Magento is the oldest Twitter inhabitant, but much less active than Shopify, for example. Shopify also has the best followers/tweets ratio. Each tweet brings Shopify 9.2 followers per tweet, while Magento gets 8.4 followers, and PrestaShop -2.3.

We analyzed 10 thousand followers from each account and determined that the audience of these three platforms has considerable overlaps:

• PrestaShop & Shopify – 3.2%;
• Magento & Shopify – 8.3%;
• Magento & PrestaShop – 14.2%;
• All platforms – 2.2%.

The overlap of the Magento and PrestaShop audiences is the biggest and mostly presented by digital companies and developers, according to the randomly chosen sample from the mutual 14.2% scope.

• Marketers – 10%;
• Developers – 20%;
• Digital companies – 25%;
• Non topical – 15%;
• Abandoned – 15%;
• Other – 15%.

All three platforms have 2.2% of followers, who follow all the platforms at the same time. We analyzed a 10% sample of randomly chosen following accounts from that array, and got the next results:

• Abandoned accounts – 40%;
• Digital companies – 15%;
• Independent developers or consultants – 25%;
• E-commerce news – 5%;
• Other – 15%.

The quantity of abandoned accounts is significant in this sample and makes up to 40%, but we can disregard them. The companies and independent developers working at the junction of platforms or with all three platforms simultaneously constitute 40% of the total quantity, and this is the main relevant group.

As you see, Magento and PrestaShop Twitter followers are interested in almost the same topics and to the same extent. Their followers like “web” and “marketing” topics, while the Shopify audience subjects of interest are more diversified and directed towards “design” issues.How can we explain those similarities of Magento and PrestaShop Twitter followers? Clearly, the platforms themselves and their peculiarities can explain this phenomenon.

Magento and PrestaShop are both open-source e-commerce solutions written in PHP, what allows PHP developers work with them both extending their functionality. While Shopify is a SaaS e-commerce platform designed for SEM businesses and mostly attracts theme designers.

So, now we know that Magento and PrestaShop twitter followers have much similar and the Shopify Twitter audience differs from them in many aspects. But we can find out even more insights about those audiences, which greatly present the entire platform business communities.

45% of the PrestaShop Twitter audience is located near Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid, Stockholm, and some other nearest European cities, while other locations are minimal for this platform.

The Magento audience is primarily described by three main geographical areas: Western Europe, the U.S., and northern India, near New Delhi. The European area of Magento is more widely distributed to the west and east, compared to PrestaShop, and the Eastern Time zone is the most popular in the U.S. for Magento.

The same as Magento, Shopify is interesting for New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey, etc. residents, however, the Indian share it has is three times larger than Magento has in that region. Perhaps, it is explained by the policy of the platform striving to get leadership in India and South Asia.

• Shopify is the most active on Twitter;
• Each tweet brings Shopify 9.2 followers per tweet, while Magento gets 8.4 followers, and PrestaShop -2.3;
• Magento and PrestaShop Twitter audiences overlap by 14.2%;
• All three platforms have the 2.2% Twitter audiences overlap;
• Magento and PrestaShop have almost the same structure of their Twitter audiences interests primarily addicted to “web” topics;
• The Shopify Twitter audience is the most active on Twitter;
• Magento and PrestaShop followers post in the same manner by the frequency of posting;
• PrestaShop is popular among users from Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid, Stockholm, and some other nearest European cities;
• The Magento audience is primarily located in Western Europe, the U.S., and northern India, near New Delhi;
• Except the U.S. and Western Europe, the Shopify Twitter account is very popular in India, much more than Magento and PrestaShop accounts.

Note: The data is obtained using Simplymeasured.com