During the first half of 2024, X (formerly Twitter) received 72,703 removal requests from government entities. In October 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter for 44 billion US dollars. As a result of the deal, the company was taken off the stock market and no transparency reports were available in 2022 and 2023.

High Frequency Indicator: This dataset compiles year- and month-wise data from 2021 to the present on the number and distribution of user grievances received by X (formerly Twitter), along with the actions taken by the platform. The data is based on the monthly transparency reports published under Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

From June 2021 to August 2025, X reported grievance data in absolute numbers across various categories such as illegal activities, IP-related infringements, Abuse/Harassment, Child Sexual Exploitation, Defamation, Hateful Conduct, Impersonation, Misinformation, etc. During this period, the dataset reflects these absolute values directly.

Beginning September 2025, X discontinued reporting grievance counts by category in absolute numbers and instead published percentage share distributions of grievances and URLs actioned. The transparency reports continued to provide the total number of grievances received and total URLs actioned, from which the dataset estimates the absolute category-wise values by applying the reported percentage shares. Additionally, for comparability across the entire time series, percentage shares for months prior to September 2025 have been computed based on the reported absolute values.

Between January and June 2024, over one-third of user reports were for reasons on abuse and harassment on X (formerly Twitter) while 29.85 percent were reports of hateful content. Additionally, over 17 percent of user reports were due to violent content.

High Frequency Indicator: The dataset contains year- and month-wise compiled data from the year 2021 to till date on number general queries received by X (Twitter) about its user accounts.

The data compiled is based on the monthly transparency reports published by Koo in accordance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021)

Global x market size 2025 was XX Million. x Industry compound annual growth rate (CAGR) will be XX% from 2025 till 2033.