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Tweeting Tendencies of Physicists on Twitter

Updated: 2019-May-18 15:24 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:	26%

Top tendency to originate:
@michiokaku	100%
@nathanmyhrvold	100%
@notevenwrong	100%
@garrettlisi	98%
@Adriana_Raven	96%
@AboutPhysics	94%
@GagnonPauline	94%
@coherence	94%
@warp	94%
@stephen_wolfram	93%

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

Average for physicists:	33%

Top tendency to reply:
@johncarlosbaez	95%
@InertialObservr	86%
@dbweissman	86%
@drg1985	85%
@AstroKatie	84%
@michael_nielsen	84%
@robinhanson	84%
@Astropartigirl	82%
@AstroMikeMerri	80%
@SJDJ	79%

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

Average for physicists:	33%

Top tendency to retweet:
@55enrique	95%
@PaulHBeckwith	94%
@DrKerstin	94%
@anduviera	89%
@ellisonbg	88%
@KateShawOnline	86%
@ciro	84%
@anxosan	82%
@kevaba	82%
@Josep_Trigo	82%

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:
@closefrank	40%
@astroduff	40%
@onscrn	38%
@Meg_Urry	33%
@lirarandall	30%
@andreabedini	28%
@spaceyliz	27%
@JedidahIslerPhD	26%
@DrAndreDavid	26%
@TaroniAndrea	26%