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Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1841898899788988709) #### Stop video auto-play 𝕏/Twitter is working an β€œauto-advance” feature where Β you can choose to enable auto-play or not Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1813597858026901513) #### Disable links in replies 𝕏/Twitter is working on a feature to disable links in post replies. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1814326162836873563) #### Send files in DMs This feature will take a long time because it was requested by a user so a month 0r two Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1812172761835385094) #### Group calls This will allow 𝕏/Twitter users to start and join group calls. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1798781276150960540) #### 𝕏/Twitter HQ will be moving to Austin After the new bill in San Francisco, Elon announced that 𝕏/Twitter HQ will be moving to Austin. Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1813295489032622586) #### Custom thumbnail for videos This feature will allow users to set a custom thumbnail when uploading videos. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1811307168894685569) #### Grok analysis button This feature will allow premium users to use Grok to analyze tweets and get summaries. Source: [xDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1792697043909255239) #### Edit sent messages in DMs Soon you will be able to edit sent messages in DMs Source: [Andrea Conway](https://x.com/ehikian/status/1772805320768893080) #### Payments 𝕏 is now working on payments within the app. A step Elon has mentioned towards becoming the everything app. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1820519398471528734) ### New changes This section contains changes that are already implemented on 𝕏/Twitter #### Bold font, italics and all other text formatting has been removed from the timeline Fron now on all text formatting such as bold and italic fonts are not visible in the timeline until a post is clicked. Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1840976842473263185) #### Reply button on posts has been moved to the top The reply button that used to be below a post has now been moved on top Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1840976842473263185) #### Gift premium subscriptions to other users You can now gift premiums subscriptions to other users. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1811414734375456782) #### Analyze images with Grok Grok now accepts images so you can upload images to Grok and ask it questions based on the image. Source: [xDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1807823329966842343) #### Custom video title when uploading You can now set a custom video title for your videos right when you are uploading the video Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1811247294333018240) #### Search in bookmarks You can now search for tweets in your bookmarks Source: [Andrea Conway](https://x.com/ehikian/status/1670937579099934721) #### Private likes Privates likes hides the people who liked a post. Only the number of likes is shown. Source: [X Engineering](https://x.com/XEng/status/1800634371906380067) #### Inline post expansion On mobile, you can now expand a post by clicking β€˜Show more’ without opening the whole post (tweet) Source: [xDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1814039165245509705) #### Search filters on mobile Advanced search is a powerful feature on the web and now the mobile app also has a few filters for search Source: [Andrea Conway](https://x.com/ehikian/status/1760747685743874181) #### Reply sorting Now you can filter replies and choose between most relevant, most recent and most liked #### X TV Users are now allowed to watch and engage with live and recorded videos via X TV, which is a platform within X for streaming and sharing video content. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1823414332245397595) #### Grok API An API provided by xAI that allows developers to integrate Grok’s AI capabilities into their applications, enabling advanced reasoning, coding, and visual processing features. Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1823606232390996125) #### Community Notes on Links A feature that allows users to add context and commentary to shared links, providing informed discussions and providing additional insights. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1816477318367391950) #### DMs Editing Enables users to edit their direct messages after sending, allowing for corrections and updates to conversations. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1830078492806942784) #### Radar A tool that provides users with personalized content recommendations based on their interests and activity, helping them discover relevant posts and accounts. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1849497584076755092) #### Grok Web Results Enhances Grok’s responses by incorporating real-time web search results, providing up-to-date information and citations in its answers. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1858038288742863055) #### Grok PDF Analysis Allows users to upload PDFs for Grok to analyze and summarize, extracting key information and insights from documents. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1860302717417115788) #### Swipe to Like (iOS) Introduces a gesture-based interaction on iOS devices, enabling users to like posts by swiping, streamlining engagement on the platform. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1859765939744670012) #### Grok Focus Mode A feature that minimizes distractions by providing concise and relevant information, allowing users to concentrate on specific tasks or topics. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1860569095684653329) #### Verified Followers Count Analysis Provides users with analytics on the number of verified accounts following them, offering insights into their audience composition. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1697141203438125173) #### Free Grok Grok, X’s AI chatbot, became available to all users, including non-Premium subscribers, with certain usage limits. