According to Crowd Science, about 11% of Twitter users admitted to accessing social media while driving in the preceding 30 days, compared to only 5% of other social media users. 29% of Twitter users said they had accessed social media from cars at some point in the past, compared with 13% of non-users.
- More than twice as many males than females (32% to 15%) access Twitter primarily through a third-party application.
- 43% of Twitter users employ a third-party application at least some of the time, and 26% as their main mode of access.
- Twitter users tend to be older than non-Twitter social media users (54% over 30 years old, vs. 42%), twice as likely to be self-employed or entrepreneurs (18% vs. 9%) and to be planning to start a business during the next six months, and more tech-savvy (24% vs. 15% "buy gadgets/devices when they first come out," 48% vs.
- 30% have created a website, and nearly four of ten (37%) currently maintain a blog, twice as many as non-Twitter social media users).
The study was conducted among over 600,000 visitors to multiple websites within Crowd Science's open research network. The survey targeted social media users age 12 and up, and was conducted August 5-13, 2009. They have another study on MySpace on the way.
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