The data represents Twitter use in the United States by age group between November 2010 and May 2013.
Overall
, throughout the timeline, there was an increase in all maturity groups, Linking Words
although
people between the ages of 18 to 29 have occupied the biggest proportion in the chart, in August of 2010 reaching its high at over 30% after rocketing in a year from being at less than 20%.
Older people, ages 50-64, Linking Words
as well as
those over 65 years old, have a similar pattern on the graph and occupy the lowest position. Seniors hit a peak in April of 2011 at a little bit over 5%. Since Linking Words
then
, there has been fluctuation in the data, but no higher percentage has been reached. In comparison, the percentage of the group of 50-64 years old who had a very stable start and had a very subtle rise alongside the seniors in April 2011 and an insignificant decrease three months later, rose gradually.
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In contrast
to older life groups, 30–49-year-olds had more fluctuation at the beginning. The start is between 5 and 10%, but in the first month, the line soared by approximately 5%, Linking Words
then
went down to 10%. After 8 months of inconsistency, since August 2011, it had the most stable increase.Linking Words