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A Visual History of Twitter

A VISUAL HISTORY OFTWITTER RECORD-BREAKING TWEET EVENTS JUNE 5 JUNE 17 JUNE 24 JAN 1 MAY 1 JULY 17 AUG 28 2009 2010/ 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 Michael Jackson's death sets Los Angeles Japan defeats Japanese Twitter News of Osama bin Japan defeats the U.S. Beyonce announces she's Lakers beat Boston Celtics in users set New Year's 2011 Denmark Laden's the first Twitter record in the FIFA World Cup. triggering 3,283 in the expecting at the death generates the highest level of sustained the NBA FIFA Finals and record, and spiked 7,000 Women's VMAS. prompts a response of World Cup, causing 7,196 with prompting 456 8,868 TWEETS PER tweets with 3,085 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND an average of TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER TWEETS PER SECOND 3,440 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND (BETWEEN 10:45PM AND 12:30AM ET) BUSINESS MODEL ADOPTION RATE JULY 15 2006 LAUNCHES JUNE ОСТОВER 2009 2009 MARCH 2008 1.3 MILLION Twitter is rumored to have Twitter opens firehose access to Google and Bing. Each brings in $15 million and $10 million, respectively. Registered users ecommerce plans. APRIL 2009 6 MILLION Registered users MARCH APRIL 2010 2010 Twitter Promoted APRIL 105 MILLION Tweets, the company's first advertising platform, is introduced. 2010 opens up the firehose to startups, but cost to Registered users access Twitter's The first data is still unknown. promoted Tweet is by Advertising Age. SEPT 145 MILLION 2010 Registered (It costs about $120,000 per day for a promoted tweet). users SEPT 2011 JUNE ОСТОВER 200 MILLION 2010 2010 Registered users Promoted Trends launches. Promoted 100 MILLION Accounts The first trend is goes live, and is based on Active users log in once a month Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3. "Suggestions for You." The first account is @Xbox. 50 MILLION Active users log in every day THE IO MOST-FOLLOWED TWITTER ACCOUNTS ARE MAINSTREAM CELEBRITIES I LADY GAGA 2 JUSTIN BIEBER @LADYGAGA @JUSTINBIEBER 12,877,909 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 28.09 13,877,916 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 26. 08 "Check out my single "ONE TIME" on my myspace and spread the "op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record! ." word for me. Thanks www.myspace.com/justinbieber" BARACK OВАМА 4 KATY PERRY @BARACKOВАМА @KATYPERRY 10,243,297 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3.5. 07 10,156,789 FOLLOWERS JOINED 2. 20.09 "Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com." "Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH, Such a follower!" KIM KARDASHIAN BRITNEY SPEARS @10,000,350 FOLLOWERS @BRITNEYSPEARS 9,732,680 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 19.09 9,737,020 FOLLOWERS JOINED 9. 22.08 "Hey guys it's Kim Kardashian! I finally signed up for Twitter! There are a few fakes so just know this is the real me!!!" "Welcome to Britney Spears' Twitter! Follow the latest in Britney news and get updates straight from Britney and her entourage." SHAKIRA 8 TAYLOR SWIFT @SHAKIRA @TAYLORSWIFT13 8,702,792 FOLLOWERS 8,146,883 FOLLOWERS JOINED 12. 6. 08 JOINED 12. 6. 08 "apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long. "Hi guys! A little late in the game but I'm starting to figure out this whole twitter thing. Finally out of the studio for a week." 9. 10 ASHTON KUTCHER RIHANNA @APLUSK @RIHANNA 7,727,918 FOLLOWERS 7,791,568 FOLLOWERS JOINED 1. 16.09 JOINED 10. 2.09 "dropping my first tweet." "The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09." FOLLOWER COUNTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2011, VIA TWITAHOLIC.COM FUN TWITTER FACTS 61% ARE IN OF ALL TWEETS HOLA 81% ENGLISH of users follow 18% of Twitter users are Hispanic. LESS THAN 10 42.3% 30 49 of Twitter users are PEOPLE between years old. 47% of Twitter users have children 30% O MALES are more likely to use Twitter for work-related of the users have an annual household income over $100,000 research and news search. FEMALES are more likely to keep in touch with friends and post status updates. 