The Truth About the Average Twitter User [STATS]

Courtesy Mashable!  Wed, 03/10/2010 - 20:16

A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse.

Unfortunately for the microblogging startup, the stats say that most of its users aren’t very active.

The study looked at around 19 million Twitter accounts (PDF) in order to figure out how people are using Twitter.

It started with one assumption: an active or “True” Twitter user has at least 10 followers, follows at least...


 

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