The US loves its swear words, particularly on Twitter. Here are the most popular swear words people use on Twitter in every US state — and when people tend to post the most profanity.
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People love to swear — and they certainly feel no compunction about swearing online for all of Twitter to see.
Wordtips analyzed tweets across every US state, including 320 cities, to figure out which swear words and profanities were most commonly used in which locations. Then they applied each state's most popular swear word to a very colorful map, so you can see where your favorite profanities are best-loved.
Key Takeaways
- "Fuck" is by far America's most commonly applied swear word: it appeared 11.62 times for every 1,000 tweets that Wordtips analyzed.
- That said, "shit" is the most common swear word in the most states: 15 states used it more than any other swear word on Twitter.
- Twitter users in Georgia swore the most, with 48 curse words per 1,000 tweets, and Minnesota residents swore the least on Twitter, with just 15 swear words per 1,000 tweets.
- Of US cities, Atlantans used the most swear words — 56 per 1,000 tweets — and, again, Minneapolis Twitter users swore the least, with just 17 curse words per 1,000 posts.
Wordtips also wanted to figure out when people swear the most. Using research from Storyful, they charted the dates over the past few years that people swore the most on Twitter. Here's what they found.
Source: Wordtips
