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What's all that Twitter about? Apparently not much

Posted by Rob Lewis on Thu, June 11, 2009 9:46 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Social Media, Research & Infographics, Twitter · Comments

"Twitter gets a lot of press, and usage figures show impressive growth, when you look at its awareness and use among mainstream online Canadians, you get a completely different picture" - Mark Laver, Associate Vice President, Ipsos Reid.

Ipsos Reid released a new study today that shows that only 26% of online Canadians are aware of Twitter. Of those, 6% reported using the social networking tool. This only equates to 1.45% of the Internet population, or about one percent of the population as a whole.

 
Company:
Ipsos
Website:
http://www.ipsos.ca
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Company:
Twitter
Website:
http://www.twitter.com
Location:
San Francisco, California, United States

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