Since it's advent into the online world, Twitter has become a driving force in mass media, politics, day-to-day life and occurances and just about anything and everything happening around the world. On the 11th anniversary of its founding, we look at some amazing Twitter figures and records achieved over the years...
Since it's advent into the online world, Twitter has become a driving force in mass media, politics, day-to-day life and occurances and just about anything and everything happening around the world. On the 11th anniversary of its founding, we look at some amazing Twitter figures and records achieved over the years...
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1.6 billion: The number of search queries handled by Twitter
140 million: The number of Twitter users in 2012
340 million: The number of tweets posted per day in 2012
500 million: The number of Twitter users as of 2015
302 million: The number of active Twitter users in 2015
35.6 million: The number of tweets the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final between Brazil and Germany on July 8, 2014
Robert Downey Jr. Pic/AFP
23 hours and 22 minutes: The fastest pace to a million followers set by Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr in April 2014, according to the Guinness World Records.
14: The oldest Twitter accounts, which became active on March 21, 2006, all belonging to Twitter employees at the time and including founders @jack (Jack Dorsey), @biz (Biz Stone), and @noah (Noah Glass)
A still from 'Castle in the Sky'. Pic/YouTube
143,199: The total number of tweets during the airing of Castle in the Sky on August 2, 2013, when fans tweeted the word "balse" at the exact time that it played in the movie. It was the most tweeted moment in the history of Twitter.
3: The number of countries where Twitter is banned altogether. They are Iran, China and North Korea.
3.4 million: The number of times 86th Academy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres' selfie with Oscar-winning Hollywood actors has been retweeted as of 18 March 2014. The iconic selfie containing 12 celebrities taken on March 2, 2014 broke the previous retweet record within forty minutes, and was retweeted over 1.8 million times in the first hour. It was retweeted over 2 million times after the ceremony; less than 24 hours later, it had been retweeted over 2.8 million times. It beat the previous record, 778,801, which was held by Barack Obama, following his victory in the 2012 presidential election. The incident was parodied by Lego and The Simpsons. Twitter was shut down for more than 20 minutes due to this.
Ellen Degeneres' record-breaking Oscar selfie (below) The parody on 'The Simpsons'. Picture courtesy @The Simpsons Facebook account
USD 300 million: The amount invested on Twitter by Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal in December 2011. The company was valued at $8.4 billion at the time.
Michael Jackson
100,000: The number of tweets posted per hour following music legend Michael Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. Twitter servers crashed after users were updating their status to include the words "Michael Jackson".
153: The number of countries represented at the United Nations with establishe government Twitter accounts in 2013.
505: The amount of Twitter handles used by world leaders and their foreign ministers, with their tweets able to reach a combined audience of over 106 million followers in 2013.
140 million: The number of Twitter users announced on March 21, 2012, to coincide with the website's sixth birthday. The number of users is up 40% from their September 2011 number, which was said to have been at 100 million at the time.
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