Pew Internet released the results of a new survey recently. “Twitter Use 2012″ explores the current use of Twitter through data collected from telephone interviews from January 20 to February 19, 2012, among a sample of 2,253 adults, age 18 and older, and from March 15 to April 3, 2012, among a sample of 2,254 adults, age 18 and older. According to the survey, 15% of online adults use Twitter, and 8% do so on a typical day. The use of Twitter rose from 13% in May 2011 to 15% in February 2012, although the proportion of online adults who use Twitter on a typical day doubled in the same time frame. Increased smartphone use is thought to account for much of this growth, as smartphone users are particularly likely to use Twitter.
For more, see http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2276/twitter-typical-day-smartphones
