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# Who Uses Twitter?  New Pew Internet Survey Results
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/who-uses-twitter-new-pew-internet-survey-results/
- Published: 2011-06-01T12:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-06-01T12:55:00.000Z
- Description: 13% of online adults use the status update service Twitter as of May 2011. That represents a big increase from the 8% of online adults who identified themselves as Twitter. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/06/who-uses-twitter-new-pew-internet-survey-results.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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13% of online adults use the status update service Twitter as of May 2011\. That represents a big increase from the 8% of online adults who identified themselves as Twitter users the first time Pew Internet Research surveyed Twitter adoption in November 2010\. Half of Twitter users access the service on a cell phone, and exactly how diverse Twitter users are might surprise you:

**Chart: Who Uses Twitter?**  

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