Over the years the site has had some popular posts and the use of hash-tag has become a household phenomenon. Time has released some of the best ‘tweets’ of all-time, including the very first by co-founder Jack Dorsey, “just setting up my twttr” posted back on March 22, 2006.
The post with the most retweets is from daytime talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and her ‘selfie’ photo that included several Hollywood stars at the Oscar’s two years ago. The photo was passes around by over 3 million users and became world-wide news with its popularity.
Twitter has over 288 million users across the globe and worth more than $30 billion, but despite its huge success, some people still believe its a flash in the pan and will never achieve long-term success because of its simplicity.
CNBC has gotten in on the act with their latest article on what the average person doesn’t know about twitter. The article lists over 100 details about the social media site.
One of the more interesting facts, it took the founders less than four months to launch the site after the first tweet. The initial web page opened in July of 2006 and is now home to the biggest names on the planet, but also to the everyday person just looking to connect with the world.
Pop star Katy Perry has the most followers with 67 million people connected with the singer. YouTube is the largest brand with over 49 million people across the globe.
One of the most unusual tid-bits of information is the bird that twitter uses. The little guys name is Larry Bird and yes he was named after the Boston Celtics Hall-of-Fame basketball player of the same name.
With nine years in the books the owners are hoping for continued growth and more popular tweets in the coming years, but despite the popularity, it still pales in comparison to Facebook which has nearly 1.4 billion users.
