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(#1) 456 Tweets Per Second When Michael Jackson Died
The highest-ever volume of tweets sent out over a single event occurred when Michael Jackson died. An astonishing 456 tweets per second hit the site as news of Michael's death broke.
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(#2) Trump, the Most Popular Thing to Tweet About in 2015
For better or for worse, Donald "The Orange One" Trump was the most discussed person on Twitter in 2015. Hillary Clinton, Iraq & ISIS, and Bernie Sanders all followed distantly. Add in the myriad mentions of Donald Drumpf that didn't get counted and it's obvious Orange Donny won by a landslide.
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(#3) Katy Perry, the Most Popular Person on Twitter
Katy Perry is the queen of Twitter. She has more than 84 million followers, nearly eight million more than Justin Bieber, her closest competitor. Taylor Swift, President Obama, and YouTube round out the top five. Vladmir Putin lags far behind this cabal of powerful Americans, with only 395,000 followers. But don't worry, Russia will rise again.
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(#4) Twitter Had Worldwide Revenue of $2.2 Billion In 2015
Despite incessant chatter that Twitter isn't what it used to be, the social network's revenue continues to rise. In 2015, Twitter had a total revenue of more than $2.2 billion. That's $800 million more than 2014, and $2.1 billion more than 2011.
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(#5) It Took 3 Years, 2 Months, and 1 Day to Reach a Billion Tweets
Twitter reached its billionth tweet three years, two months, and one day after the platform launched in 2006. In January 2016, users send out more than 300 million tweets a day. -
(#6) One Direction Rules Retweets
In 2015, the top three most retweeted posts were all from current or former One Direction members. The single most retweeted post? Harry Styles addressing Zayn Malik's departure from the group. Number two? Zayn supporting his old band mates. Awww.
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(#7) Obama's Gay Tweet, One of the Most Popular on Twitter
President's Obama's tweet regarding the legalization of gay marriage in the U.S. was one of the most retweeted posts of 2015. With about 450,000 retweets, it's one of the most popular tweets of all time.
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(#8) Twitter Has More Active Users Than Ever in 2016
In the fourth quarter of 2015, the number of active twitter users dropped for the first time in the site's history. Luckily for the platform, it rebounded in the first quarter of 2016, when it boasted more users than ever before; 310 million, to be precise.
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(#9) Instagram, More Popular on Twitter Than Twitter
In an ironic twist of fate, Instagram was more popular on Twitter than Twitter in 2015. At the beginning of that year, Instagram had 2 million followers more than Twitter. Twitter since upped its game, and now has a few million more followers than Insta. YouTube rules the roost, with 10 million more followers than Twitter.
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(#10) The Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Expands To Twitter
If you're a sports fan, you know the Yankees and Red Sox have a bitter rivalry that goes back generations. As it turns out, the rivalry extends beyond the diamond, into the Twitterverse. The Yankees have had more followers than any other baseball team for years, but the Red Sox quickly gained, tailing by about 400,000 followers in 2016. Despite their rapid rise in popularity on Twitter, the Bosox remain third on the list of Twitter's most popular baseball teams. Second on the list? The Toronto Blue Jays. Why? No one has any idea.
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(#11) The Lakers, by Far the Most Popular Team on Twitter
The Los Angeles Lakers might not be doing well on the court, but on Twitter, they're on fire. The team have an impressive 4.85 million followers. For comparison's sake, the Golden State Warriors have 1.7 million followers, and the Cavs a measly 1.1 million.
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(#12) The Twitter Bird Is Named After Larry Bird
In case you didn't know, the little Twitter bird has a name, and it's Larry. In fact, Larry is named after legendary basketball player Larry Bird.
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(#13) Despite Its Huge Revenue, Twitter Isn't Profitable
Wait, what? Didn't they make $2.2bn in 2015? Well, despite its enormous revenue stream, Twitter isn't actually profitable; the company can't seem to stop losing money. In 2015, Twitter's net loss was $521 million. In 2014, that number was even higher, at $577 million.
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(#14) Twitter Is Closing in on 300 Million Users
In 2015, Twitter boasted 262 million users. In 2016, that number is projected to rise to 316 million. By 2018, Twitter is expected to have more than 340 million users, a bigger population than that of the United States.
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(#15) Obama, by Far the Most Followed World Leader on Twitter
Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise that the leader of the free world is the most popular world leader on Twitter, but his overwhelming popularity is startling. With more than 75 million followers in 2016, POTUS destroys the competition. The Prime Minister of India, in a distant second place, has fewer than 20 million followers.
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(#16) Twenty Five Percent of Twitter Users Access the Network Multiple Times a Day
The majority of Twitter users - 38 percent of them - access the platform at least once a day. Twenty five percent of users access the network multiple times daily, while an additional 21 percent show up at least once a week to poke around. Despite this high frequency of use, 24 percent of users access Twitter less than once every few weeks. -
(#17) Twitter Used To Be Vowel-less
If you were an early adopter of the social network you may remember that Twitter used to have an aversion to vowels. On the original site, the platform's name was abbreviated as "Twttr". Maybe they just couldn't remember if "I" comes before "E".
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(#18) Phones Are to Blame for the 140-Character Limit
Phones haven't always been able to do anything and everything with ease. A standard sms (short message service) limit is 160 characters. As such, a 140-character limit was set on tweets to make them more phone friendly; the extra 20 characters were reserved for usernames.
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(#19) Ellen DeGeneres's Oscar Photo, Still the Most Popular on Twitter in 2016
In 2014, the famous Ellen Oscar selfie that included some of the biggest names in show business blew up Twitter. In 2016, it remains the most popular Tweet ever, with a million more retweets and more than a million more hearts than its closest competition.
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(#20) A Single User Has Sent More Than 37.8 Million Tweets
Maybe you're thinking this user must be a bot, but @VENETHIS appears to be a real person, a random Japanese gamer who really likes to tweet. Like, really likes to tweet. How much does @VENETHIS like to tweet? Well, he's sent out almost 31 million more tweets than any other Twitter user.
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(#21) Twitter Announced Its IPO with a Tweet
The founders of Twitter believe the platform is a serious way to communicate, rather than a popular diversion. Appropriately, one of the most serious things to ever happen to the company was announced via tweet in 2013.
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(#22) Forty Percent of Twitter Users Are 45 or Older
The most popular age group on Twitter is 25 to 34 years of age. That being said, the platform isn't solely a young person's playground. Nearly 40 percent of users are 45 to 65 years of age. The smallest age group by far is 65 and up (8.4 percent of users).
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