1. an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its
users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as
"tweets".
FACTS:
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Created on March 2006
Jack Dorsey (American web
developer)
Launched on July 2006
Twitter Stats
Infographic and
Twitter Facts from
2012 and 2013
http://www.socialmediadd.
com/Articles.asp?ID=248
Number of Users Worldwide: 500
Million http://twopcharts.com/
Phlippines: 9.5 Milion
http://technology.inquirer.net/
PERTINENT STATISTICS
WORLDWIDE as of July
2013 according to Craig
Smith
Total number of tweets sent: 170 Billion
Monthly active twitter users: 200 million
Average number of followers per twitter user:
208
Average number of tweets sent per day: 400
million
Average number of tweets per twitter user:
307
Average time per month spent by users on
twitter: 170 mins.
Percentage of twitter user accessing via
mobile: 60%
Number of fake twitter users: Approx 20 m
Most followed celebrity: Justin Bieber with 36.4
million followers
Most retweeted message ever: Barack Obama’s
re-election victory with 802 624 RTs
Number of twitter employees: 900+
http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/marc
h-2013-by-the-numbers-a-few-amazing-twitterstats/
TOP TEN PROFILES IN TERMS OF FOLLOWERS
PHILIPPINES (as of July 20, 2013):
Anne Curtis (@annecurtissmith)
4992911
Angel Locsin (@143redangel)
3388304
Jose Marie Viceral (@vicegandako)
3016465
Angelica Panganiban (@IamAngelicaP) 2990605
KC Concepcion (@k_concepcion)
2755954
Sam Milby (@samuelmilby)
2687037
Luis Manzano (@luckymanzano)
2574674
Cristine Reyes (@mscristinereyes)
2514574
MYX Philippines (@MYXphilippines)
2492917
Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca)
481091
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CONNECTION TO ONLINE JOURNALISM
Updates, headlines, and special coverage announcements can be
posted in the TWITTER for virtual audiences. Nowadays, even
large broadcasting networks in the country uses this as one of
their medium in their online news publications to reach target
audiences. Twitter is a social networking engine that can spread
news to a massive number of audiences with just ONE TWEET.