Altmetric
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We measure the attention that research outputs receive from policy documents, mainstream news outlets, Wikipedia, social media and online reference managers. We detect sentiment of Bluesky/X posts.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
X/Twitter's rough full volume is around 500 total million posts every day, or 182 (and a half) billion posts per year.
By contracts, we found 11.2 million research posts in all of 2025 on there.
In other words, 0.000006% of Twitter appears to be sharing research. Basically zero.
By contracts, we found 11.2 million research posts in all of 2025 on there.
In other words, 0.000006% of Twitter appears to be sharing research. Basically zero.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
X/Twitter's rough full volume is around 500 total million posts every day, or 182 (and a half) billion posts per year.
By contracts, we found 11.2 million research posts in all of 2025 on there.
In other words, 0.000006% of Twitter appears to be sharing research. Basically zero.
By contracts, we found 11.2 million research posts in all of 2025 on there.
In other words, 0.000006% of Twitter appears to be sharing research. Basically zero.
Since Jan 1 2025, which feels like four trillion years ago, research has been shared on here 5 million whole-ass times. Bluesky recently passed 2 billion posts IN TOTAL.
So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research.
That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.
So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research.
That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Since Jan 1 2025, which feels like four trillion years ago, research has been shared on here 5 million whole-ass times. Bluesky recently passed 2 billion posts IN TOTAL.
So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research.
That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.
So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research.
That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.
THREAD
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
THREAD
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Happy New Year everyone!
Year End Meme Review from yesterday's webinar by @lukegeorge.bsky.social and @culturebullet.com.
Shout out to @drmeagantyler.bsky.social for collecting many of these.
Full webinar being posted shortly.
Shout out to @drmeagantyler.bsky.social for collecting many of these.
Full webinar being posted shortly.
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Year End Meme Review from yesterday's webinar by @lukegeorge.bsky.social and @culturebullet.com.
Shout out to @drmeagantyler.bsky.social for collecting many of these.
Full webinar being posted shortly.
Shout out to @drmeagantyler.bsky.social for collecting many of these.
Full webinar being posted shortly.
Shout out to St Andy of Tattersall who had a cameo on our End of Year webinar slides @andytattersall.bsky.social
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shout out to St Andy of Tattersall who had a cameo on our End of Year webinar slides @andytattersall.bsky.social
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
#HaloEffect #AcademicSky #Altmetrics
12 Months That Changed A Year.
The Altmetric Annual Review.
Slightly mental.
Tomorrow, 11am UK time. #Altmetrics #AcademicSky
Sign up and be legends: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
The Altmetric Annual Review.
Slightly mental.
Tomorrow, 11am UK time. #Altmetrics #AcademicSky
Sign up and be legends: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
December 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
12 Months That Changed A Year.
The Altmetric Annual Review.
Slightly mental.
Tomorrow, 11am UK time. #Altmetrics #AcademicSky
Sign up and be legends: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
The Altmetric Annual Review.
Slightly mental.
Tomorrow, 11am UK time. #Altmetrics #AcademicSky
Sign up and be legends: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
Shadow-drop: our first mobile app! @digital-science.com
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Shadow-drop: our first mobile app! @digital-science.com
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/brief...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Personally approved by one of the gents who was in the running to be the next Pope
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Personally approved by one of the gents who was in the running to be the next Pope
Aug 28: we announce new policy sources all the time, but we took this opportunity to inject some gothic noir madness into the announcement:
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19/27
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19/27
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Aug 28: we announce new policy sources all the time, but we took this opportunity to inject some gothic noir madness into the announcement:
bsky.app/profile/alt...
19/27
bsky.app/profile/alt...
19/27
Jul 18: We made a thread about impostors in the research community by creating our own fake Altmetric account. This was then immediately flagged by Bluesky as an impostor until we let them know it was in fact us ROFL.
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15/27
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15/27
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Jul 18: We made a thread about impostors in the research community by creating our own fake Altmetric account. This was then immediately flagged by Bluesky as an impostor until we let them know it was in fact us ROFL.
bsky.app/profile/alt...
15/27
bsky.app/profile/alt...
15/27
April Fools Day: we announce that we can now read minds, are collaborating with @bolloc-ks.bsky.social and change our profile pic to Futurama's Hypnotoad, prompting stern messages from our marketing dept lol. We didn't run any of it by them first.
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12/27
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12/27
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
April Fools Day: we announce that we can now read minds, are collaborating with @bolloc-ks.bsky.social and change our profile pic to Futurama's Hypnotoad, prompting stern messages from our marketing dept lol. We didn't run any of it by them first.
bsky.app/profile/alt...
12/27
bsky.app/profile/alt...
12/27
THREAD
The 2nd annual Altmetric Thread of Threads
Here are all the deep-dives, distractions and rants we've engaged in throughout the year
This year covers Extreme Metal, Mind Reading, Bayard Rustin, Richard Burton, Wikipedia, Free Culture, podcasts, impostors, the "Ghost Donut" & more
1/27
The 2nd annual Altmetric Thread of Threads
Here are all the deep-dives, distractions and rants we've engaged in throughout the year
This year covers Extreme Metal, Mind Reading, Bayard Rustin, Richard Burton, Wikipedia, Free Culture, podcasts, impostors, the "Ghost Donut" & more
1/27
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
THREAD
The 2nd annual Altmetric Thread of Threads
Here are all the deep-dives, distractions and rants we've engaged in throughout the year
This year covers Extreme Metal, Mind Reading, Bayard Rustin, Richard Burton, Wikipedia, Free Culture, podcasts, impostors, the "Ghost Donut" & more
1/27
The 2nd annual Altmetric Thread of Threads
Here are all the deep-dives, distractions and rants we've engaged in throughout the year
This year covers Extreme Metal, Mind Reading, Bayard Rustin, Richard Burton, Wikipedia, Free Culture, podcasts, impostors, the "Ghost Donut" & more
1/27
Not to rub too much salt in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's wound but they would have caught this earlier if they had been using Altmetric.
www.altmetric.com/details/3783...
www.altmetric.com/details/3783...
