Survey: Who Uses Twitter?
A new Pew Internet survey offers some insights into just who uses Twitter.
- 19% of internet users say they use Twitter. A significant increase over previous surve
ys in December 2008 and April 2009 when 11% used Twitter
Three groups are driving the growth
- social network website users
- those who connect to the internet via mobile devices
- internet users under age 44
The median age of Twitter users is 31 which has remained stable over the past year.
- the median age for MySpace is 26, down from 27 in May 2008
- the median age for LinkedIn is 39, down from 40
- Facebook is graying a bit: the median age there is 33, up from 26 in May 2008
The more devices someone owns, the more likely they are to use Twitter or another service to update their status.
Fully 39% of internet users with four or more internet-connected devices (such as a laptop, cell phone, game console, or Kindle) use Twitter, compared to 28% of internet users with three devices, 19% of internet users with two devices, and 10% of internet users with one device.
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I have some questions about how this info has been framed.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1385/who-uses-twitter-tweets
“Some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or ANOTHER service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others.”
(The emphasis is mine.)
19% seems very high to me for Twitter users. It seems to me that the research found that 19% of Internet users use Twitter, or Facebook, or MySpace to post updates about themselves.