed users, 3,293 (90%) agreed to provide their Twitter handle and completed the survey. Out of 4,829 individuals who were screened, 3,649 (76%) confirmed that they used Twitter. Respondents were screened for eligibility, and those who confirmed that they used Twitter were asked to share their Twitter handle in order to participate in the study. The sample included panelists identified by Ipsos as likely Twitter users. Researchers recruited respondents from IpsosвЂ™ KnowledgePanel, a probability-based online panel of U.S. How Pew Research Center linked survey data with social media accounts That said, there are only modest differences in many attitudes between those who tweet frequently and those who do not. adults on Twitter, they are much more likely to be women and more likely to say they regularly tweet about politics. Individuals who are among the top 10% most active tweeters also differ from those who tweet rarely in ways that go beyond the volume of content they produce. The 10% of users who are most active in terms of tweeting are responsible for 80% of all tweets created by U.S. As a result, much of the content posted by Americans on Twitter reflects a small number of authors. The median user tweets just twice each month, but a small cohort of extremely active Twitter users posts with much greater regularity. In addition to teasing out these differences between Twitter users and the population as a whole, this analysis also highlights the sizable diversity among Twitter users themselves. But on other subjects, the views of Twitter users are not dramatically different from those expressed by all U.S. For instance, Twitter users are somewhat more likely to say that immigrants strengthen rather than weaken the country and to see evidence of racial and gender-based inequalities in society. Twitter users also differ from the broader population on some key social issues. Twitter users are younger, more likely to identify as Democrats, more highly educated and have higher incomes than U.S. The analysis indicates that the 22% of American adults who use Twitter are representative of the broader population in certain ways, but not others. 1 The design of this survey provides a unique opportunity to measure the characteristics and attitudes of Twitter users in the United States and link those observations to actual Twitter behaviors, such as how often users tweet or how many accounts they follow. adult Twitter users who were willing to share their Twitter handles. To examine this question, Pew Research Center conducted a nationally representative survey of 2,791 U.S. public overall, which voices are represented on Twitter? Media personalities, politicians and the public turn to social networks for real-time information and reactions to the dayвЂ™s events. Twitter is a modern public square where many voices discuss, debate and share their views.

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