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The most popular subjects for tweets from Twitter users are related to personal lives, activities or interests.

Among adults who go online, 8% use Twitter.

Republicans catch up to Democrats in social media use for politics as social media became a regular part of the political environment in the 2010 midyear elections

Eight percent of online adults use Twitter. It is particularly popular with young adults, minorities, and those who live in cities.

A very subjective guide to using Twitter to stay up to date on health and technology.

Technology topped the agenda on Twitter last week as the powerful tech troika of Twitter, Google and Facebook all generated attention. On blogs, the focus was divided between events relating to the Afghanistan war and the death of a veteran actor. And a YouTube-based host who creates his own brand of news was popular once again.

One-in-ten online adults ages 50-64 use Twitter or another status-updating service.

Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled—from 22% to 42%—over the past year. Status updating has also grown in popularity among older users; one in ten say they use Twitter or another service to share updates...

Overview An overwhelming proportion of Americans are familiar with Twitter, the online information-sharing network. Perhaps more surprisingly, a large majority also knows that children who are born to illegal immigrants in the United States are automatically U.S. citizens. Yet the public continues to struggle in identifying political figures, foreign leaders and even knowing facts about […]

The median age of a Twitter user is 31.