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(#9) Instagram, More Popular on Twitter Than Twitter
In an ironic twist of fate, Instagram was more popular on Twitter than Twitter in 2015. At the beginning of that year, Instagram had 2 million followers more than Twitter. Twitter since upped its game, and now has a few million more followers than Insta. YouTube rules the roost, with 10 million more followers than Twitter.
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(#1) 456 Tweets Per Second When Michael Jackson Died
The highest-ever volume of tweets sent out over a single event occurred when Michael Jackson died. An astonishing 456 tweets per second hit the site as news of Michael's death broke.
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(#18) Phones Are to Blame for the 140-Character Limit
Phones haven't always been able to do anything and everything with ease. A standard sms (short message service) limit is 160 characters. As such, a 140-character limit was set on tweets to make them more phone friendly; the extra 20 characters were reserved for usernames.
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(#8) Twitter Has More Active Users Than Ever in 2016
In the fourth quarter of 2015, the number of active twitter users dropped for the first time in the site's history. Luckily for the platform, it rebounded in the first quarter of 2016, when it boasted more users than ever before; 310 million, to be precise.
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(#13) Despite Its Huge Revenue, Twitter Isn't Profitable
Wait, what? Didn't they make $2.2bn in 2015? Well, despite its enormous revenue stream, Twitter isn't actually profitable; the company can't seem to stop losing money. In 2015, Twitter's net loss was $521 million. In 2014, that number was even higher, at $577 million.
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(#14) Twitter Is Closing in on 300 Million Users
In 2015, Twitter boasted 262 million users. In 2016, that number is projected to rise to 316 million. By 2018, Twitter is expected to have more than 340 million users, a bigger population than that of the United States.
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