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Tweeting Tendencies of Physicists on Twitter

Updated: 2019-Jan-12 16:25 UTC. Based on 200 most recent tweets of each list member. Retweet count excludes quote tweets, also known as retweets with comments. Feedback: @TrueSciPhi.

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

Average for physicists:	27%

Top tendency to originate:
@nathanmyhrvold	100%
@notevenwrong	100%
@michiokaku	98%
@Adriana_Raven	96%
@garrettlisi	96%
@AboutPhysics	94%
@GagnonPauline	94%
@stephen_wolfram	94%
@warp	92%
@arsphysica	91%

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

Average for physicists:	30%

Top tendency to reply:
@johncarlosbaez	97%
@dbweissman	88%
@michael_nielsen	80%
@AstroKatie	80%
@drg1985	78%
@DavidDeutschOxf	76%
@gravity_levity	74%
@AndrewR_Physics	72%
@Astropartigirl	71%
@yazicie	70%

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

Average for physicists:	34%

Top tendency to retweet:
@anduviera	96%
@DrKerstin	91%
@PaulHBeckwith	91%
@ellisonbg	88%
@ciro	82%
@agbuckley	81%
@emulenews	81%
@KateShawOnline	78%
@anxosan	78%
@Josep_Trigo	77%

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

Average for physicists:	9%

Top tendency to quote:
@closefrank	48%
@onscrn	41%
@astroduff	39%
@Meg_Urry	31%
@JedidahIslerPhD	30%
@andreabedini	29%
@DrAndreDavid	28%
@lirarandall	27%
@j_dunkley	24%
@steinber	23%