What’s more popular on Twitter, “love” or “hate”? “iPhone” or “Android”? “Bieber” or “Gaga”? You can find out using this fun little app called Twitter Tussle, which will pit two words against each other to see which one is the popularity victor.

One word of warning: This is a seriously addictive time-waster.
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Lady Gaga might have more Twitter followers than anyone else, but some new insights from Twitter itself suggest that she’s not the most influential.

In fact, she’s not even up there in the upper echelon of most influential tweeters. Neither are Justin Bieber, Britney Spears or even Barack Obama.

The most influential tweeters appear to be religious leaders, many of whom are evangelical Christians with large offline followings.
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We love Twitter here at AllTwitter. We’d do a pretty poor job of writing about it all day if we didn’t. But it looks like we’re not among the majority when it comes to our obsession with 140 character soundbites – according to a new poll by ABC News and the Washington Post, American’s aren’t so fond of the microblogging network, giving it a thumbs-down when compared to other tech giants like Facebook, Apple and Google.
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According to comScore, there’s only one country in the entire world where Twitter is more popular than Facebook. Can you guess which one it is?
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What do the Egyptian protests, Charlie Sheen and the rapture have in common? They were hugely popular trending topics on Twitter, of course!

This infographic from Women’s Health Base takes a look at the most popular trending topics and events that happened on Twitter this past year, giving you insight into what 100 million Twitter users found noteworthy in 2011.
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What’s in a name? If it’s your Twitter handle, quite a lot actually. It’s how people identify you and your brand.

So what were the most popular names on Twitter, and on the web in general, in 2011? You might be surprised by some of the ones on this list.
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The Trending Topics sidebar is a great place for an at-a-glance look at what’s popular on Twitter right now, but it doesn’t give you any context. How long has that hashtag been popular? Which is the most popular one right now?

There’s a great interactive infographic available for you to answer all of these questions and more. Using What’s Up, you can explore how popular different hashtags have been, how long they were talked about, and compare days, weeks or months of trending topics. It’s a data-lover’s dream.
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Twitter is simply a deluge of information. Links, thoughts, images pour in non-stop, sending your timeline into a flurry of activity every time it’s refreshed.

Enter Strawberryj.am. This cute and simple app condenses all of the links shared by the people you’re interested in on Twitter, and only shows you the most popular ones. So instead of sifting through the 500 links in your timeline in the past hour and a half, you’re served only the juiciest, most-shared, and most-retweeted morsels.
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There’s a new tool available for you to track the hottest links on Twitter from 100 of the top news sources online. Popshared.com offers you insight into what’s popular right now on Twitter in the world of tech and social media, showing you which stories have been retweeted the most in the past 24 hours.
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