Thinspiration and fitspiration represent contemporary online trends designed to inspire
viewers towards the thin ideal or towards health and fitness respectively. The aim of the
present study was to compare thinspiration and fitspiration communities on Twitter. A total of
3289 English-language tweets with hashtags related to thinspiration (n= 1181) and
fitspiration (n= 2578) were collected over a two-week period. Network analysis showed
minimal overlap between the communities on Twitter, with the thinspiration community more …