A new study from the University of Southern California and Indiana University reveals that nearly 48 million accounts on Twitter are bots.
According to this research, 9 to 15% of Twitter s active monthly users are bots and not humans.
Earlier in 2014, Twitter itself estimated that 5% to 8.5% of its accounts were spam or false accounts.
However, the popular microblogging site is of the view that not all bots are bad, indicating that many bot accounts are beneficial.