Top 29 amazing facts about Twitter.
Twitter has headquarters in San Francisco, California, United States. Only registered users are allowed to like, post and retweet on Twitter.
Are you curious to know some amazing facts about Twitter? I know you will say yes, Let's begin……
1. Twitter Bird official name
The official name of Twitter Bird is Larry. The bird was named Larry after former National basketball association (NBA) player Larry Bird.
Larry Bird is considered as the greatest basketball player of all time. Larry Bird Nickname is "the high from French lick".
2. Most followed person on Twitter
Barack Obama is the most followed person on Twitter with 119 million followers. He is the 44th U.S President.
Second most followed person on Twitter is Justin Bieber with 112 million followers. He is Canadian singer and songwriter.
3. Most followed musician on Twitter.
Justin Bieber is the most followed musician with 112 million followers.
Second most followed musician on Twitter is Katy Perry with 109 million followers.
4. Most followed footballer on Twitter
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed footballer on Twitter with 85 million followers. He is the most followed person on both Facebook and Instagram.
Second most followed footballer on Twitter is Neymar with 47 million followers.
5. Most followed comedian on Twitter
Ellen DeGeneres is the most followed comedian on Twitter with 80 million followers.
Second most followed comedian on Twitter is Jimmy Fallon with 52 million followers.
6. Most followed online video platform
YouTube is the most followed online video platform with 72 million followers.
7. Most followed actress on Twitter
Lady Gaga is the most followed actress on Twitter with 82 million followers.
Second most followed actress on Twitter is Ariana Grande with 74 million followers.
8. Most followed television personality on Twitter
Kim Kardashian is the most followed television personality on Twitter with 65 million followers.
Second most followed television personality on Twitter is Oprah Winfrey with 43 million followers.
9. Most followed actor on Twitter
Justin Timberlake is the most followed actor on Twitter with 65 million followers.
Second most followed actor on Twitter is Amitabh Bacchan with 43 million followers.
10. Most followed social media platform
It's own profile Twitter is the most followed social media platform on Twitter with 58 million followers.
Second most followed social media platform on Twitter is Instagram with 36 million followers.
11. Most followed news channel on Twitter
CNN breaking news is the most followed news channel on Twitter with 58 million followers.
Second most followed news channel on Twitter is BBC breaking news with 44 million followers.
12. Most followed rapper on Twitter
Drake is the most followed rapper on Twitter with 39 million followers.
Second most followed rapper is Wiz Khalifa with 36 million followers.
13. Most followed cricketer on Twitter
Virat Kohli is the most followed cricketer on Twitter with 36 million followers.
14. Most liked tweet on Twitter
On 12 August 2017 Barack Obama tweet received 4.3 million likes which is the most liked tweet on Twitter.
Second most liked tweet is again barack Obama on 26 January 2020 his tweet received 4.1 million likes.
Both these tweets by Barack Obama rank at number 1 and number 2 for most liked tweet.
15. Most retweeted tweet on Twitter
Yusaku Maezawa tweet is retweeted by 4.4 million users which is the most retweeted tweet on Twitter. This tweet received 1.2 million likes. He is a Japanese billionaire.
He is a founder of Japanese online fashion website zozotown.
16. Fastest to reach million followers on Twitter
Caitlyn Jenner is the fastest to reach one million followers on Twitter. She reached one million followers in 4 hours and 3 minutes. Caitlyn Jenner is a American television personality.
Caitlyn Jenner broke the previous record of Robert Downey Jr, he reached one million followers in 23 hours, 22 minutes.
17. Monthly active users on Twitter.
Twitter has more than 300 million active users per month.
18. Twitter character limit
Earlier Twitter had a limit of 140 characters for a tweet, later it was doubled to 280 characters. What do you think 280 characters are enough to tweet something?
19. Alexa rank
In 2020 Global Alexa rank of Twitter is 48. Twitter was ranked at 32 in 2019 according to alexa.
20. Hashtag
Twitter introduced it's hashtag feature in 2007.
21. Twitter first tweet
First tweet was posted by Jack Dorsey on 21 March 2006.
22. Twitter is banned in these countries
Twitter is banned in Iran, China and North Korea.
23. Use of Twitter via mobile
81% of people use Twitter through mobile. Nowadays a lot of people are using smartphones rather than desktop and a lot prefer to use social media applications on mobile.
24.Twttr
Earlier Twitter was called as Twttr.
25. Twitter won't allow you to follow more than 2000 people
A user needs 2000 followers to follow more than 2000 people on Twitter.
26. Facebook tried to acquire Twitter
Mark Zuckerberg tried to acquire a lot of social media websites/applications. As he already acquired Instagram for 1 billion dollars and whatsapp for 19 billion dollars. Now, Instagram is worth 100 billion dollars.
Facebook offered 500 million dollars to acquire Twitter but the ex-chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Twitter Evan Williams turned down or refused this offer. As he is not interested in selling Twitter.
27. First Hashtag on Twitter
Chris Messina is the first person to use a hashtag on Twitter.
#barcamp is the first Hashtag which was used by Chris Messina in August 2007.
28. Stock market
Twitter went public in November 2013. The first share price of Twitter started with 26 dollars per share and closed with 44 dollars.
29. Twitter user
35% Twitter users are female and 65% users are male.
. Conclusion
Twitter is a micro blogging website. In this blog we saw some amazing facts about Twitter like the most followed personalities on Twitter and average monthly users on Twitter.
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