1 billion Tweets about Hurricane Irene tweets post every 5 days (3,000 tweets per second at its peak) outnuml tweets about If the Twitter community were 100 PEOPLE, RP 20 the war in Libya 36:1 20 of them would be DEAD (empty accounts). 75% of users create of the content TOTAL FUNDING TO DATE: $1.6 BILLION Mashable Infographics Design by @emilycaufield Research by @stephmbuck Source: adverblog.com, blogs stweekly.com, crunchbase.com, informationisbeautiful.net, mashable.com, medabistro.com, myspace.com, techcrunch.com, thenextweb.com, twitaholic.com, twitter.com A VISUAL HISTORY OFTWITTER RECORD-BREAKING TWEET EVENTS JUNE 5 JUNE 17 JUNE 24 JAN 1 MAY 1 JULY 17 AUG 28 2009 2010/ 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 Michael Jackson's death sets Los Angeles Japan defeats Japanese Twitter News of Osama bin Japan defeats the U.S. Beyonce announces she's Lakers beat Boston Celtics in users set New Year's 2011 Denmark Laden's the first Twitter record in the FIFA World Cup. triggering 3,283 in the expecting at the death generates the highest level of sustained the NBA FIFA Finals and record, and spiked 7,000 Women's VMAS. prompts a response of World Cup, causing 7,196 with prompting 456 8,868 TWEETS PER tweets with 3,085 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND an average of TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER TWEETS PER SECOND 3,440 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND (BETWEEN 10:45PM AND 12:30AM ET) BUSINESS MODEL ADOPTION RATE JULY 15 2006 LAUNCHES JUNE ОСТОВER 2009 2009 MARCH 2008 1.3 MILLION Twitter is rumored to have Twitter opens firehose access to Google and Bing. Each brings in $15 million and $10 million, respectively. Registered users ecommerce plans. APRIL 2009 6 MILLION Registered users MARCH APRIL 2010 2010 Twitter Promoted APRIL 105 MILLION Tweets, the company's first advertising platform, is introduced. 2010 opens up the firehose to startups, but cost to Registered users access Twitter's The first data is still unknown. promoted Tweet is by Advertising Age. SEPT 145 MILLION 2010 Registered (It costs about $120,000 per day for a promoted tweet). users SEPT 2011 JUNE ОСТОВER 200 MILLION 2010 2010 Registered users Promoted Trends launches. Promoted 100 MILLION Accounts The first trend is goes live, and is based on Active users log in once a month Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3. "Suggestions for You." The first account is @Xbox. 50 MILLION Active users log in every day THE IO MOST-FOLLOWED TWITTER ACCOUNTS ARE MAINSTREAM CELEBRITIES I LADY GAGA 2 JUSTIN BIEBER @LADYGAGA @JUSTINBIEBER 12,877,909 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 28.09 13,877,916 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 26. 08 "Check out my single "ONE TIME" on my myspace and spread the "op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record! ." word for me. Thanks www.myspace.com/justinbieber" BARACK OВАМА 4 KATY PERRY @BARACKOВАМА @KATYPERRY 10,243,297 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3.5. 07 10,156,789 FOLLOWERS JOINED 2. 20.09 "Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com." "Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH, Such a follower!" KIM KARDASHIAN BRITNEY SPEARS @10,000,350 FOLLOWERS @BRITNEYSPEARS 9,732,680 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 19.09 9,737,020 FOLLOWERS JOINED 9. 22.08 "Hey guys it's Kim Kardashian! I finally signed up for Twitter! There are a few fakes so just know this is the real me!!!" "Welcome to Britney Spears' Twitter! Follow the latest in Britney news and get updates straight from Britney and her entourage." SHAKIRA 8 TAYLOR SWIFT @SHAKIRA @TAYLORSWIFT13 8,702,792 FOLLOWERS 8,146,883 FOLLOWERS JOINED 12. 6. 08 JOINED 12. 6. 08 "apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long. "Hi guys! A little late in the game but I'm starting to figure out this whole twitter thing. Finally out of the studio for a week." 9. 