a large majority of tweets come from a small m inority of tweeters Share ofall tweets from U.S. adult users created by
Among U.S. adults, Twitter discourse is dominated by a small share of tweeters. The most prolific tweeters – those in the top 10% by number of tweets – are responsible for 80% of all tweets created by U.S. adults. That includes all types of tweets: original tweets, retweets and quote tweets.
a large majority of tweets come from a  | small m inority of tweeters  | Share ofall tweets from U.S. adult users created by  | Bottom 90%  | Top 10%  | tweeters  | tweeters  | 80%  | 20%  | ALL TWEETS FROM U.S USERS  | Note: No institutional accounts are included.  | Source: Survey of U.S adult Twitter users conducted Nov. 21-Dec.  | 17, 2018. Data about respondents" Twitter activity collected via  | Twitter API.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 