It stands to reason that having more Twitter followers results in one’s tweets receiving more retweets. Does the ratio of retweets to follower count vary between different populations of Twitter accounts?
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@ZellaQuixote We tested eight different account categories:
- #resistance accounts from lists/FBR
- #MAGA trains
- major liberal accounts
- major #MAGA accounts
- 2020 Dem candidates
- lobsters/tweetdeckers
- spambots
- pornbots
- #resistance accounts from lists/FBR
- #MAGA trains
- major liberal accounts
- major #MAGA accounts
- 2020 Dem candidates
- lobsters/tweetdeckers
- spambots
- pornbots
@ZellaQuixote Results, in descending order of average number of RTs per 1000 followers. The tweetdeckers and spambots take first and last place respectively due to the former focusing on getting huge RT counts on a few tweets and the latter prioritizing repetition and volume. 
@ZellaQuixote Among the political categories, #MAGA train accounts have the lowest RT rate per follower, roughly a quarter of that of run-of-the mill #resist/liberal accounts and a 16th of that of the large #MAGA accounts. Major liberal accounts get slightly less traction than major #MAGAs.