10 ASHTON KUTCHER RIHANNA @APLUSK @RIHANNA 7,727,918 FOLLOWERS 7,791,568 FOLLOWERS JOINED 1. 16.09 JOINED 10. 2.09 "dropping my first tweet." "The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09." FOLLOWER COUNTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2011, VIA TWITAHOLIC.COM FUN TWITTER FACTS 61% ARE IN OF ALL TWEETS HOLA 81% ENGLISH of users follow 18% of Twitter users are Hispanic. LESS THAN 10 42.3% 30 49 of Twitter users are PEOPLE between years old. 47% of Twitter users have children 30% O MALES are more likely to use Twitter for work-related of the users have an annual household income over $100,000 research and news search. FEMALES are more likely to keep in touch with friends and post status updates. 1 billion Tweets about Hurricane Irene tweets post every 5 days (3,000 tweets per second at its peak) outnuml tweets about If the Twitter community were 100 PEOPLE, RP 20 the war in Libya 36:1 20 of them would be DEAD (empty accounts). 75% of users create of the content TOTAL FUNDING TO DATE: $1.6 BILLION Mashable Infographics Design by @emilycaufield Research by @stephmbuck Source: adverblog.com, blogs stweekly.com, crunchbase.com, informationisbeautiful.net, mashable.com, medabistro.com, myspace.com, techcrunch.com, thenextweb.com, twitaholic.com, twitter.com A VISUAL HISTORY OFTWITTER RECORD-BREAKING TWEET EVENTS JUNE 5 JUNE 17 JUNE 24 JAN 1 MAY 1 JULY 17 AUG 28 2009 2010/ 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 Michael Jackson's death sets Los Angeles Japan defeats Japanese Twitter News of Osama bin Japan defeats the U.S. Beyonce announces she's Lakers beat Boston Celtics in users set New Year's 2011 Denmark Laden's the first Twitter record in the FIFA World Cup. triggering 3,283 in the expecting at the death generates the highest level of sustained the NBA FIFA Finals and record, and spiked 7,000 Women's VMAS. prompts a response of World Cup, causing 7,196 with prompting 456 8,868 TWEETS PER tweets with 3,085 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND an average of TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER TWEETS PER SECOND 3,440 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND (BETWEEN 10:45PM AND 12:30AM ET) BUSINESS MODEL ADOPTION RATE JULY 15 2006 LAUNCHES JUNE ОСТОВER 2009 2009 MARCH 2008 1.3 MILLION Twitter is rumored to have Twitter opens firehose access to Google and Bing. Each brings in $15 million and $10 million, respectively. Registered users ecommerce plans. APRIL 2009 6 MILLION Registered users MARCH APRIL 2010 2010 Twitter Promoted APRIL 105 MILLION Tweets, the company's first advertising platform, is introduced. 2010 opens up the firehose to startups, but cost to Registered users access Twitter's The first data is still unknown. promoted Tweet is by Advertising Age. SEPT 145 MILLION 2010 Registered (It costs about $120,000 per day for a promoted tweet). users SEPT 2011 JUNE ОСТОВER 200 MILLION 2010 2010 Registered users Promoted Trends launches. Promoted 100 MILLION Accounts The first trend is goes live, and is based on Active users log in once a month Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3. "Suggestions for You." The first account is @Xbox. 50 MILLION Active users log in every day THE IO MOST-FOLLOWED TWITTER ACCOUNTS ARE MAINSTREAM CELEBRITIES I LADY GAGA 2 JUSTIN BIEBER @LADYGAGA @JUSTINBIEBER 12,877,909 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 28.09 13,877,916 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 26. 08 "Check out my single "ONE TIME" on my myspace and spread the "op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record! ." word for me. Thanks www.myspace.com/justinbieber" BARACK OВАМА 4 KATY PERRY @BARACKOВАМА @KATYPERRY 10,243,297 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3.5. 07 10,156,789 FOLLOWERS JOINED 2. 20.09 "Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com." "Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH, Such a follower!" KIM KARDASHIAN BRITNEY SPEARS @10,000,350 FOLLOWERS @BRITNEYSPEARS 9,732,680 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 19.09 9,737,020 FOLLOWERS JOINED 9. 