Analysis of Trump’s tweets shows he’s sleeping less, and getting angrier
By Douglas Heingartner - October 1, 2020
Psych News Daily

A new study of President Trump’s tweets indicates that he’s been sleeping less and less. That lack of sleep is hurting his performance, and making him angrier.

The study, conducted by Columbia University researchers Douglas Almond and Xinming Du, analyzed the President’s tweets from January 24, 2017 to April 10, 2020.

The researchers used these tweets as a proxy for the President’s sleep duration. On a typical day, the President starts tweeting at around 6am. He continues to tweet about once every two to three hours throughout day, with an average of 10 tweets per day.

But, although President Trump still consistently wakes up at around 6am, the frequency of his Twitter activity between 11pm and 2am has increased 317% since 2017.