On Twitter

  • Men have 15% more followers than women.
  • Men also have more reciprocated relationships, in which two users follow each other.
  • An average man is almost twice more likely to follow another man than a woman.
  • An average woman is 25% more likely to follow a man than a woman.
Harvard Business School research on a random sample of 300,000 Twitter users

4 Jun 2009 / 37 notes

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  3. caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from inkyeagle and added:
    Reblogging to read the original research later. I’m skeptical.
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    15% more followers than women. Men also have more reciprocated relationships, in which two users follow each other. An...
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    …who gives a shit. i just lost a little respect for Harvard.
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    somethingchanged:
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    Men have 15% more followers than women. Men also have more reciprocated relationships, in which two users follow each...
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    somethingchanged:
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    Interesting. Apart from the last item...that list I’d have guessed the exact opposite were...
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