---
"title": "A Growing Number of Adults Online Use Twitter Daily"
"description": "The percentage of adults online who use Twitter on a typical day has doubled since May 2011."
"date": "2012-06-04"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2012/06/04/a-growing-number-of-adults-online-use-twitter-daily/"
"categories":
  - "Twitter (X)"
---

# A Growing Number of Adults Online Use Twitter Daily

More adults who regularly go online are using Twitter on a daily basis.

According to the latest data from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 15% of adults online use Twitter and 8% say they do so on a typical day.

The overall number of adult internet users who say they use Twitter changed little between May 2011 – when it was 13% – and March 2012. But the percentage of people who say they use it on a typical day rose from 4% to 8%. In November 2010, 8% of adults online said they used Twitter and just 2% said they did so on a typical day.

The rise of smartphones may account for some of the rise in usage: smartphone users are particularly likely to be using Twitter. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/Reports/2012/Twitter-Use-2012/Findings.aspx)