በደቡብ ካሊፎርኒያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተመራማሪዎች በተደረገ ጥናት ከ9 እስከ 15 በመቶ ንቁ የትዊተር ተጠቃሚዎች የሶፍትዌር ፕሮግራሞች መሆናቸው ተረጋግጧል።
However, a report from the University of Southern California and Indiana University estimates 9 to 15 percent of active Twitter accounts are bots.