Twitter approaching 500 million users milestoneJanuary 31, 2013 - 20:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Twitter is fast approaching the milestone of 500 million users, new figures suggest, according to Digital Spy. Statistics from GlobalWebIndex (GWI) appear to confirm that the microblogging site passed 485 million members late last year, up from 402 million six months previous. The social media research group estimates that Twitter account holders now make up around one-third of the global internet population. The number of active Twitter users is now said to have surpassed 288 million, marking a 40% increase over the past six months and outstripping Facebook reported growth during the same period. Facebook is said to have grown by 33% to 693 million active users in the period in question and reported a drop in profits during its recent Q4 earnings call. "An incredible 21% of the global internet population now use Twitter actively on a monthly basis. That marks a whopping growth rate in active users of 714% since July 2009," read a statement from GWI. GWI recently produced statistics that appear to suggest Google+ has overtaken both Twitter and YouTube in terms of active users, claiming 25% of the global web population. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |