In the second quarter of 2022, X/Twitter's revenue amounted to over 1.17 billion U.S. dollars. The platform's majority of the social network’s revenues are generated via advertising, followed by data licensing and other revenues.

X/Twitter company information X/Twitter ranks among the biggest social networks worldwide. As of the second quarter of 2021, the company reported 206 million monetizable daily active users worldwide. In 2020, Twitter’s annual revenue came to 3.72 billion U.S. dollars. However, the company has only been able to report a positive net income in 2018 and 2019, revealing a struggle to monetize users.

X/Twitter marketing and advertising Social media advertising spending in the United States is constantly growing. In 2019, the social media ad spend per U.S. internet user amounted to 129.1 U.S. dollars and this figure is projected to sharply increase to over 174 U.S. dollars by 2024. Along with Instagram, X/Twitter is a popular marketing channel and some brands and companies have made a name for themselves for being entertaining on Twitter.

The collected tweets and Earnings Announcements (EA) cover the period of three years, from June 1, 2013 to June 3, 2016. Companies are ordered by the total number of tweets collected. For each company, there is the sentiment distribution, market capitalization, and the prevailing timing of EAs with respect to the NYSE trading hours. Each company issues four EAs per year, therefore there is a total of 360 EAs (30 companies, three years, four EAs per year)1.

The revenue of Twitter, Inc. with headquarters in the United States amounted to 5.08 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. The reported fiscal year ends on December 31.Compared to the earliest depicted value from 2017 this is a total increase by approximately 2.64 billion U.S. dollars. The trend from 2017 to 2021 shows, furthermore, that this increase happened continuously.

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Twitter's global advertising revenue was forecast to decrease by nearly 28 percent in 2023. After the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk on October 27, 2022, and Musk's announcement that the platform should become an "unbiased middle ground" for discussion, the platform saw a sharp increase in hate speech and racist content. Some 877 thousand users deactivated their accounts only in the first week after Musk's acquisition. This led advertisers to turn away from the platform, fearing for their brands' safety and losing audiences. In 2022, the platform's ad revenue declined by over seven percent after growing by roughly 40 percent one year before.

Social media platforms are integral to people's lives, offering ways to communicate, create and view content and share information. According to Ofcom, approximately 89% of UK internet users in 2023 used social media apps or sites. Teenagers and young adults are the biggest users, although there is rapid uptake among older age groups. Advertising is the primary revenue source for social media platforms, although subscription-based services are gaining momentum as platforms seek to diversify their incomes. TikTok is the success story of the last few years, becoming the most downloaded app between 2020 and 2022, according to Apptopia. The short-form video platform reported that it averaged revenue growth of over 450% between 2019 and 2022. After Musk's takeover, X, formerly known as Twitter, adjusted its content moderation and allowed previously banned accounts to return. As a result, over 600 advertisers have pulled their ads from the site because of fears their brand may be associated with malcontent. In response to falling ad revenue, X has introduced a subscription-based service which enables users to verify themselves and boosts the number of people who view their tweets. Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram have responded by introducing a similar service. Revenue is expected to grow by 14.3% in 2024-25, constrained by a slowdown in user growth for most major social media platforms. Over the five years through 2024-25, revenue is forecast to expand at a compound annual rate of 32.8% to reach £9.8 billion. Looking forward, regulations relating to how data is collected, stored, and shared will force advertisers and platforms to rethink how they can target their desired demographics. The rising prominence of AI will require the introduction of adequate regulations. The Online Safety Bill sets out new guidelines for social media platforms to abide by, with hefty fines in store for those who do not. Operating costs will swell as platforms look to meet consumers’ expectations, weighing on profit. Over the five years through 2029-30, social media platforms' revenue is projected to climb at an estimated 9.4% to reach £15.4 billion.

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.

Since going mainstream over a decade ago, hundreds of millions of Americans have embraced social networking sites, including Meta, X, LinkedIn and dozens more. People use these networks to maintain relationships with friends, follow the news and share photos and videos. By leveraging user data for targeted advertisements, where most revenue is derived, sites have been able to capitalize on the popularity of their platforms. As a result, industry revenue has surged at a CAGR of 20.3% over the past five years, including a climb of 12.0% to total an estimated $104.9 billion in 2024 alone. The industry has benefited from the continual shift of advertising spending to the internet, the proliferation of internet-connected mobile devices and more powerful networks. The industry is highly concentrated, with the top three companies making up a significant portion of industry revenue in 2024. Because of its early entry into the sector, Meta (previously Facebook) alone holds most of the market in 2024. The company's high market share and tremendously strong profit have resulted in the average industry profit margin accounting for 30.1% of revenue in 2024. Despite the industry's high profit level, many smaller companies operate at a loss. Since most industry revenue is generated through advertisements, sites must have a large and active user base to successfully attract advertisers. Many websites offer free services to gain users, but it can take a significant amount of time to build up a large user base, and many companies fail to do so before running out of money. Moving forward, industry revenue growth will slow somewhat because of deaccelerated growth in the number of mobile internet connections and the percentage of services conducted online, both of which are critical drivers for social networking sites. Nonetheless, the industry will grow substantially, increasing at a CAGR of 10.7% to $230.6 billion in 2029. Despite less pronounced revenue growth, new sites will continue to enter the industry and exacerbate competition. To compete, social networking sites are poised to focus on serving niche markets and advertisers' interests.