“just setting up my twttr [sic].”
That’s what Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, posted on March 21, 2006. It was the first tweet to have ever existed. Fast-forward 19 years, and now X (formerly Twitter) processes over 500 million tweets a day––that’s over 5700 tweets per second! As of 2025, a whopping 440.2 million people are on X––a testament to its role as the go-to platform for everything under the sun, including breaking news, sports, music, trends, and memes. But this journey was not at all hunky-dory. X has faced numerous regulations (even been banned in a few countries like Russia and Pakistan) over the years.
Despite all the hurdles, X remains the powerhouse of real-time conversations. And that’s not just a hunch––here are the numbers to back it up. Curious to know how and why this microblogging platform offers such high engagement? Let’s dive into the most recent Twitter stats for answers.
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