The Twitter tipping point. Everyone using it effectively as a networking & marketing tool is saying "well, yeah!".
Bloggeries
· 11 months ago
And to think that is just American users and excludes many who only use mobile. Go Twitter.
Matthew Loop
· 11 months ago
Now that's some staggering growth, as far as Twitter is concerned. Viral email address importers and innovative communication advances are, in large part, responsible.
simonbaptist
· 11 months ago
I saw these number as well and one problem I have is that how are the numbers being counted?
I mean, due to the fast that the open API means Twitter has quite an extensive eco-system that's off Twitter eco-system the actual users are probably even higher than this.
Andy
· 11 months ago
Boy am I glad a built a business model around it :) Here's to a happy and prosperous 2009~
Vlad
· 11 months ago
I think Facebook will outperform Myspace and be married on twitter. Big thanks to the facebook twitter app
KOKOSHARE
· 11 months ago
thats indeed a massive grouth
Ric Cortez
· 11 months ago
Im one of the late comers last year. People from Twitterville has helped me a lot in my marketing profession. Twitter will continue to rock this year!
Black Google
· 11 months ago
Twitter is a great tool for social updates and news updates.It is useful tool in social media. This growth is really worthwhile.
www.51eo.com
· 11 months ago
Good
Site O Rific
· 11 months ago
It may go down just as fast as it went up. It's really not that useful of a tool. The growth is probably due to dot commies that just want the link because it has become such a good link. Also it so fast and silly to set up. But really, how useful is it as far as staying power?
Kevin
· 11 months ago
wow... this is amazing... wonder what to do with this huge traffic until they come up with some revenue model....
TweetRoll
· 11 months ago
Amazing growth. Most of it had to do with the U.S elections and Barack Obama.
alexander alaric
· 11 months ago
I love twitter because it forces people to get right to the point. No more droning on for endless paragraphs with a bunch of fluff.
I'm glad I got in on it in summer 2007 and look forward to its further growth.
Whether you love or hate Twitter, its clear that this is the kind of growth that only happens in digital industries. If the United States is to continue to be a leader in the world economy, it will need to continue to invest in its digital infrastructure and in an environment that helps cultivate start-ups like twitter, you tube, facebook and others..
If you want to see the federal government dedicate at least 5% of the stimulus package towards digital infrastructure and innovation, sign this petition: http:\\www.thepetitionsite.com/1/five2digital
V.I.V
· 10 months ago
I'm not suprised. Twitter is an amazing service and very unique. Also, is it just me or is myspace getting dropped faster than a hot potato?
Priyanka
· 10 months ago
Yeah....i too joined twitter in 2008-the best part is that its quick-you just need to follow on-and its focused and simple-all you do is update--and kind of less intimate and secretive-that's different from facebook
Priyanka
· 10 months ago
Yeah....i too joined twitter in 2008-the best part is that its quick-you just need to follow on-and its focused and simple-all you do is update--and kind of less intimate and secretive-that's different from facebook
Gretchen Jurek
· 10 months ago
I like the shortness requirement...
Gretchen Jurek
· 10 months ago
I like the shortness requirement...
steve
· 9 months ago
Twitter and Wordpress will become the standard web presence this year.
Most sites will have an Apture or Apture like layer on top of the basic site.
This is the beginning of the revolution.
I have officially stopped designing static websites apart for very specific exceptions. The weird thing is companies still want them.
steve
· 9 months ago
Twitter and Wordpress will become the standard web presence this year.
Most sites will have an Apture or Apture like layer on top of the basic site.
This is the beginning of the revolution.
I have officially stopped designing static websites apart for very specific exceptions. The weird thing is companies still want them.
Twitter Adder
· 9 months ago
This is amazing growth.. wow.. I Love twitter.. "What are you doing?" is a hit..
Rob
· 8 months ago
Rapid growth is great, except for one rather enormous detail: every new user is a new financial loss (scaling costs money).
As great as Twitter is from a user perspective, it's basically the web 2.0 equivalent of Kozmo.com. There's simply no viable path to profitability. EVER. They can charge for use of the service, but they can't charge enough to turn a profit without losing most of their users -- thus diminishing the benefits of doing so. They can charge for use of the API, but they can't charge enough to profit on that either without app makers losing most of THEIR users -- again diminishing the benefits of doing so. And they can inundate the service with advertising, but that won't work because Twitter's reliance on mobile providers means that there exist potentially fatal consequences for consuming excess bandwidth -- i.e. being entirely blocked from accessing those networks.
So how exactly is Twitter going to survive when the golden goose of venture capitalism decides to pour its money down a different hole?
Matt Prados
· 7 months ago
Twitter is a great service great apps and ability to build your network like myspace but clean like facebook. It is the best of both worlds.
Igor Goldkind
· 7 months ago
The mob is not God; more likely is that the mob is dog.
hangover cure
· 7 months ago
Just got on Twitter today, loving it. This is a great article.
Many business icons are now using twitter as one of their marketing tools well because twitter can drive a lot of traffic to their site, plus the fact that they don't have to spend so much money on advertising just to get traffic.
Dizzywood (kids games)
· 4 months ago
Twitter's growth has been nothing short of phenomenal and it has definitely continued into 2009. We're finding it to be a great way to stay in touch with our players, delivering them real time updates of what's going on in the game.
jordan shoes
· 4 months ago
that is really good news for twitter, come on, you wil be better.
air jordan
· 4 months ago
great news, thx for sharing.
Fons
· 3 months ago
Is there somebody who has information on the actual growth numbers for 2009?
All Comments
Viral email address importers and innovative communication advances
are, in large part, responsible.
I mean, due to the fast that the open API means Twitter has quite an extensive eco-system that's off Twitter eco-system the actual users are probably even higher than this.
Twitter will continue to rock this year!
This growth is really worthwhile.
probably due to dot commies that just want the link because it has become such a good link. Also it so fast and silly to set up. But really, how useful is it as far as staying power?
droning on for endless paragraphs with a bunch of fluff.
I'm glad I got in on it in summer 2007 and look forward to its further growth.
graph: Google
Trends: facebook,
myspace?
hate Twitter, its
clear that this is
the kind of growth
that only happens in
digital industries.
If the United States
is to continue to be
a leader in the
world economy, it
will need to
continue to invest
in its digital
infrastructure and
in an environment
that helps cultivate
start-ups like
twitter, you tube,
facebook and
others..
If you want to see
the federal
government dedicate
at least 5% of the
stimulus package
towards digital
infrastructure and
innovation, sign
this petition:
http:\\www.thepetitionsite.com/1/five2digital
Most sites will have an Apture or Apture like layer on top of the
basic site.
This is the beginning of the revolution.
I have officially stopped designing static websites apart for very specific
exceptions. The weird thing is companies still want them.
Most sites will have an Apture or Apture like layer on top of the
basic site.
This is the beginning of the revolution.
I have officially stopped designing static websites apart for very specific
exceptions. The weird thing is companies still want them.
As great as Twitter is from a user perspective, it's basically the web 2.0 equivalent of Kozmo.com. There's simply no viable path to profitability. EVER. They can charge for use of the service, but they can't charge enough to turn a profit without losing most of their users -- thus diminishing the benefits of doing so. They can charge for use of the API, but they can't charge enough to profit on that either without app makers losing most of THEIR users -- again diminishing the benefits of doing so. And they can inundate the service with advertising, but that won't work because Twitter's reliance on mobile providers means that there exist potentially fatal consequences for consuming excess bandwidth -- i.e. being entirely blocked from accessing those networks.
So how exactly is Twitter going to survive when the golden goose of venture capitalism decides to pour its money down a different hole?