Majority of Top Brands Tweeting At Least 30 Times Per Week

August 20, 2013

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Digital | Europe & Middle East | Social Media

Brandwatch-Top-Global-Brands-on-Twitter-Aug2013Research has suggested that over-communication by brands on social networks can have negative effects. So how many times should brands tweet without turning off their followers? It seems that global brands are betting on at least 30 tweets per week, according to [download page] a report from Brandwatch. The study selected a sample of 253 top brands around the world (such as Dell, NBA, and Facebook), finding that 145 (57%) tweeted 30 times per week or more during the study period.

Comparing US to UK brands, the researchers found that the former were far more active than the latter. US brands tweeted an average of 221 times per week, compared to 30 times for UK brands. That high US figure might have been the result of an outlier, though – the study suggests that the maximum number of tweets per week for US brands was 2500, a fairly astonishing result. The median number of tweets per week might be a better gauge then, and the gap was narrower in that analysis: the media number of times per week a top US brand tweeted was 32; it was 23 for UK brands.

Some brands are still using Twitter only for broadcasting, according to the report. While 69% use it as 2-way channel, both broadcasting messages and engaging with followers, a significant 25% use it only as a broadcasting channel. The remaining 6% use it for engagement only (responding to customer inquiries; 3%) or have no account activity (3%).

Also of note: a majority 63% of brands tracked had multiple accounts, up from 35% in the company’s 2012 study. Dell had the largest amount, 44, each for a different department.

Finally, 57% of the brands tracked switched tools or starting using more than one tool in the past year.

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