22.08 "Hey guys it's Kim Kardashian! I finally signed up for Twitter! There are a few fakes so just know this is the real me!!!" "Welcome to Britney Spears' Twitter! Follow the latest in Britney news and get updates straight from Britney and her entourage." SHAKIRA 8 TAYLOR SWIFT @SHAKIRA @TAYLORSWIFT13 8,702,792 FOLLOWERS 8,146,883 FOLLOWERS JOINED 12. 6. 08 JOINED 12. 6. 08 "apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long. "Hi guys! A little late in the game but I'm starting to figure out this whole twitter thing. Finally out of the studio for a week." 9. 10 ASHTON KUTCHER RIHANNA @APLUSK @RIHANNA 7,727,918 FOLLOWERS 7,791,568 FOLLOWERS JOINED 1. 16.09 JOINED 10. 2.09 "dropping my first tweet." "The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09." FOLLOWER COUNTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2011, VIA TWITAHOLIC.COM FUN TWITTER FACTS 61% ARE IN OF ALL TWEETS HOLA 81% ENGLISH of users follow 18% of Twitter users are Hispanic. LESS THAN 10 42.3% 30 49 of Twitter users are PEOPLE between years old. 47% of Twitter users have children 30% O MALES are more likely to use Twitter for work-related of the users have an annual household income over $100,000 research and news search. FEMALES are more likely to keep in touch with friends and post status updates. 1 billion Tweets about Hurricane Irene tweets post every 5 days (3,000 tweets per second at its peak) outnuml tweets about If the Twitter community were 100 PEOPLE, RP 20 the war in Libya 36:1 20 of them would be DEAD (empty accounts). 75% of users create of the content TOTAL FUNDING TO DATE: $1.6 BILLION Mashable Infographics Design by @emilycaufield Research by @stephmbuck Source: adverblog.com, blogs stweekly.com, crunchbase.com, informationisbeautiful.net, mashable.com, medabistro.com, myspace.com, techcrunch.com, thenextweb.com, twitaholic.com, twitter.com A VISUAL HISTORY OFTWITTER RECORD-BREAKING TWEET EVENTS JUNE 5 JUNE 17 JUNE 24 JAN 1 MAY 1 JULY 17 AUG 28 2009 2010/ 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 Michael Jackson's death sets Los Angeles Japan defeats Japanese Twitter News of Osama bin Japan defeats the U.S. Beyonce announces she's Lakers beat Boston Celtics in users set New Year's 2011 Denmark Laden's the first Twitter record in the FIFA World Cup. triggering 3,283 in the expecting at the death generates the highest level of sustained the NBA FIFA Finals and record, and spiked 7,000 Women's VMAS. prompts a response of World Cup, causing 7,196 with prompting 456 8,868 TWEETS PER tweets with 3,085 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND an average of TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER TWEETS PER SECOND 3,440 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND (BETWEEN 10:45PM AND 12:30AM ET) BUSINESS MODEL ADOPTION RATE JULY 15 2006 LAUNCHES JUNE ОСТОВER 2009 2009 MARCH 2008 1.3 MILLION Twitter is rumored to have Twitter opens firehose access to Google and Bing. Each brings in $15 million and $10 million, respectively. Registered users ecommerce plans. APRIL 2009 6 MILLION Registered users MARCH APRIL 2010 2010 Twitter Promoted APRIL 105 MILLION Tweets, the company's first advertising platform, is introduced. 2010 opens up the firehose to startups, but cost to Registered users access Twitter's The first data is still unknown. promoted Tweet is by Advertising Age. SEPT 145 MILLION 2010 Registered (It costs about $120,000 per day for a promoted tweet). users SEPT 2011 JUNE ОСТОВER 200 MILLION 2010 2010 Registered users Promoted Trends launches. Promoted 100 MILLION Accounts The first trend is goes live, and is based on Active users log in once a month Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3. "Suggestions for You." The first account is @Xbox. 50 MILLION Active users log in every day THE IO MOST-FOLLOWED TWITTER ACCOUNTS ARE MAINSTREAM CELEBRITIES I LADY GAGA 2 JUSTIN BIEBER @LADYGAGA @JUSTINBIEBER 12,877,909 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 28.09 13,877,916 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 26. 