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Tweeting Tendencies of Astronomers on Twitter

Updated: 2020-Sep-20 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:
@AstroBioProf	100%
@shasta721	99%
@ImpeyChris	98%
@DrBrianMay	96%
@LordMartinRees	96%
@doctorjeff	82%
@KirkDBorne	79%
@iceman_90South	76%
@JRichardGott	74%
@whymommy	70%

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

Average for astronomers:	40%

Top tendency to reply:
@luigifoschini	90%
@ashpags	89%
@astrophysics	89%
@Astropartigirl	88%
@SheerPriya	86%
@TodLauer	84%
@AstroKatie	82%
@CentrlPotential	80%
@ThePlanetaryGuy	80%
@astronomerslc25	80%

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

Average for astronomers:	31%

Top tendency to retweet:
@EstelleDeau	97%
@AngelinaGa2019	95%
@marekkukula	94%
@partialobs	88%
@bernardfschutz	85%
@hubbahubble	85%
@sumnerd	84%
@jtedds	82%
@kevaba	82%
@KalteneggerLisa	81%

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

Average for astronomers:	9%

Top tendency to quote:
@AdamFrank4	65%
@xbarcons	48%
@MonicaGrady	48%
@halocme	42%
@astroduff	36%
@Meg_Urry	32%
@nunezluis	32%
@rdrimmel	31%
@aallan	30%
@hectorrago	30%