Among those who tweeted about news, COVID-19 appeared in about a fifth of a user’s news tweets on average

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December 13, 2021

How Americans tweet about the news

Among those who tweeted about news, COVID-19 appeared in about a fifth of a user’s news tweets on average

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Among those who tweeted about news, COVID-19 appeared in about a fifth of a user’s news tweets on average

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How Americans tweet about the news
Entertainment, politics and sports topped the list of subject areas in Americans’ news tweets in 2021
Among those who tweeted about news, COVID-19 appeared in about a fifth of a user’s news tweets on average
As in 2015, around four-in-ten news tweets posted by U.S. adults included author’s opinion
Americans’ news-related tweets were less likely to be original tweets, more likely to be replies in 2021 than in 2015
Hashtags have become far less common in Americans’ tweets about the news
Researchers studied news-related tweets from more than 500 U.S. adults

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Among those who tweeted about news, COVID-19 appeared in about a fifth of a user’s news tweets on average

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