Twitter - Latest News and Stats

  • 310M Monthly active users
  • 1Billion Unique visits monthly to sites with embedded Tweets
  • 83% Active users on mobile
  • 3,800 Employees around the world
  • 500 million monthly visitors to Twitter that do not log in
  • 79% Accounts outside the U.S. 
  • 40+ Languages supported

All Time Most Popular Tweet

Most popular all time Tweet is a Tweet by Ellen. This star-studded selfie from the 2014 Academy Awards includes Bradley Cooper, Lupita Nyong’o, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, & Kevin Spacey. 

Twitter Revenue Stats

  • Twitter's worldwide revenue - $2.22bn    
  • Projected global Twitter advertising revenue in 2017 - $3.26bn
  • Annual net loss of Twitter $521m

Twitter Marketing Stats

  • 70% of small businesses are on Twitter
  • Twitter engagement is 17% higher on the weekends
  • 85% of followers feel more connected with a small business after following them
  • 67% of Twitter users are more likely to buy from the brands they follow on Twitter 
  • 42% of consumers learn about products and services via Twitter 
  • Tweets that include links are 86% more likely to be retweeted
  • The more you tweet, the more followers you will have
  • 63% of people follow Small Business to show their support for them
  • 42% of Twitter users use Twitter to learn about products and services