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Not to rub too much salt in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's wound but they would have caught this earlier if they had been using Altmetric.
www.altmetric.com/details/3783...
www.altmetric.com/details/3783...
What a wonderful year we had with you on here.
Let’s do this again sometime.
#BlueskyWrapped #BlueskyHarvest
Let’s do this again sometime.
#BlueskyWrapped #BlueskyHarvest
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
What a wonderful year we had with you on here.
Let’s do this again sometime.
#BlueskyWrapped #BlueskyHarvest
Let’s do this again sometime.
#BlueskyWrapped #BlueskyHarvest
That'll be $8 for promotional work please @hansonmark.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
That'll be $8 for promotional work please @hansonmark.bsky.social
9. Could the shingles vaccine help to prevent dementia?
One of the many good news developments of 2025 went viral on Bluesky more than Twitter.
www.altmetric.com/de...
13/14
One of the many good news developments of 2025 went viral on Bluesky more than Twitter.
www.altmetric.com/de...
13/14
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
9. Could the shingles vaccine help to prevent dementia?
One of the many good news developments of 2025 went viral on Bluesky more than Twitter.
www.altmetric.com/de...
13/14
One of the many good news developments of 2025 went viral on Bluesky more than Twitter.
www.altmetric.com/de...
13/14
8. Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP
This "runctitional" fever dream was published in Scientific reports. We present above all the staggeringly bewildering AI image of "autism" complete with bicycle.
12/14
This "runctitional" fever dream was published in Scientific reports. We present above all the staggeringly bewildering AI image of "autism" complete with bicycle.
12/14
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
8. Bridging the gap: explainable ai for autism diagnosis and parental support with TabPFNMix and SHAP
This "runctitional" fever dream was published in Scientific reports. We present above all the staggeringly bewildering AI image of "autism" complete with bicycle.
12/14
This "runctitional" fever dream was published in Scientific reports. We present above all the staggeringly bewildering AI image of "autism" complete with bicycle.
12/14
6. Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
Pour one out for the Twitter users fighting the good fight against misinfo. This 2024 article found new life when RFK Jnr and Trump singled out Tylenol as the underlying cause of autism.
10/14
Pour one out for the Twitter users fighting the good fight against misinfo. This 2024 article found new life when RFK Jnr and Trump singled out Tylenol as the underlying cause of autism.
10/14
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
6. Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
Pour one out for the Twitter users fighting the good fight against misinfo. This 2024 article found new life when RFK Jnr and Trump singled out Tylenol as the underlying cause of autism.
10/14
Pour one out for the Twitter users fighting the good fight against misinfo. This 2024 article found new life when RFK Jnr and Trump singled out Tylenol as the underlying cause of autism.
10/14
4. The Marc Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Effect on Urogynecologic Drugs
Bluesky elder @mcuban.bsky.social's work on generics was analysed by researchers. They concluded the program would have saved $1.29 billion in 2020 Medicare costs.
Extremely positively shared.
www.altmetric.com/de...
8/14
Bluesky elder @mcuban.bsky.social's work on generics was analysed by researchers. They concluded the program would have saved $1.29 billion in 2020 Medicare costs.
Extremely positively shared.
www.altmetric.com/de...
8/14
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
4. The Marc Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Effect on Urogynecologic Drugs
Bluesky elder @mcuban.bsky.social's work on generics was analysed by researchers. They concluded the program would have saved $1.29 billion in 2020 Medicare costs.
Extremely positively shared.
www.altmetric.com/de...
8/14
Bluesky elder @mcuban.bsky.social's work on generics was analysed by researchers. They concluded the program would have saved $1.29 billion in 2020 Medicare costs.
Extremely positively shared.
www.altmetric.com/de...
8/14
This piece demonstrated that Bluesky already had practical parity with Twitter in JANUARY 2025 because this article went viral on both platforms with practically identical velocity and ceiling. The difference between the 2 platforms is only about 1k posts.
www.science.org/cont...
6/14
www.science.org/cont...
6/14
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This piece demonstrated that Bluesky already had practical parity with Twitter in JANUARY 2025 because this article went viral on both platforms with practically identical velocity and ceiling. The difference between the 2 platforms is only about 1k posts.
www.science.org/cont...
6/14
www.science.org/cont...
6/14
They called this vortex of factors "The strain on Scientific Publishing".
There are actually 3 entries for this piece, as Hanson and his co-authors are actual Open Science GOATs and released the scripts &data and the figures on (sister company) @figshare.com when the article was published.
4/14
There are actually 3 entries for this piece, as Hanson and his co-authors are actual Open Science GOATs and released the scripts &data and the figures on (sister company) @figshare.com when the article was published.
4/14
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
They called this vortex of factors "The strain on Scientific Publishing".
There are actually 3 entries for this piece, as Hanson and his co-authors are actual Open Science GOATs and released the scripts &data and the figures on (sister company) @figshare.com when the article was published.
4/14
There are actually 3 entries for this piece, as Hanson and his co-authors are actual Open Science GOATs and released the scripts &data and the figures on (sister company) @figshare.com when the article was published.
4/14