Social Media Impact Based on Public Data from Twitter

The charts displayed below depict the relative influence of posters and messages.

• The most influential Tweeters were the ones with the most followers. Not surprisingly, they were often the origins for the most popular Tweets.
• The frequency of posting was less important where impact was concerned. The Tweets that spread around most rapidly were from writers for the New York Times.
• The top 25 Tweets (the ones that were propagated more widely than any others) were "RT" posts, not originals.