Twitter Stats by Hitwise

Hitwise released a new report, Twitter Catches Up To Digg. The report states that Twitter has surpassed Digg in market share of visits for the first time. Here are some other interesting stats on Twitter:

Age of visitors to Twitter (2009)

• Age 18-24 7.39%
• Age 25-34 44.64%
• Age 35-44 14.04%
• Age 45-54 13.90%
• Age 55+ 20.03%

Top 5 website referrals

1. Google - 9.23%
2. Facebook - 8.82%
3. MySpace - 7.56%
4. Gmail - 6.24%
5. Yahoo Mail - 6.05%

The report notes that there is a significant amount of traffic coming from Twitter Apps that are not measured in this report. You can read my previous post about the impact of Twitter Apps on your Analytics.