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

As of December 2022, X/Twitter's audience accounted for over 368 million monthly active users worldwide. This figure was projected to decrease to approximately 335 million by 2024, a decline of around five percent compared to 2022.

As of February 2024, Twitter is ranked as the 12h most popular social media site in the world. The platform currently has 436 million active monthly users.

Social network X/Twitter is particularly popular in the United States, and as of April 2024, the microblogging service had an audience reach of 106.23 million users in the country. Japan and the India were ranked second and third with more than 69 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.

The number of Twitter users in Thailand was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total 1.3 million users (+12.78 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the Twitter user base is estimated to reach 11.49 million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. Notably, the number of Twitter users of was continuously increasing over the past years.User figures, shown here regarding the platform twitter, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of Twitter users in countries like Cambodia and Singapore.

How many people use X/Twitter?

As of the first quarter of 2019, X/Twitter averaged 330 million monthly active users, a decline from its all-time high of 336 MAU in the first quarter of 2018. As of the first quarter of 2019, the company switched its user reporting metric to monetizable daily active users (mDAU).

X/Twitter

X/Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service, enabling registered users to read and post short messages called tweets. X/Twitter messages are limited to 280 characters and users are also able to upload photos or short videos. Tweets are posted to a publicly available profile or can be sent as direct messages to other users.

Part of the social platform’s appeal is the ability of users to follow any other user with a public profile, enabling users to interact with celebrities who regularly post on the social media site. Currently, the most-followed person on Twitter is singer Katy Perry with more than 107 million followers. Twitter has also become an important communications channel for governments and heads of state – U.S. President Donald Trump was the most-followed world leader on Twitter, followed by Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Despite the widespread usage among the rich and famous, the decline in active users has not been impressing investors as the platform is largely reliant on delivering advertising to users in order to generate revenues. Twitter’s company revenue in 2018 amounted to three billion U.S. dollars, up from 2.44 billion in the preceding fiscal year. Twitter was only recently able to report a positive annual result for the first time, when the company generated 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in net income in 2018.

This dataset contains statistics related to the Unleashed Twitter account (@SAUnleashed). Unleashed is an open data competition, an initiative of the Office for Digital Government, Department of the …Show full descriptionThis dataset contains statistics related to the Unleashed Twitter account (@SAUnleashed). Unleashed is an open data competition, an initiative of the Office for Digital Government, Department of the Premier and Cabinet. The data is used to monitor the level of engagement activity with the audience, and make the communication effective in regards to the event.

As of April 2024, 36.6 percent of X’s (formerly Twitter) global audience was aged between 25 and 34 years. The second-largest age group demographic on the platform was represented by users aged between 18 and 24 years, with a share of 34.2 percent. Users aged less than 18 years accounted for 2.4 percent of users, while those aged 50 or older accounted for roughly seven percent.

X is a male-dominated platform

As of January 2024, more than 60 percent of X users were male. Although all mainstream social media platforms tend to have a slightly more male-skewing audience, X stands out above Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook when it comes to user gender demographics. Overall, Pinterest is the only mainstream platform to have a higher share of female users.

X Blue for you

It is not uncommon for social media users to now have the chance to become subscribers of their chosen online networks for a monthly fee. X Blue is a subscription service from X that gives users special benefits and features. A blue verification mark, edit post functionality, fewer ads, priority ranking in chats, and longer video upload times are some of the perks offered.

As of August 2023, X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk was the most followed person on the platform, with little over 140 million followers. Additionally, former U.S. President Barack Obama amassed 132 million followers on the micro-blogging service. In April 2023, Musk changed Twitter's legal name to X Corp.

Celebrities and Twitter

Founded in 2006 as Twitter, X is an online social networking and microblogging service that allows users to post text-based status updates and messages of up to 280 characters in length. As of the fourth quarter of 2020, X had 192 million monetizable daily active users (mDAU) worldwide.

X provides a near-instant access channel to celebrities. The majority of the top ten most-followed X accounts are entertainers who use the medium to communicate with fans, spread relevant news regarding their work or work on their public image. The near-instant gratification through a stream of direct updates from celebrities or personalities as well as the feeling of belonging to a particular group of fans is a popular reason for social media users to use X. In order to establish authenticity of identity on X, accounts of people from high-interest areas such as music, fashion, entertainment, politics, media, business or other areas as well as individuals at high risk of impersonation are verified by X. The verification badge symbolizes that the account is maintained by a legitimate source.

