Twitter

twitter Year by Year User Growth Launch 2011: 175 million * May 1st 4:02 PM March 21, 2006: tutte= "Inviting Coworkers" 2010: 106 million 2009: 8 million -Jack Dorsey 2008: 3 million twttr Tipping Point 2007: 650k 2007 SXSW tweets 2/3 access increase from 20k per day to 60k via mobile phone 140 million Tweets per day Time to 1 Billionth Tweet 3 years, 2 months, 1day @seanenelson Today: 1 Billion tweets per week Most Tweeted Day March 11, 2011 177m Tweets 52% of users Twitter Apps Japanese Earthquake update their 600k developers workingon apps that integrate Twitter status daily 460k new accounts per day in Q1 2011 900k apps that use Twitter in some way Increase in Mobile Based Twitter Usage by Device Android: 104% iPad: 72% What's happening? iPhone: 55% Blackberry: 51% Twitter is for Business Timeline @Mentions Retweets Searches 117 Tweet Lists * 42% of users utilize the platform to discover more information about a product or service Twitter's market value is $4 Billion USD following recent funding in Q1 67% of users are more likely to buy products from brands they follow on Twitter of 2011. Companies that use Twitter gain twice the number of leads each month than their non-Tweeting counterparts Twitter earned $45 Million in ad revenue in 2010 73% of marketers plan on increasing their Twitter activity this year Expected to triple in 2011 Who Is On Twitter 14% 18% 3 - 17 Male 18 - 34 46% 54% 24% Female 35 - 49 45% 50+ Gender Age 13% No College 49% College 38% Grad Sch. Education 1% Caucasion 3% 11% 17% $0 - $30k African Am. 30% 16% $30k - $60k Asian 25% 69% $60k - 100k Hispanic 28% $100k+ Other Income Ethnicity Created by socialmediasonar.com Stats were compiled from the various resources twitter.com pcmag.com: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385360,00.asp socialtechnologyreview.com: http://www.socialtechnologyreview.com/articles/40-fascinating-twitter-facts quantcast.com: http://www.quantcast.com/twitter.com Hubspot.com: sourced in above links edisonresearch.com: Sourced in above links Socialmediaexaminer.com: Sourced in above links Graphics Background graphic (modified from original source): Mark Klowner http://www.klowner.com -view original: http://wide-wallpaper.com/wallpapers/vicces/_teljeskep/34588.jpg Twitter Bird: http://info.universalprinting.com