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2022 Study of Oncologists on Twitter (part 2)

We analyzed 2,000 tweets from oncologists on Twitter. Here's what we found. 🔍


In part 2 of our Study of Oncologists on Twitter, we look at when oncologists tweet and what they like to tweet about. If you missed part 1, you can read it here

For original tweets, oncologists prefer mornings

Oncologists most often post original tweets in the mornings. So if you want to catch a tweet as soon as it’s posted, be online early. No sleeping in!


Oncologists most often post original tweets in the mornings
Oncologists most often post original tweets in the mornings

Oncologists prefer to tweet on Fridays

  • Oncologists tweet most often on Fridays and least often on Mondays 

  • Breast cancer specialists tweeted most often on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

  • Thoracic specialists tweeted evenly throughout the week

  • Gynecologic specialists were an outlier, tweeting exclusively on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays

Which days oncologists like to tweet
Oncologists tweet most often on Fridays and least often on Mondays

Oncologists love to tweet about medical topics

In our study, almost 90% of the tweets were about medical topics. Non-medical tweets only made up 11% of the total tweets, which shows oncologists mostly use Twitter for professional reasons.


More than 50% of tweets were about publications, presentations or meetings. This is likely due to the excitement around new data releases at conferences such as ASCO.


Which topics oncologists like to tweet about
Almost 90% of the tweets were about medical topics

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We hope you enjoyed part 2 of our 2022 Study of Oncologists on Twitter.


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