08 "Check out my single "ONE TIME" on my myspace and spread the "op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record! ." word for me. Thanks www.myspace.com/justinbieber" BARACK OВАМА 4 KATY PERRY @BARACKOВАМА @KATYPERRY 10,243,297 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3.5. 07 10,156,789 FOLLOWERS JOINED 2. 20.09 "Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com." "Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH, Such a follower!" KIM KARDASHIAN BRITNEY SPEARS @10,000,350 FOLLOWERS @BRITNEYSPEARS 9,732,680 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 19.09 9,737,020 FOLLOWERS JOINED 9. 22.08 "Hey guys it's Kim Kardashian! I finally signed up for Twitter! There are a few fakes so just know this is the real me!!!" "Welcome to Britney Spears' Twitter! Follow the latest in Britney news and get updates straight from Britney and her entourage." SHAKIRA 8 TAYLOR SWIFT @SHAKIRA @TAYLORSWIFT13 8,702,792 FOLLOWERS 8,146,883 FOLLOWERS JOINED 12. 6. 08 JOINED 12. 6. 08 "apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long. "Hi guys! A little late in the game but I'm starting to figure out this whole twitter thing. Finally out of the studio for a week." 9. 10 ASHTON KUTCHER RIHANNA @APLUSK @RIHANNA 7,727,918 FOLLOWERS 7,791,568 FOLLOWERS JOINED 1. 16.09 JOINED 10. 2.09 "dropping my first tweet." "The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09." FOLLOWER COUNTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2011, VIA TWITAHOLIC.COM FUN TWITTER FACTS 61% ARE IN OF ALL TWEETS HOLA 81% ENGLISH of users follow 18% of Twitter users are Hispanic. LESS THAN 10 42.3% 30 49 of Twitter users are PEOPLE between years old. 47% of Twitter users have children 30% O MALES are more likely to use Twitter for work-related of the users have an annual household income over $100,000 research and news search. FEMALES are more likely to keep in touch with friends and post status updates. 1 billion Tweets about Hurricane Irene tweets post every 5 days (3,000 tweets per second at its peak) outnuml tweets about If the Twitter community were 100 PEOPLE, RP 20 the war in Libya 36:1 20 of them would be DEAD (empty accounts). 75% of users create of the content TOTAL FUNDING TO DATE: $1.6 BILLION Mashable Infographics Design by @emilycaufield Research by @stephmbuck Source: adverblog.com, blogs stweekly.com, crunchbase.com, informationisbeautiful.net, mashable.com, medabistro.com, myspace.com, techcrunch.com, thenextweb.com, twitaholic.com, twitter.com A VISUAL HISTORY OFTWITTER RECORD-BREAKING TWEET EVENTS JUNE 5 JUNE 17 JUNE 24 JAN 1 MAY 1 JULY 17 AUG 28 2009 2010/ 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 Michael Jackson's death sets Los Angeles Japan defeats Japanese Twitter News of Osama bin Japan defeats the U.S. Beyonce announces she's Lakers beat Boston Celtics in users set New Year's 2011 Denmark Laden's the first Twitter record in the FIFA World Cup. triggering 3,283 in the expecting at the death generates the highest level of sustained the NBA FIFA Finals and record, and spiked 7,000 Women's VMAS. prompts a response of World Cup, causing 7,196 with prompting 456 8,868 TWEETS PER tweets with 3,085 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND an average of TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER TWEETS PER SECOND 3,440 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND (BETWEEN 10:45PM AND 12:30AM ET) BUSINESS MODEL ADOPTION RATE JULY 15 2006 LAUNCHES JUNE ОСТОВER 2009 2009 MARCH 2008 1.3 MILLION Twitter is rumored to have Twitter opens firehose access to Google and Bing. Each brings in $15 million and $10 million, respectively. Registered users ecommerce plans. APRIL 2009 6 MILLION Registered users MARCH APRIL 2010 2010 Twitter Promoted APRIL 105 MILLION Tweets, the company's first advertising platform, is introduced. 