Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service on which users post and interact with short messages known as "tweets".
Twitter was created on March 21, 2006 and originally launched with the name Twttr. The first tweet was posted by co-founder Jack Dorsey and said: "Just setting up my twttr." . It was launched on July 15th of that year.
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HISTORY
Twitter was created on March 21, 2006 and originally launched with the name Twttr. The first tweet was posted by co-founder Jack Dorsey and said: "Just setting up my twttr." . It was launched on July 15th of that year.
Later the company decided to change the name to Twitter but that domain name was already in use by someone else so the company paid $7,500 to purchase the name.
One of the names considered for "Twitter" was "Friendstalker."
The hashtag (#) feature on Twitter, which groups tweets by subject, debuted in August 2007 - over a year after the the social networking site was created.
The 10 billionth tweet was posted in March 2010.
Jack Dorsey, the entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter dropped out of university and studied for a year to become a certified massage therapist. He became its CEO in 2011 a few years after being reportedly fired from the company for spending too much time taking hot-yoga classes and sewing lessons.
One of the names considered for "Twitter" was "Friendstalker."
The hashtag (#) feature on Twitter, which groups tweets by subject, debuted in August 2007 - over a year after the the social networking site was created.
The 10 billionth tweet was posted in March 2010.
Jack Dorsey, the entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter dropped out of university and studied for a year to become a certified massage therapist. He became its CEO in 2011 a few years after being reportedly fired from the company for spending too much time taking hot-yoga classes and sewing lessons.
27.9 million tweets were sent in the 2.5 hours following President Obama's announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden in October 2011.
On March 26, 2012, James Cameron sent a Tweet from the ocean's deepest point, the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific.
Disney was planning to buy Twitter in 2016 but then decided to cancel the deal because of the “nastiness” on the social media platform.
Tweets were originally restricted to 140 characters, but on November 7, 2017, Twitter doubled the character limit to 280 for all languages except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Twitter made the decision to double the character limit in order to give users more space to express themselves. The company said that it had seen a trend of users cramming their thoughts into 140 characters, which was leading to less expressive and more frustrating tweets.
On March 26, 2012, James Cameron sent a Tweet from the ocean's deepest point, the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific.
Disney was planning to buy Twitter in 2016 but then decided to cancel the deal because of the “nastiness” on the social media platform.
Tweets were originally restricted to 140 characters, but on November 7, 2017, Twitter doubled the character limit to 280 for all languages except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Twitter made the decision to double the character limit in order to give users more space to express themselves. The company said that it had seen a trend of users cramming their thoughts into 140 characters, which was leading to less expressive and more frustrating tweets.
The change to the character limit was controversial at first, with some users arguing that it would lead to longer and more difficult-to-read tweets. However, Twitter said that it had seen a positive response from users since making the change. The company said that more people were tweeting, and that tweets were more expressive and engaging.
On April 25, 2022 Twitter's board of directors unanimously accepted business magnate Elon Musk's buyout offer of $44 billion, with the company set to be privatized. In July 2022, Musk announced that he would be making some changes to Twitter, including making the platform more open to free speech and adding new features. Musk completed his acquisition of the platform on October 27, 2022.
Elon Musk announced on July 23, 2023 that he would be rebranding Twitter to X and that the Twitter bird logo would be phased out. He said that the new name and logo would better reflect his vision for the company, which is to make it an "everything app".
As of October 2018, Twitter had more than 326 million monthly active users.
On average 500 million tweets are sent each day.
USA is the country with most Twitter users with over 69 million. It is followed by Brazil (27.7 million users), Japan (25.9 million), and Mexico (23.5 million).
The oldest Twitter accounts are 14 accounts that became active on March 21, 2006, all belonging to Twitter employees at the time and including @jack (Jack Dorsey).
