Michael Jackson on Twitter

Five years ago, at this time, a small team was working on a plan that has now become a global phenomenon. On March 21, 2006, the Twitter phenomenon—considered an internet-world revolution—was born with the sending of its first tweet. On this occasion, the Twitter service has provided the following interesting statistics. Among them is a Michael Jackson-related item that’s why this news is on this page: - In 3 years, 2 months, and 1 day, the number of users’ tweets rose from 1 to 1 billion. - Currently, 1 billion tweets are sent by users every week. - Last year, an average of 50 million tweets were sent per day. - Over the past month, an average of 140 million tweets were sent per day. - In the 4 seconds after New Year 2011 in Japan, 6,939 tweets were sent. - The number of tweets on March 11, 2011 was 177 million. - On March 12, 2011, 572,000 people joined the Twitter community. - Over the past month, on average, 460,000 new accounts were created on Twitter every day. - The number of mobile users has increased by 182% compared to last year. - The number of Twitter employees in January 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and today is: 8, 29, 130, 350, and 400 people. - On the day of Michael Jackson’s death (June 25, 2009), 456 tweets were being sent every second. Source: eMJey.com / blog.twitter.com