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Tweeting Tendencies of Astronomers on Twitter

Updated: 2021-Feb-28 14:30 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	99%
@ImpeyChris	99%
@shasta721	99%
@DrBrianMay	98%
@PabloSantosSanz	96%
@LordMartinRees	95%
@ProfChrisWelch	87%
@PaulMattSutter	86%
@doctorjeff	82%
@iceman_90South	76%

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

Average for astronomers:	41%

Top tendency to reply:
@ashpags	92%
@luigifoschini	90%
@kat_volk	86%
@TodLauer	85%
@bmac_astro	85%
@MarsMaven	84%
@nafshordi	84%
@AstroMikeMerri	80%
@whereisyvette	80%
@mike_malaska	80%

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

Average for astronomers:	29%

Top tendency to retweet:
@EstelleDeau	97%
@AngelinaGa2019	95%
@DMontesG	94%
@marekkukula	94%
@hubbahubble	90%
@TamithaSkov	88%
@bernardfschutz	88%
@AlanStern	86%
@jtedds	84%
@cefalopodo	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	58%
@nunezluis	49%
@xbarcons	48%
@halocme	44%
@MonicaGrady	43%
@rdrimmel	40%
@jfaherty	33%
@RisaWechsler	33%
@michael_w_busch	32%
@SKA_DG	31%