The most-active Twitter bots produce a large share of the links to popular news and current events websites Share of tweeted links to popular news and currentevents websites posted
Automated accounts post a substantial share of links to a wide range of online media outlets on Twitter. As noted above, the Center’s analysis estimates that 66% of tweeted links to popular news and current events websites are posted by bots. The analysis also finds that a relatively small number of automated accounts are responsible for a substantial share of the links to popular media outlets on Twitter. The 500 most-active suspected bot accounts alone were responsible for 22% of all the links to these news and current events sites over the period in which this study was conducted. By contrast, the 500 most-active human accounts were responsible for just 6% of all links to such sites.
The most-active Twitter bots produce a large share of  | the links to popular news and current events websites  | Share of tweeted links to popular news and currentevents websites posted  | by  | Suspected bots  | Human accounts  | 66%  | 34%  | 28  | 22  | 44  | 500 most-active accounts  | 500 most-active accounts  | Source: Analysis of379 .841 tweeted links to 925 popular news and currentevents  | websites collected over the time period July27-Sept. 11 2017.  | "Bots in the Twittersphere  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 