2010 opens up the firehose to startups, but cost to Registered users access Twitter's The first data is still unknown. promoted Tweet is by Advertising Age. SEPT 145 MILLION 2010 Registered (It costs about $120,000 per day for a promoted tweet). users SEPT 2011 JUNE ОСТОВER 200 MILLION 2010 2010 Registered users Promoted Trends launches. Promoted 100 MILLION Accounts The first trend is goes live, and is based on Active users log in once a month Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3. "Suggestions for You." The first account is @Xbox. 50 MILLION Active users log in every day THE IO MOST-FOLLOWED TWITTER ACCOUNTS ARE MAINSTREAM CELEBRITIES I LADY GAGA 2 JUSTIN BIEBER @LADYGAGA @JUSTINBIEBER 12,877,909 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 28.09 13,877,916 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 26. 08 "Check out my single "ONE TIME" on my myspace and spread the "op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record! ." word for me. Thanks www.myspace.com/justinbieber" BARACK OВАМА 4 KATY PERRY @BARACKOВАМА @KATYPERRY 10,243,297 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3.5. 07 10,156,789 FOLLOWERS JOINED 2. 20.09 "Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com." "Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH, Such a follower!" KIM KARDASHIAN BRITNEY SPEARS @10,000,350 FOLLOWERS @BRITNEYSPEARS 9,732,680 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 19.09 9,737,020 FOLLOWERS JOINED 9. 22.08 "Hey guys it's Kim Kardashian! I finally signed up for Twitter! There are a few fakes so just know this is the real me!!!" "Welcome to Britney Spears' Twitter! Follow the latest in Britney news and get updates straight from Britney and her entourage." SHAKIRA 8 TAYLOR SWIFT @SHAKIRA @TAYLORSWIFT13 8,702,792 FOLLOWERS 8,146,883 FOLLOWERS JOINED 12. 6. 08 JOINED 12. 6. 08 "apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long. "Hi guys! A little late in the game but I'm starting to figure out this whole twitter thing. Finally out of the studio for a week." 9. 10 ASHTON KUTCHER RIHANNA @APLUSK @RIHANNA 7,727,918 FOLLOWERS 7,791,568 FOLLOWERS JOINED 1. 16.09 JOINED 10. 2.09 "dropping my first tweet." "The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09." FOLLOWER COUNTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2011, VIA TWITAHOLIC.COM FUN TWITTER FACTS 61% ARE IN OF ALL TWEETS HOLA 81% ENGLISH of users follow 18% of Twitter users are Hispanic. LESS THAN 10 42.3% 30 49 of Twitter users are PEOPLE between years old. 47% of Twitter users have children 30% O MALES are more likely to use Twitter for work-related of the users have an annual household income over $100,000 research and news search. FEMALES are more likely to keep in touch with friends and post status updates. 1 billion Tweets about Hurricane Irene tweets post every 5 days (3,000 tweets per second at its peak) outnuml tweets about If the Twitter community were 100 PEOPLE, RP 20 the war in Libya 36:1 20 of them would be DEAD (empty accounts). 75% of users create of the content TOTAL FUNDING TO DATE: $1.6 BILLION Mashable Infographics Design by @emilycaufield Research by @stephmbuck Source: adverblog.com, blogs stweekly.com, crunchbase.com, informationisbeautiful.net, mashable.com, medabistro.com, myspace.com, techcrunch.com, thenextweb.com, twitaholic.com, twitter.com A VISUAL HISTORY OFTWITTER RECORD-BREAKING TWEET EVENTS JUNE 5 JUNE 17 JUNE 24 JAN 1 MAY 1 JULY 17 AUG 28 2009 2010/ 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 Michael Jackson's death sets Los Angeles Japan defeats Japanese Twitter News of Osama bin Japan defeats the U.S. Beyonce announces she's Lakers beat Boston Celtics in users set New Year's 2011 Denmark Laden's the first Twitter record in the FIFA World Cup. triggering 3,283 in the expecting at the death generates the highest level of sustained the NBA FIFA Finals and record, and spiked 7,000 Women's VMAS. prompts a response of World Cup, causing 7,196 with prompting 456 8,868 TWEETS PER tweets with 3,085 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND an average of TWEETS PER SECOND TWEETS PER TWEETS PER SECOND 3,440 SECOND TWEETS PER SECOND (BETWEEN 10:45PM AND 12:30AM ET) BUSINESS MODEL ADOPTION RATE JULY 15 2006 LAUNCHES JUNE ОСТОВER 2009 2009 MARCH 2008 1.3 MILLION Twitter is rumored to have Twitter opens firehose access to Google and Bing. Each brings in $15 million and $10 million, respectively. Registered users ecommerce plans. APRIL 2009 6 MILLION Registered users MARCH APRIL 2010 2010 Twitter Promoted APRIL 105 MILLION Tweets, the company's first advertising platform, is introduced. 