Twitter by the Numbers

Ewitter by the numbers The success of Twitter has been nothing short of amazing. What follows is a brief roundup of some of the latest growth and engagement metrics that Twitter recently published. M Quick Twitter Stats Increase in the average number of tweets per day (TPD) for each month 1 billion number of tweets posted per week 3 years, 2 months and 1 day the time in between the first tweet and the billionth tweet 280% increase 177 million number of tweets sent on March 11, 2011 The average TPD for March, 2010 The average TPD for February, 2011 was 50 million was 140 million 456 tweets per second (TPS) when Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2o09 (a record at that time) Increase in the number of mobile users during 2010. 6,939 current TPS record, set 4 seconds after midnight in Japan on New Year's Day. 572,000 number of new accounts created on March 12, 2011 182% 460,000 increase average number of new accounts per day during February, 2011. In January, 2010 Twitter had an estimated In January, 2011 Twitter had an estimated 14.28 million mobile users 26 million mobile users Between 2008 and 2011 there was a 5000% increase in the number of employees at Twitter In January, 2008 Twitter had 8 employees March, 2011 January, 2009 29 employees January, 2010 130 employees January, 2011 350 employees 400 employees OKISSmetrics Source: twitter.com