Seven years ago this past week the first ever tweet was sent. That tweet, sent by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006, read, “just setting up my twttr.” Since then, Twitter has grown to over 200 million active users and over 400 million tweets per day. By comparison, just last year, the young 6 year old Twitter was seeing 340 million tweets a day by its users.

1. When Is Your Twitter Anniversary?
Seven years ago this past week the first ever tweet was sent. That tweet,
sent by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006, read, “just
setting up my twttr.” Since then, Twitter has grown to over 200 million
active users and over 400 million tweets per day. By comparison, just last
year, the young 6 year old Twitter was seeing 340 million tweets a day by
its users.
This got all of us at ClearEdge Marketing thinking. We’re all fluent in social media, but how long
have we all been on Twitter and what were our first tweets?
Discovering how long you’ve been on Twitter can be done with a simple click of the mouse.
Simply visit the “How Long Have You Been Tweeting” tool and plug in your Twitter handle. You’ll
get your time on Twitter in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds.
After a quick tally of our team, I’ve discovered that ClearEdge’s collective Twitter experience is
61 years, 3 months, 4 weeks and 61 days. Wow! To put that into context, it’s as though we’ve
been “Tweeting” since roughly when Wonder Woman’s Linda Carter was born.
Finding Your First Tweet
To unearth your first tweet, you’ll need to request your archive from Twitter. There are a lot of
tools out there that say they can recall your old tweets, but I haven’t had much luck. To request
your Twitter archive, go to Settings and scroll to the bottom. If the feature is enabled, users will
have the option to request their archive.
And for those who are wondering, ClearEdge’s first tweet was on July 3, 2009 and wished
everyone a “Happy 4th of July!”