Twitter and the Pew

Here are some other cool facts from the Pew study:

Only 8% of American adults use Twitter.

Fully “half of these Twitter users basically never listen to a word anyone else says. In other words, half of Twitter users use Twitter as a sort of digital closet that they go into once in a while to mutter to themselves, with no one else listening.”

72% of Twitter users in our sample say that they post updates related to their personal life, activities or interests. A total of one-in-five Twitter users (19%) say they post personal updates once a day or more.

62% of those we queried said they post updates related to their work life, activities or interests, with 12% doing so on a daily basis.

55% of these Twitter users share links to news stories. About one in ten (12%) do this at least once a day.

54% of these Twitter users say they post humorous or philosophical observations about life in general, with 16% doing so on a daily basis.

53% of these Twitter users use Twitter to retweet material posted by others, with 18% doing so on a daily basis.

52% of these Twitter users send direct messages to other users, with 11% doing so on a daily basis.

40% use Twitter to share photos with others, with 12% going so at least once a day.

28% use Twitter to share videos with others. Fewer than one-in-ten Twitter users (8%) do this once a day or more.

24% use the service to tweet their location, with 7% of users doing so on a daily basis.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-usage-2010-12?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29#ixzz182Na1JtS

Stephen