Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of likes, retweets, replies, and quotes.
| M | Median | SD | min | 25% | 50% | 75% | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) All tweetsa | ||||||||||
| Likes | 4.568 | 0 | 236.468 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 176,848 | ||
| Retweets | 229.981 | 0 | 1688.009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35,579 | ||
| Replies | 0.391 | 0 | 13.761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,185 | ||
| Quotes | 0.036 | 0 | 3.449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4612 | ||
| (B) Sparking tweetsb | ||||||||||
| Likes | 76.837 | 4 | 972.979 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 159,790 | ||
| Retweets | 13.026 | 0 | 186.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35,568 | ||
| Replies | 6.556 | 1 | 100.024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17,185 | ||
| Quotes | 1.708 | 0 | 27.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4612 | ||
aThese statistics refer to all N = 16,743,036 tweets from November 30, 2022, to January 31, 2023.
bThese statistics refer to all N = 125,151 tweets from November 30, 2022, to January 31, 2023.