44 percent of Twitter users have never tweeted, says report

[A Guy]

As I write this, I’ve tweeted close to 39,000 times. But according to one report, a large chunk of you have never sent a single tweet.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Twitter analytics company Twopcharts says that, according to its data, 44 percent of Twitter accounts have never tweeted. No “Trying out this Twitter thing.” No “Just setting up my tweetz.” Not even “Hi.” The Journal places Twitter’s userbase at 974 million accounts, so if you do the math, that’s roughly 429 million accounts that have been silent.

What are all those users doing? Some are likely just readers, others may have created an account, only to forget that it exists; still others may be in the “I don’t get Twitter what is this I don’t even” camp.

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A Guy

 

[TVeblen]

Gawkers and stalkers!

 

[fireberd]

I'm in that category. I set up an account because of a friend, but have never used it.

 

[z3r010]

Yup I'm one of those, but I have a live twitter feed open at all times on my main PC, i find it a really handy news source if you are following the right people/organizations.

 

[ThrashZone]

I haven't checked for a while but I believe you need a tweeter account just to read tweets ?
After seeing this some time back I never thought again about Tweeter,
71% of all tweets are ignored - Neowin
Actually I thought the number of unread tweets was much higher ?
Still not much interested in tweeter but it's interesting to see the activity maps on events like elections...
Totally wild

 

[derekimo]

I haven't checked for a while but I believe you need a tweeter account just to read tweets ?
After seeing this some time back I never thought again about Tweeter,
71% of all tweets are ignored - Neowin
Actually I thought the number of unread tweets was much higher ?
Still not much interested in tweeter but it's interesting to see the activity maps on events like elections...
Totally wild

You don't need an account to read most tweets, some do have their accounts set to be private though.

Tweet

— Twitter API (@user) View on Twitter

That article is misleading, just because a tweet doesn't get a response or a retweet doesn't mean it was ignored. They can be read with no response.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

I am not a Facebook or tweeter kind of guy.
My time is spent here in 7F, 9F and PC Help where I can trust the members on my Contacts/Friends list.
Guess I lead a boring life when it comes to internet chatting.
THW

 

[jimroad471]

I tweeted a few times but no one responded...so ..... I don't tweet no mo

 

[Jonguy30]

I am not a Facebook or tweeter kind of guy.
My time is spent here in 7F, 9F and PC Help where I can trust the members on my Contacts/Friends list.
Guess I lead a boring life when it comes to internet chatting.
THW

Same here. I'm only registered in a couple forums and I also lurk in a couple more forums. That's it.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea they do need to viewed counter to be accurate
Possibly someone will tweet that :roflmao:

 

[derekimo]

Yea they do need to viewed counter to be accurate

They appear to be working on something like that,

Twitter experimenting with showing how many people saw your tweets | The Verge

 

[indianacarnie]

I'm one too. I have a twitter account ...... signed up for access to a forum/site (I really don't remember) and have never tweeted one single thing. I may have re-tweeted a few things and I follow a few people/organizations but have never actually "said" anything. My life is too mundane I guess for I haven't felt that anything important enough has happened that I need to tell anyone about it.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea they do need to viewed counter to be accurate

They appear to be working on something like that,

Twitter experimenting with showing how many people saw your tweets | The Verge

Long overdue
Surprised it wasn't a tweet you posted

 

[A Guy]

U.S. Airways nude photo tweet gets 500 retweets, airline apologizes for error - Providence Business Headlines | Examiner.com

A Guy

 

[Computer0304]

I barely tweet but I do reply often to this I follow.

 

[BillDing]

U.S. Airways nude photo tweet gets 500 retweets, airline apologizes for error - Providence Business Headlines | Examiner.com

A Guy

I think I read somewhere that the guy wasn't even going to get fired over it, surprisingly. Still, that's one heck of a mistake.

 

[UsernameIssues]

These non-tweeting accounts could also be computer generated accounts that are sold as twitter followers.

120,000 followers for $5 USD

 

[Britton30]

I don't use Twitter or have an account, although I do have an occasional tweet myself.