In 2012, more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as the SMS of the Internet. As of 2016, Twitter had more than 319 million monthly active users. On the day of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Twitter proved to be the largest source of breaking news, with 40 million election-related tweets sent by 10 p.m. (Eastern Time) that day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
2009-04-28 12:02:07 UTC. As you no doubt have heard, Twitter’s traffic is growing at an incredible rate – the most recent numbers we’ve seen show that the microblogging service now attracts nearly 14 million visitors in the US alone (Nielsen Online, March ’08).
http://mashable.com/2009/04/28/twitter-active-users/
3. Twitter is the Important, Vocal Minority. While only 7% of Americans are using it, the Twitter population is still 17 million people, which is roughly equivalent to the combined populations of Connecticut, Oregon, Kentucky, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-strategy/7-surprising-statistics-about-twitter-in-america/
Statistics on Social media usage worldwide. The most important statistics. Number of social network users worldwide from 2010 to 2020 (in billions)Number of global social network users 2010-2020. Global social network penetration rate as of January 2017, by regionSocial media: global penetration rate 2017, by region.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/
Twitter accounts with the most followers worldwide as of March 2017 (in millions)Twitter accounts with the most followers worldwide 2017. Number of active Twitter users in leading markets as of May 2016 (in millions)Leading Twitter markets worldwide 2016.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/
1. Twitter is Ubiquitous. Like Terrell Owens, Carrie Underwood, and Coke Zero, Twitter is almost universally on the radar of Americans. 87% of respondents had heard of Twitter, compared to 88% who had heard of Facebook. (Note that the survey population was 12 and up, including a representative portion of seniors).
http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-strategy/7-surprising-statistics-about-twitter-in-america/
How Many People Actually Use Twitter? As you no doubt have heard, Twitter’s traffic is growing at an incredible rate – the most recent numbers we’ve seen show that the microblogging service now attracts nearly 14 million visitors in the US alone (Nielsen Online, March ’08).
http://mashable.com/2009/04/28/twitter-active-users/
Leading countries based on number of Facebook users as of April 2017 (in millions)Countries with the most Facebook users as of April 2017. Number of daily active Facebook users worldwide as of 4th quarter 2016 (in millions)Facebook: number of daily active users worldwide 2011-2016.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/
This statistic shows a timeline with the amount of monthly active Twitter users worldwide. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, the microblogging service averaged at 319 million monthly active users. At the beginning of 2016, Twitter had reached 310 MAU per quarter.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/282087/number-of-monthly-active-twitter-users/
Number of Twitter users worldwide from 2014 to 2020 (in millions)Twitter: number of worldwide users 2014-2020. Number of active Twitter users in leading markets as of May 2016 (in millions)Leading Twitter markets worldwide 2016. Distribution of Twitter users in the United States as of December 2016, by age groupTwitter: distribution of U.S. users 2016, by age.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/282087/number-of-monthly-active-twitter-users/
how many people on twitter
There are 17 million people on Twitter. There are 17 million people on twitter.