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Tweeting Tendencies of Physicists on Twitter

Updated: 2020-Jan-26 14:12 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:	25%

Top tendency to originate:
@michiokaku	100%
@notevenwrong	100%
@warp	96%
@garrettlisi	95%
@AboutPhysics	94%
@Adriana_Raven	94%
@BlackPhysicists	94%
@GagnonPauline	94%
@stephen_wolfram	92%
@arsphysica	91%

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

Average for physicists:	35%

Top tendency to reply:
@johncarlosbaez	96%
@InertialObservr	93%
@j_bertolotti	86%
@AndrewR_Physics	82%
@robinhanson	82%
@michael_nielsen	80%
@Claire_Lee	78%
@dbweissman	78%
@BartoszMilewski	78%
@drg1985	78%

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

Average for physicists:	32%

Top tendency to retweet:
@anduviera	94%
@55enrique	94%
@DrKerstin	94%
@bernardfschutz	90%
@physicsmatt	90%
@ellisonbg	88%
@anxosan	88%
@chamkaurghag	86%
@PaulHBeckwith	86%
@ciro	86%

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

Average for physicists:	8%

Top tendency to quote:
@Meg_Urry	35%
@closefrank	34%
@nathanmyhrvold	33%
@astroduff	33%
@onscrn	31%
@f_ronchetti	29%
@stevengoldfarb	28%
@JedidahIslerPhD	27%
@BenLillie	24%
@RepBillFoster	23%