50% of Tweets Consumed Come From .05% of Users

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @09:31PM from the hogging-the-conversation dept.

ajensen201102 writes "A mere 20,000 Twitter users steal almost half of the spotlight on Twitter, which now ropes in a billion tweets every week. That means only 0.05% of the social network's user base attracts attention, according to a new Yahoo Research study. From the article: 'Like findings in previous studies, the researchers for this one conclude Twitter resembles an information-sharing hub rather than a social network, with the top generators garnering huge follower tallies but not following their content consumers in return.'"

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Re:In other words... by rolfwind · 2011-03-30 22:01 · Score: 4, Funny

In other words "99.95% of twitterers are twits."
Sounds about right.
Re:Steal? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-30 23:02 · Score: 2, Funny

Bullshit. I don't.
Re:In other words... by geekmux · 2011-03-31 00:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Actually, that should read as 0.05% of Twitter users are big celebrities.
You misspelled "narcissists".