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Table 2 Twitter user categories, the number of influential users (with h-index≥5) in each category, and its description

From: Impact investing market on Twitter: influential users and communities

Category

No. of influential Twitter users

Description

Investor

40 (8%)

Banks, funds, asset managers

Social business

69 (13%)

Any organisations or enterprises (for- profit or not-for-profit) with a social purpose, such as NGOs, charities, voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, community interest companies (CIC)

Practitioner

141 (27%)

Individuals working independently or for organisations active in the field, opinion leaders

Ad-hoc initiative

25 (5%)

Activities relevant for the sector with no legal status, such as one-off funded projects, policy initiatives, steering groups

Intermediary

151 (29%)

Any organizations that do not tackle a social problem directly but enable other players to do that, such as Foundations, fairs, business support hubs, national membership bodies, platforms, networks

Private company

29 (6%)

For profit private companies excluding social enterprises

Media

29 (6%)

Magazines, blog, podcasts, journalists

Public sector

13 (3%)

Local or national government, international institution

Academia

14 (3%)

Universities, professors, researchers

Other

9 (2%)

Individuals or organisations doing primarily something unrelated to the topic, political parties

Total

520 (100%)