This way, you’ll see how this platform changes our society (and maybe you can use it for that purpose too). Let me show you some interesting Twitter statistics first. do you know Larry? Well, you’ll find out about him later on. Which is where the name Twitter came from, in case you didn’t know.īut wait…. Each one of them is a short message – just like the whistles of a tiny bird. This is why each tweet was limited to 140 characters.Įvery tweet is self-contained and different tweets are not necessarily connected with each other. They wanted Twitter to become an SMS platform. It does not store any personal data.Back in 2006, Twitter was first created as a side project by Google employees Evan Williams and Biz Stone. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other.

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Percentage of Twitter employees that are non-white and non-Asian: Percentage of Twitter employees that are women: Number of Twitter users that watch live video on it quarterly: Number of tweets sent on Twitter on election day 2016:Īmount of Twitter live premium video that is consumed quarterly: Number of tweets sent on Twitter related to the inauguration of President Trump: Number of people that tuned into Twitter’s live stream of the inauguration of President Trump: Increase in likes (over favorites) the week following Twitters change form stars to hearts: Research shows that the top 10% of Twitter users create 80% of all tweets. Percentage of US Twitter users that have household incomes above $75,000: Percentage of US Twitter users that have at least a bachelors degree: Percentage of Twitter users that consider themselves early adopters: Percentage of Twitter users that are bots: Number of Fake Twitter Users suspended in 2018 cleanup: Number of world leaders that are active on Twitter:įastest Twitter account to reach 1 million (4 hours) Percentage of world leaders that use Twitter: Number of people tweets reach each month on 3rd party properties: Tweets with GIFs see 55x more engagement than tweets without. Tweets with images see 150x more engagement than tweets without. Tweets with videos see 10x more engagement than tweets without.

Percentage of Twitter MAUs located in the U.S.:Įstimated number of active Twitter users in China (even though it is blocked):Īverage number of Twitter accounts you can follow each day:Īverage Number of Followers per Twitter User: Now, they are reporting only daily active users. Note: Twitter stopped reporting monthly active users after Q1 2019.

Twitter active users