The Typical #Twitter User is a Young, Affluent, College-Educated Non-White Male

Who is the average Twitter user?

The Pew Internet Research Project have updated their data that shows who is using Twitter and other social media sites. As we noted earlier today, 23 percent of online U.S. adults are now active on Twitter, up five percentage points on 2013. But who are these people?

According to Pew’s findings, the typical Twitter user continues to be an 18-29 year-old educated minority with a well-paying job, and is slightly more likely to be male than female.

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