According to a survey conducted in the United States in the third quarter of 2022, Elon Musk found most popularity amongst Millennials. Overall, 44 percent of U.S. Millennials had a positive view of the SpaceX CEO, and 90 percent knew of him. Although his popularity dipped with elder generations, Musk's fame increased, and despite 98 percent of Baby Boomers having heard of him, only 37 percent held a positive opinion.

Gen Z and Elon Musk

As of May 2022, Generation Z in the U.S. had conflicting views about Musk, as one in five Gen Z respondents thought very favorably of the tech billionaire, while 24 percent thought very unfavorably of the Twitter CEO. Furthermore, around one in ten respondents from this generation had never heard of him. As for adults in the U.S., men were more likely than women to have a positive opinion of Musk.

From Tesla CEO to Chief Twit In October 2022, Musk finally acquired Twitter after announcing a shock bid on the social media platform months earlier. As of November 2022, 21 percent of U.S. citizens reported to strongly approve of Musk buying Twitter, down from 24 percent back in April. Moreover, one quarter of Americans said that they felt unsure about the Twitter takeover.

Social network X/Twitter is particularly popular in the United States, and as of February 2025, the microblogging service had an audience reach of 103.9 million users in the country. Japan and the India were ranked second and third with more than 70 million and 25 million users respectively. Global Twitter usage As of the second quarter of 2021, X/Twitter had 206 million monetizable daily active users worldwide. The most-followed Twitter accounts include figures such as Elon Musk, Justin Bieber and former U.S. president Barack Obama. X/Twitter and politics X/Twitter has become an increasingly relevant tool in domestic and international politics. The platform has become a way to promote policies and interact with citizens and other officials, and most world leaders and foreign ministries have an official Twitter account. Former U.S. president Donald Trump used to be a prolific Twitter user before the platform permanently suspended his account in January 2021. During an August 2018 survey, 61 percent of respondents stated that Trump's use of Twitter as President of the United States was inappropriate.

With a net worth of 342 billion U.S. dollars, Elon Musk, the cofounder of seven companies, such as electric car maker Tesla and the rocket producer SpaceX, was the wealthiest man in the world in March 2025. The wealthiest people in the world Marc Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Meta Platforms, came second with a wealth of 235.6 billion U.S. dollars. Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos followed in third. All the 10 richest people in the world were men. Wealth distribution worldwide As of 2022, one percent of people held nearly half of the world's combined wealth. Moreover, 2.8 billion of the world's population hold a combined wealth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars, compared to 59 million people having a combined wealth of 1 billion dollars or more, underlining the vast inequalities around the world. Where do the most affluent people live? Most millionaires live in the United States, while Hong Konk was the city hosting the largest number of high net worth individuals worldwide. The country with the highest number of billionaires is China.

These are the key Twitter user statistics that you need to know.

This is the breakdown of Twitter users by age group.

The US has historically been the target country for Twitter since its launch in 2006. This is the full breakdown of Twitter users by country.

The platform is male-dominated with 68.1% of all Twitter users being male. Just 31.9% of Twitter users are female.

Advertising makes up 89% of its total revenue and data licensing makes up about 11%.

An August 2024 survey conducted in Britain found that 70 percent of respondents still referred to X (formerly Twitter) as 'Twitter'. Overall, four percent of respondents referred to the platform as 'X'. Users of X were slightly more likely to call the platform by its rebranded name than the general population. In July 2023, CEO Elon Musk officially changed Twitter’s name.

These Twitter user statistics will give you the complete story of where Twitter is at today and what the future looks like for the social media company.

Gemäß Plänen des privaten Raumfahrtunternehmens SpaceX werden im Jahr 2074 eine Million Menschen auf dem Mars leben. Das US-amerikanische Unternehmen will Menschen zum Mars bringen, die dort eine zweite Zivilisation gründen sollen. Der SpaceX Gründer Elon Musk will damit die Existenz der Menschheit im Falle der Zerstörung der Erde sichern.

Twitter is ranked as the 12h most popular social media site in the world. The platform currently has 611 million active monthly users.

One of the biggest advantages of Twitter is the speed at which information can be passed around. People use Twitter primarily to get news and for entertainment. This is the breakdown of why people use Twitter today.

In the first quarter of 2024, almost two-thirds percent of the total wealth in the United States was owned by the top 10 percent of earners. In comparison, the lowest 50 percent of earners only owned 2.5 percent of the total wealth. Income inequality in the U.S. Despite the idea that the United States is a country where hard work and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps will inevitably lead to success, this is often not the case. In 2023, 7.4 percent of U.S. households had an annual income under 15,000 U.S. dollars. With such a small percentage of people in the United States owning such a vast majority of the country’s wealth, the gap between the rich and poor in America remains stark. The top one percent The United States follows closely behind China as the country with the most billionaires in the world. Elon Musk alone held around 219 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. Over the past 50 years, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio has exploded, causing the gap between rich and poor to grow, with some economists theorizing that this gap is the largest it has been since right before the Great Depression.

The US has the largest number of Twitter users with over a 100 million users. They account for about 16.7% of all Twitter users worldwide.

With over 611 million monthly active users, building a huge Twitter following is not an easy task. These are the top 25 accounts with the most followers on Twitter right now.