U.S. adults who tweet about national politics are more likely than other users to say they follow people with similar political beliefs to their own % of USS adults with public Twitter accounts who say most of the people they follow on Twitter have Different a mix of beliefs Not sure
Most U.S. adults on Twitter report that they follow people with a mix of political views (37%) or that they don’t know the political views of the people they follow (34%). A quarter (25%) say most of the people they follow on Twitter hold similar political views to their own, while just 4% say that most of the people they follow have political views that are different from theirs.
The above relationship – in which a majority of users follow either a mix of people with different beliefs or say they aren’t sure of the political views of the people they follow – holds for the three types of Twitter users identified in this analysis (political tweeters, nonpolitical tweeters and infrequent tweeters). Still, the share of Twitter users who say they follow people with political views similar to their own is much higher among those who tweet about national politics (38%) than it is among nonpolitical tweeters (17%) and those who tweet infrequently (20%). In part, this dynamic is driven by the fact that nonpolitical tweeters (39%) and those who tweet infrequently (37%) are more likely than political tweeters (25%) to say they don’t know the political views of the people they follow.
Democrats and Democratic leaners on Twitter are about twice as likely as Republican and Republican-leaning users to say that most of the people they follow hold similar political views to theirs (31% vs. 15%). A previous Pew Research Center report found that Democrats make up a larger share of all Twitter users than of the general public overall.
U.S. adults who tweet about national politics are more  | likely than other users to say they follow people with  | similar political beliefs to their own  | % of USS adults with public Twitter accounts who say most of the people they  | follow on Twitter have  | political beliefs  | Different a mix of beliefs Not sure  | Similar  | Total  | 25%  | 4%  | 37%  | 34%  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 15  | 48  | 29  | 2  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 31  | 32  | 34  | 3  | Political tweeters  | 38  | 33  | 25  | I 4  | 39  | Nonpolitical tweeters  | 17  | 40  | Infrequent tweeters  | 20  | 39  | 37  | AMONG REP/LEAN REP  | Political tweeters  | 25  | 8  | 48  | 19  | 50  | 32  | Nonpolitical tweeters  | 10  | 6  | 13  | 6  | 48  | 33  | Infrequent tweeters  | AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM  | 45 2  | 30  | Political tweeters  | 24  | 2  | 21  | 42  | 35  | Nonpolitical tweeters  | 27  | 2  | 33  | 38  | Infrequent tweeters  | Note: Tweets about national politics include those that reference national politicians,  | political groups or institutions, or political behaviors such as voting. Political tweeters posted  | at least two such tweets (and at least five tweets total) during the study period.  | Source: Survey of 2,427 U.S. adult Twitter users with public accounts cond lucted Nov. 21-  | Dec. 17, 2018. Tweets collected via Twitter API, June 10, 2018-June 9, 2019  | "National Politics on Twitter: Small Share of U.S Adults Produce Majority of Tweets"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 