Images Get More Retweets on Twitter

Your Twitter stream can end up looking like a blur of words as you scroll down it - interrupted by the odd striking image. And its these striking images that win most of the retweets. Not all tweets have the image expanded automatically, but once they're retweeted, they are expanded - encouraging a cascade of retweets that I've seen occur often.

The infographic below by http://www.hubspot.com/ illustrates just how effective images are on Twitter.