π/Twitter’s user base stands at 335.7 million in 2024.
Statistics show that Twitter/π has 335 million users in 2024 which is a decrease from 2022 when it had 368 million active users.Β Β
Despite the decrease we will see that Twitter/π still is among the best platform to build your brand as we will see in the next fact and others as well.
π/Twitter gets about 259.4 million visits every day
Despite the decrease of about 33 million users since Elon Musk took over, Twitter/π gets about 259 million visits every day. Meaning that there are loyal users who come back to Twitter/π every dayΒ
In the US, π/Twitter Has 105.42 million users making it the leading country with the most usersΒ
If we look at the US alone, 105.42 million people have a Twitter/π account as of April 2024 making the leading country with the most Twitter/π users.Β
The second country with the most Twitter/π users is Japan with 69.28 million users followed by India with 25.45 million users.
Source: Statista
π/Twitter has the largest gender gap of any social platform with 60.9% male users
As of 2024, Twitter/π has 60.9% male users and only 39.1% female users making it a social platform with the largest gender gap. It is also the platform with the largest number of male users.Β
70% of US adults have seen or heard Twitter change its name to π
70% of US adults in the survey have seen or heard Twitter changing its name to π. This means 30% have not heard anything about the change and may not understand when people mention π. This is why its better to clarify when mentioning π.
43% of π/Twitter users think changing the name to X is a big mistakeΒ
43% of Twitter/π users who participated in the survey think that Twitter changing its name to X is a big mistake. This because for a number of reasons such as Twitter brand carried a lot of meaning and X or more specifically π is a weird name to write as well as pronounce.
The most followed Twitter/π account is Elon MuskΒ
Elon Musk is the most followed account with 184 million followers at the time of writing surpassing former US president Barack Obama with 131 million followers.Β
More than 500 million tweets are posted every dayΒ
The first tweet was posted back in Marchi 21, 2006 by Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter/π. Since then Twitter/π has grown a lot and has gotten many users to the extent that every day on average 500 million tweets are posted.
Users can publish up toΒ 2,400Β tweets each day
Twitter/π allows its users to post up to 2,400 tweets and retweets (posts and reposts). The limit is very high and it’s near impossible to reach that limit for just normal uses
10% of π/Twitter users are responsible for 92% of tweets
Most Twitter/π users do not tweet a lot and are there to consume content. 10% of the users are responsible for more than 90% of the tweets. What does this mean for creators and new creators? It means there are less creators and more consumers. More reason for you to create content.
Elon Musk bought π/Twitter for $44 billion
After a long negotiation process, Elon Musk finally bought Twitter for $44 billion on October 22, 2022. Since then he has made many changes to the platform all in favor of Twitter/π becoming the every thing app.Β
Users spend an average of 30 minutes per day on π/Twitter
This equates to 3.5 hours a week or more than 15 hours a month.Β
This is an increase from previous years when it was still averaging around 20 minutes daily usage for users.
48% of users turn to π/Twitter to get the latest news
We turn to social media for different users. For 48% of Twitter/π users, it is to get the latest news. This is not a surprise because since the beginning Twitter/π has been considered a “formal/political” platform.Β
1.7 million users sign up on π/Twitter
XData, the account which shares numbers about Twitter/π has reported that 1.7 million users join on Twitter/π every day. This is good news for creators and brands because new users keep joining the platform.
6.4 million spaces have been created from the beginning of 2024 till April 2024.Β
Audio is a huge thing and from January to April 2024 alone 6.4 million spaces have been created.Β This is not a surprise because Twitter/π Spaces competed with Clubhouse and it emerged to be the winner.Β
The top 4 conversation topics in 2023 were sports, music, food, and gaming
Sporst, gaming, food and gaming have been the top 4 topics on Twitter/π in 2023. This is good news for creators or brands who focus on one of these things.
80% of π/Twitter user sessions include watching video
4 out of 5 Twitter/π users watch videos when they open the app. Twitter/π now has a dedicated video page that makes it easy for people to watch videos. It’s like Instagram reels page or TikTok feed page.
π/Twitter is the first app to have a single letter in the App Store listing
App Store has strict rule of app names to start from 2 characters. Twitter/π is the first app to have a single letter name on the App StoreΒ
