Twitter statistics have kind of become a rage – We already have feature more than couple of studies and research on this. Now Barracuda Labs has released the latest Twitter Report which shows that only 21% of all twitter can be termed as real active twitterers.
So how do they define an “Active Twitterer”
- Has at least (?) 10 followers
- Follows at least (?) 10 people
- Has tweeted at least (?) 10 times
I think that’s a fair assumption ! I think very clearly 80:20 rule applies here… 20% of all twitter population account for 80% of all the activity. This is also inline with all the previous studies that we have featured here.
Now on to some Interesting Highlights & statistics of the Barracuda Twitter Report
Distribution of Followers
- 17% of Twitter users have zero followers, as compared to 30% in June 2009.
- 61% have less than 5 followers, as compared to 70% in June 2009.
- 74% have less than 10 followers, as compared to 80% in June 2009.
Number of Following (Friends)
- 20% of Twitter users are not following anyone, as compared to 25% in June 2009.
- 51% follow less than 5 people, which is the same count as in June 2009.
- 60% follow less than 10 people, as compared to 66% in June 2009.
Followed or Follower?
- 48% of Twitter users are following more people than they have as followers, as compared to 50% in June 2009.
- 18% of users are following the same number of people that are following them, as compared to 30% in June 2009.
- Combined, 66% of users are following at least (?) as many people as follow them, as compared to 80% in June 2009.
Number of Tweets
- 34% of Twitter users have no tweets, as compared to 37.1% in June 2009.
- 73% of users have less than 10 tweets, as compared to 79% in June 2009.
- 27% of users have tweeted at least (?) 10 times, which is a 29% increase since June.
Tweets vs. Followers
Here is an interesting statistic -the most active users on Twitter are not the ones with the most followers. Users with an average of 1,000 followers actually tweet the most, as compared to those with fewer than 100 followers or more than 100,000 followers.
Twitter Growth Era
This is an interesting graph – If you see maximum number of people joined between November 2008 to April 2009 – close to 50% of all users ! This was the time when most of the celebrities joined Twitter Bandwagon, Oprah & Ashton Kutcher to name a few !
What I really want to know from trak.in readers is – Where do you see twitter in next couple of years – Will it be as buzzing as it is today or do you see the twitter popularity waning…Let us know :)
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