Twitter/X 20th anniversary

Originally named Twttr, the short messaging social media platform
aired its first tweet in March 2006, posted by one of its founders Jack
Dorsey. Now known as X, it currently has 251 million daily active users

First ever tweet (above) posted by
Dorsey (pictured left in 2007).
He went on to sell it as NFT*
in 2021 for $2.9 million

Mar 21, 2006: Twitter prototype created by Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone
and Evan Williams – full version introduced publicly on Jul 15, 2006

EMBLEM EVOLUTION

2006 2007 2009 2010 2012 2023

2010: Stone dubs redesigned logo Larry The Bird – named after Basketball
Hall of Famer Larry Bird – artwork was originally bought from clip art
website for only $15 and given sundry tweaks

Sep 8, 2011: Twitter hits
100 million monthly
active users

Nov 7, 2013: Twitter
floats on New York
Stock Exchange
for $26 per share.
By day’s close,
they’re up more
than 73% to $44.90

Nov 29, 2021: Dorsey
quits as CEO, saying
somewhat prophetically
that Twitter is ready to
move on from its founders

Oct 27, 2022: Tech tycoon
Elon Musk (above right)
buys Twitter for $44bn,
promptly fires CEO
Parag Agrawal and
begins culling staff,
including content
moderators –
triggering around
half of its best
advertisers to leave

Jul 23, 2023: Twitter
rebranded as X, and its
domain name changed to
x.com (twitter.com still works)

USERS BY AGE
GROUP (%)

18-24
28.8

25-34
29.6

35-44
17.9

45-54
11.5

55-64
7.5

65+
4.8

ACCOUNTS WITH MOST
FOLLOWERS (millions)

Elon Musk
Barack Obama
Cristiano Ronaldo
Donald Trump
Narendra Modi
Justin Bieber
Rihanna
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
NASA

226.3
130.6
115.7
109.3
109.0
108.8
107.5
104.3
93.6
87.9

COUNTRIES WITH GREATEST
NUMBER OF USERS (millions)

U.S.
Japan
Indonesia
India
UK
Germany
Turkey
Brazil
Mexico
Saudi Arabia

99.04
71.19
22.92
22.17
18.96
18.95
18.54
17.14
16.37
14.98

*Non-fungible token (NFT) is unique digital identifier that cannot be copied or substituted, and is used
to certify ownership and authenticity of digital files such as graphics and videos. Note: Pie chart
percentages do not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding

Sources: Twenvy, Sprout Social, Backlinko
Pictures: Getty Images
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