Major sporting events and industry award shows such as the Super Bowl, the Grammy Awards or Academy Awards generate lots of online buzz on X. The online discussion allows users to participate in the success of celebrities who often post behind-the-scenes photo tweets or commentaries. On-set or in-concert tweets are further methods of celebrities enhancing their appeal, and level of fan interaction.

This statistic presents the top ten Twitter accounts worldwide from November 2018 to February 2019, by number of interactions. According to the findings, the K-Pop group BTS (@bts_twt) was ranked first during the recorded period with a total of 407 million interactions. Coming in third place was the music artist Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande), who had a total of 101.8 million interactions on Twitter.

As of January 2024, micro-blogging platform X (formerly Twitter) was more popular with men than women, with male audiences accounting for 60.9 percent of global users. Additionally, users between the ages of 25 and 34 were particularly active on X/Twitter, making up more than 38 percent of users worldwide. How many people use? Although X/Twitter holds its status as a mainstream social media site, it falls short in comparison to other well-known platforms in terms of user numbers. As of early 2022, X/Twitter had around 436 million monthly active users, whilst Meta’s Facebook reached almost three billion MAU. Overall, the United States is home to over 105 million X/Twitter users, making up Twitter’s largest audience base, followed by Japan, India, and the United Kingdom, respectively. How is Twitter used? X/Twitter is utilized by its audience for many different purposes. In May 2021, over 80 percent of high-volume X/Twitter users (defined as users who tweet around 20 times per month) in the United States reported using the platform for entertainment, whilst 78 percent said they used it as a way to stay informed. High-volume X/Twitter users were far more likely to use the service as a means of expressing their opinion. Furthermore, in 2022, over half of social media users in the U.S. used Twitter as a news resource.  

As of October 2020, it was forecast that 17.8 percent of internet users in the United States would be Twitter users by 2024. This forecast is a slight decrease from 2020, when the Twitter penetration was estimated at 18.9 percent.

The reach by social network in the 'Twitter' segment of the digital advertising market in Saudi Arabia was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total 1.3 million users (+9.4 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the indicator is estimated to reach 15.08 million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. Notably, the reach by social network of the 'Twitter' segment of the digital advertising market was continuously increasing over the past years.Find more information concerning South Korea and Australia. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

As of August 2020, the official Twitter profile of former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa was the country's most popular account on the social media platform with approximately 3.71 million followers worldwide. In second place was Mi Abuela Sabia — an account dedicated to quotes — with 2.88 million followers, followed by the TV media outlet Ecuavisa with close to 2.46 million followers.

The number of Twitter users in Mexico was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2028 by in total 3.1 million users (+23.7 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the Twitter user base is estimated to reach 16.21 million users and therefore a new peak in 2028. Notably, the number of Twitter users of was continuously increasing over the past years.User figures, shown here regarding the platform twitter, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of Twitter users in countries like Canada and United States.

Between October 27, 2022 and April 10, 2023, following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, 39 percent of Twitter users mentioned Elon Musk at least once on the platform. Before, during, and after Musk's purchase of Twitter, users who identified as Republican were more likely to mention Musk in their tweets than users who voted Democrat.

This statistic shows a forecast of the number of active Twitter users in Indonesia from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, the number of active Twitter users is projected to reach 22.8 million, up from 12 million in 2014.

As of January 2024, 22.4 percent of X (formerly Twitter) users were men aged between 25 and 34 years. Overall, almost 20 percent of users were men aged between 18 and 24 years. X has a high share of male users when compared to other popular social media platforms.

In 2021, X (formerly Twitter) saw in increase in users of 2.5 percent on the previous year. In 2022, the micro-blogging platform saw a decrease of -0.5 percent, which is estimated to drop to -1 in 2023. As of January 2022, the United States was home to the world's largest X/Twitter audience.

As of August 2020, the official Twitter profile of professional cricketer Dwayne DJ Bravo was Trinidad and Tobago's most popular account on the social media platform, with more than one million followers. Meanwhile, the account of former cricket player Brian Lara ranked second, with close to 628 thousand followers.