19% Of The Internet Now Microblogging On Twitter Or Other Sites
Oct 21st, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Microblogging
19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
This represents a significant increase over previous surveys in December 2008 and April 2009, when 11% of internet users said they use a status-update service.
Three groups of internet users are mainly responsible for driving the growth of microblogging:
- social network website users,
- those who connect to the internet via mobile devices, and
- younger internet users – those under age 44.
Pew also found that, the more Internet devices you own, the more likely you are to be microblogging. 39% of internet users with four or more internet-connected devices (such as a laptop, cell phone, game console, or Kindle) use Twitter, compared to 28% of internet users with three devices, 19% of internet users with two devices, and 10% of internet users with one device.
There’s a fellow in Charleston, Missouri, that claims to have the “World’s Largest Hairball”. Makes me throw up a little just thinking about it.
If you create a Twitter account but don’t use it for awhile, how long will it be before Twitter deletes it? And how often do you have to use the Twitter account in order to keep it active?
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