Twitter users are younger, more likely to identify as Democrats, more highly educated and have higher incomes than U.S. The analysis indicates that the 22% of American adults who use Twitter are representative of the broader population in certain ways, but not others. 1 The design of this survey provides a unique opportunity to measure the characteristics and attitudes of Twitter users in the United States and link those observations to actual Twitter behaviors, such as how often users tweet or how many accounts they follow. adult Twitter users who were willing to share their Twitter handles. To examine this question, Pew Research Center conducted a nationally representative survey of 2,791 U.S. public overall, which voices are represented on Twitter? Media personalities, politicians and the public turn to social networks for real-time information and reactions to the day’s events.
Twitter is a modern public square where many voices discuss, debate and share their views.
