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Tweeting Tendencies of Astronomers on Twitter

Updated: 2021-May-09 13:30 UTC. Based on 200 most recent tweets of each list member. Feedback: @TrueSciPhi.

Tendency to originate: % of user's tweets that are not replies or retweets

Average for astronomers:	20%

Top tendency to originate:
@KirkDBorne	100%
@ImpeyChris	100%
@PabloSantosSanz	100%
@AstroBioProf	98%
@DrBrianMay	98%
@shasta721	98%
@LordMartinRees	95%
@doctorjeff	82%
@iceman_90South	76%
@JRichardGott	73%

Tendency to reply: % of user's tweets that are replies

Average for astronomers:	41%

Top tendency to reply:
@ashpags	94%
@MarsMaven	88%
@kat_volk	87%
@luigifoschini	87%
@AstroKatie	86%
@TodLauer	86%
@DrPhiltill	86%
@NikoSarcevic	86%
@jegpeek	84%
@kaleybrauer	83%

Tendency to retweet: % of user's tweets that are retweets (excluding quote tweets, also known as retweets with comments)

Average for astronomers:	30%

Top tendency to retweet:
@EstelleDeau	97%
@DMontesG	96%
@AngelinaGa2019	95%
@marekkukula	94%
@hubbahubble	92%
@bernardfschutz	88%
@jbprime	86%
@jtedds	85%
@partialobs	84%
@TamithaSkov	84%

Tendency to quote: % of user's tweets that are quote tweets, also known as retweets with comments

Average for astronomers:	10%

Top tendency to quote:
@AdamFrank4	54%
@xbarcons	48%
@nunezluis	43%
@halocme	40%
@MonicaGrady	38%
@RisaWechsler	36%
@jfaherty	34%
@astroduff	32%
@Luke_Drury	31%
@Meg_Urry	30%