Table 3 Retweets and mentions included in breast cancer tweets
From: Using Twitter for breast cancer prevention: an analysis of breast cancer awareness month
| Â | Organizations | % | Individuals | % | Celebrities | % | All users | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 144,886) | (N = 1,202,132) | (N = 4,805) | (N = 1,351,823) | |||||
Original | 136,439 | 94.2 | 1,140,866 | 94.9 | 4,371 | 91.0 | 1,281,676 | 94.8 |
Retweet | 8,447 | 5.8 | 61,266 | 5.1 | 434 | 9.0 | 70,147 | 5.2 |
Any mention (containing @) | 37,253 | 25.7 | 344,354 | 28.7 | 2,196 | 45.7 | 383,803 | 28.4 |
Directed to a user (starting with @) | 10,940 | 7.6 | 145,369 | 12.1 | 324 | 6.7 | 156,633 | 11.6 |
Retweeted by others in study | 11,561 | 7.98 | 34,298 | 2.9 | 4,955 | 103.1 | 50,814 | 3.8 |