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June 26, 2023

1. Ten years of #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter

One-third of #BlackLivesMatter tweets mention police or police violence

One-third of #BlackLivesMatter tweets mention police or police violence

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One-third of #BlackLivesMatter tweets mention police or police violence

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1. Ten years of #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter
Use of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag surged following the death of George Floyd
Vast majority of all #BlackLivesMatter tweets have 10 or fewer retweets
One-quarter of users produce around three quarters of #BlackLivesMatter tweets
Majority of #BlackLivesMatter tweets express support
One-third of #BlackLivesMatter tweets mention police or police violence
The most common hashtags mentioned alongside #BlackLivesMatter have often referred to victims of police violence
Other hashtags in #BlackLivesMatter tweets often mention protests, victims, support for the movement
An image of the most retweeted #BlackLivesMatter tweet from the last 10 years which is a June 2020 post by the Korean pop group BTS
Tweets that favor Black Lives Matter amass more retweets on average than those that oppose it
Many #BlackLivesMatter tweets are no longer publicly accessible on Twitter
Use of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag surged following the death of George Floyd
One-quarter of users produce around three-quarters of #BlackLivesMatter tweets