2010 opens up the firehose to startups, but cost to Registered users access Twitter's The first data is still unknown. promoted Tweet is by Advertising Age. SEPT 145 MILLION 2010 Registered (It costs about $120,000 per day for a promoted tweet). users SEPT 2011 JUNE ОСТОВER 200 MILLION 2010 2010 Registered users Promoted Trends launches. Promoted 100 MILLION Accounts The first trend is goes live, and is based on Active users log in once a month Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3. "Suggestions for You." The first account is @Xbox. 50 MILLION Active users log in every day THE IO MOST-FOLLOWED TWITTER ACCOUNTS ARE MAINSTREAM CELEBRITIES I LADY GAGA 2 JUSTIN BIEBER @LADYGAGA @JUSTINBIEBER 12,877,909 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 28.09 13,877,916 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 26. 08 "Check out my single "ONE TIME" on my myspace and spread the "op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record! ." word for me. Thanks www.myspace.com/justinbieber" BARACK OВАМА 4 KATY PERRY @BARACKOВАМА @KATYPERRY 10,243,297 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3.5. 07 10,156,789 FOLLOWERS JOINED 2. 20.09 "Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com." "Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH, Such a follower!" KIM KARDASHIAN BRITNEY SPEARS @10,000,350 FOLLOWERS @BRITNEYSPEARS 9,732,680 FOLLOWERS JOINED 3. 19.09 9,737,020 FOLLOWERS JOINED 9. 22.08 "Hey guys it's Kim Kardashian! I finally signed up for Twitter! There are a few fakes so just know this is the real me!!!" "Welcome to Britney Spears' Twitter! Follow the latest in Britney news and get updates straight from Britney and her entourage." SHAKIRA 8 TAYLOR SWIFT @SHAKIRA @TAYLORSWIFT13 8,702,792 FOLLOWERS 8,146,883 FOLLOWERS JOINED 12. 6. 08 JOINED 12. 6. 08 "apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long. "Hi guys! A little late in the game but I'm starting to figure out this whole twitter thing. Finally out of the studio for a week." 9. 10 ASHTON KUTCHER RIHANNA @APLUSK @RIHANNA 7,727,918 FOLLOWERS 7,791,568 FOLLOWERS JOINED 1. 16.09 JOINED 10. 2.09 "dropping my first tweet." "The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09." FOLLOWER COUNTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2011, VIA TWITAHOLIC.COM FUN TWITTER FACTS 61% ARE IN OF ALL TWEETS HOLA 81% ENGLISH of users follow 18% of Twitter users are Hispanic. LESS THAN 10 42.3% 30 49 of Twitter users are PEOPLE between years old. 47% of Twitter users have children 30% O MALES are more likely to use Twitter for work-related of the users have an annual household income over $100,000 research and news search. FEMALES are more likely to keep in touch with friends and post status updates. 1 billion Tweets about Hurricane Irene tweets post every 5 days (3,000 tweets per second at its peak) outnuml tweets about If the Twitter community were 100 PEOPLE, RP 20 the war in Libya 36:1 20 of them would be DEAD (empty accounts). 75% of users create of the content TOTAL FUNDING TO DATE: $1.6 BILLION Mashable Infographics Design by @emilycaufield Research by @stephmbuck Source: adverblog.com, blogs stweekly.com, crunchbase.com, informationisbeautiful.net, mashable.com, medabistro.com, myspace.com, techcrunch.com, thenextweb.com, twitaholic.com, twitter.com

A Visual History of Twitter

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Since its launch in the summer of 2006, Twitter has become the leader in microblogging, limiting even its most famous users to a concise 140 characters. This infographic details Twitter’s most influ...

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