When Carter Wilkerson tweeted Wendy's asking how many retweets he needed for a year of free chicken nuggets, Wendy's replied with "18 Million". He accepted the challenge and tweeted "HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS ." The tweet received unlikely support from several major companies including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, prompting the hashtag #NuggsForCarter. He collected nearly 3.5 million retweets in a little over a month, becoming on May 9, 2017, the most-retweeted of all time, at which point Wendy's gave him a year of free nuggets.
The record for tweets a second: 143,199 occurred at 11:21:50 JST on August. 2, 2013, coinciding with a Japanese airing of Hayao Miyazaki's animated movie Castle in the Sky. Fans simultaneously tweeted the word balse (バルス)—the incantation for a destruction spell used during its climax, after it was uttered in the film.
The most used hashtag in 24 hours on Twitter was #TwitterBestFandom, with 60,055,339 uses from March 16-17, 2019. #TwitterBestFandom was used as a tool to allow the general public to vote in the 14th Annual Soompi Awards. (Soompi is an English-language website providing coverage of Korean pop culture).
DEMOGRAPHICS
As of October 2018, Twitter had more than 326 million monthly active users.
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On average 500 million tweets are sent each day.
USA is the country with most Twitter users with over 69 million. It is followed by Brazil (27.7 million users), Japan (25.9 million), and Mexico (23.5 million).
RECORDS
The oldest Twitter accounts are 14 accounts that became active on March 21, 2006, all belonging to Twitter employees at the time and including @jack (Jack Dorsey).
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When Carter Wilkerson tweeted Wendy's asking how many retweets he needed for a year of free chicken nuggets, Wendy's replied with "18 Million". He accepted the challenge and tweeted "HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS ." The tweet received unlikely support from several major companies including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, prompting the hashtag #NuggsForCarter. He collected nearly 3.5 million retweets in a little over a month, becoming on May 9, 2017, the most-retweeted of all time, at which point Wendy's gave him a year of free nuggets.
The record for tweets a second: 143,199 occurred at 11:21:50 JST on August. 2, 2013, coinciding with a Japanese airing of Hayao Miyazaki's animated movie Castle in the Sky. Fans simultaneously tweeted the word balse (バルス)—the incantation for a destruction spell used during its climax, after it was uttered in the film.
The most used hashtag in 24 hours on Twitter was #TwitterBestFandom, with 60,055,339 uses from March 16-17, 2019. #TwitterBestFandom was used as a tool to allow the general public to vote in the 14th Annual Soompi Awards. (Soompi is an English-language website providing coverage of Korean pop culture).
As of August 19, 2023, the most followed person on Twitter is Elon Musk, @elonmusk) with over 153 million followers. He is followed by former U.S. President Barack Obama (@BarackObama) with over 131 million followers. The third most followed person is Canadian singer Justin Bieber (@justinbieber), with over 111 million followers.
US television personality Caitlyn Jenner broke a new Twitter record for fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter when she reached the one million mark in 4 hours 3 minutes on June 1, 2015. Jenner launched her Twitter account at the same time as a Vanity Fair magazine cover was released, showing her as a transgender woman and revealing the name she will now be using.
The official name of Twitter's logo is Larry the bird. It's named after Hall of Fame NBA player, Larry Bird. The logo was designed by graphic designer Simon Oxley in 2006.
Around 15% of active Twitter accounts are social bots. This means there are nearly 48 million accounts that are not controlled by human beings.
Tennessee Aquarium in the United States is home to an electric eel that uses its electrical discharges to post from its own Twitter account when it emits electricity at a high enough threshold.
FUN TWITTER FACTS
The official name of Twitter's logo is Larry the bird. It's named after Hall of Fame NBA player, Larry Bird. The logo was designed by graphic designer Simon Oxley in 2006.
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Around 15% of active Twitter accounts are social bots. This means there are nearly 48 million accounts that are not controlled by human beings.
Tennessee Aquarium in the United States is home to an electric eel that uses its electrical discharges to post from its own Twitter account when it emits electricity at a high enough threshold.
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