B
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72%
72% -- share of followers with less than 10 followers for X (Elon Musk followers) (2023-08)
Just over 72% of Elon Musk's followers on X have fewer than 10 followers on their account.
- Source states 'Just over 72 percent'
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Value
72%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023-08
Entity
Sample Size
153,209,283
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Travis Brown (via Mashable)
Primary
Tier B
https://512pixels.net/2023/08/some-delicious-numbers-concering-x/ ↗
Source Article
Some Tasty Numbers Concering X
Matt Binder at Mashable, reporting on data from Travis Brown about Elon Musk’s 153 million followers:
Of the 153,209,283 X accounts following Musk at the time the data was collected, around 42 percent of Musk’s followers, or more than 65.3 million users, have zero followers on their own account. Jus…
Original Research
Travis Brown (via Mashable)
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Methodology
Analysis of X follower data compiled by Travis Brown
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelsocial
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X (Elon Musk followers): 72% share of followers with less than 10 followers. Source: Travis Brown (via Mashable) (2023-08). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/x-musk-followers-under-10-followers-2023
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