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1864998582778057057) #### Aurora Model An AI image generator integrated into Grok, enhancing the photorealism of generated images beyond previous capabilities. Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1866155907740307822) embeds.beehiiv.com # embeds.beehiiv.com is blocked This page has been blocked by an extension - Try disabling your extensions. ERR\_BLOCKED\_BY\_CLIENT Reload This page has been blocked by an extension ## Facts and Statistics ## 𝕏/Twitter’s user base stands at [335.7 million](https://www.statista.com/statistics/303681/twitter-users-worldwide/) in 2024. Statistics show that Twitter/𝕏 has 335 million users in 2024 which is a decrease from 2022 when it had 368 million active users. Despite the decrease we will see that Twitter/𝕏 still is among the best platform to build your brand as we will see in the next fact and others as well. ## 𝕏/Twitter gets about [259.4 million](https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/twitter-adds-1-6-million-daily-active-users-in-1-week-says-elon-musk-122112300007_1.html) visits every day Despite the decrease of about 33 million users since Elon Musk took over, Twitter/𝕏 gets about 259 million visits every day. Meaning that there are loyal users who come back to Twitter/𝕏 every day ## In the US, 𝕏/Twitter Has [105.42 million](https://www.statista.com/statistics/242606/number-of-active-twitter-users-in-selected-countries/) users making it the leading country with the most users If we look at the US alone, 105.42 million people have a Twitter/𝕏 account as of April 2024 making the leading country with the most Twitter/𝕏 users. The second country with the most Twitter/𝕏 users is Japan with 69.28 million users followed by India with 25.45 million users. _Source: [Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/242606/number-of-active-twitter-users-in-selected-countries/)_ ## 𝕏/Twitter has the largest gender gap of any social platform with [60.9% male users](https://www.statista.com/statistics/274828/gender-distribution-of-active-social-media-users-worldwide-by-platform/) As of 2024, Twitter/𝕏 has 60.9% male users and only 39.1% female users making it a social platform with the largest gender gap. It is also the platform with the largest number of male users. ## 70% of US adults have seen or heard [Twitter change its name to 𝕏](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/) 70% of US adults in the survey have seen or heard Twitter changing its name to 𝕏. This means 30% have not heard anything about the change and may not understand when people mention 𝕏. This is why its better to clarify when mentioning 𝕏. ## 43% of 𝕏/Twitter users think changing the name to X is a big mistake 43% of Twitter/𝕏 users who participated in the survey think that Twitter changing its name to X is a big mistake. This because for a number of reasons such as Twitter brand carried a lot of meaning and X or more specifically 𝕏 is a weird name to write as well as pronounce. ## The most [followed Twitter/𝕏 account](https://hypefury.com/blog/en/the-most-followed-twitter-x-accounts/) is Elon Musk Elon Musk is the most followed account with 184 million followers at the time of writing surpassing former US president Barack Obama with 131 million followers. ## More than [500 million tweets are posted every day](https://www.internetlivestats.com/twitter-statistics/) The [first tweet](https://twitter.com/jack/status/29) was posted back in Marchi 21, 2006 by Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter/𝕏. Since then Twitter/𝕏 has grown a lot and has gotten many users to the extent that every day on average 500 million tweets are posted. ## Users can publish up toΒ [2,400Β tweets each day](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-limits) Twitter/𝕏 allows its users to post up to 2,400 tweets and retweets (posts and reposts). The limit is very high and it’s near impossible to reach that limit for just normal uses ## [10% of 𝕏/Twitter users are responsible for 92% of tweets](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/10/15/differences-in-how-democrats-and-republicans-behave-on-twitter/) Most Twitter/𝕏 users do not tweet a lot and are there to consume content. 10% of the users are responsible for more than 90% of the tweets. What does this mean for creators and new creators? It means there are less creators and more consumers. More reason for you to create content. ## Elon Musk bought 𝕏/Twitter for $44 billion After a long negotiation process, Elon Musk finally bought Twitter for $44 billion on October 22, 2022. Since then he has made many changes to the platform all in favor of Twitter/𝕏 becoming the every thing app. ## Users spend an average of [30 minutes per day on 𝕏/Twitter](https://x.com/XData/status/1769826435576037702) This equates to 3.5 hours a week or more than 15 hours a month. This is an [increase from previous years](https://explodingtopics.com/blog/social-media-usage) when it was still averaging around 20 minutes daily usage for users. ## 48% of users turn to 𝕏/Twitter to [get the latest news](https://www.statista.com/statistics/276393/reasons-for-us-users-to-follow-brands-on-twitter/) We turn to social media for different users. For 48% of Twitter/𝕏 users, it is to get the latest news. This is not a surprise because since the beginning Twitter/𝕏 has been considered a β€œformal/political” platform. ## [1.7 million users sign up](https://x.com/XData/status/1769827121621581866) on 𝕏/Twitter XData, the account which shares numbers about Twitter/𝕏 has reported that 1.7 million users join on Twitter/𝕏 every day. This is good news for creators and brands because new users keep joining the platform. ## [6.4 million spaces](https://x.com/XSpaces/status/1775626438001021166) have been created from the beginning of 2024 till April 2024. Audio is a huge thing and from January to April 2024 alone 6.4 million spaces have been created.Β  This is not a surprise because Twitter/𝕏 Spaces competed with Clubhouse and it emerged to be the winner. ## The top 4 conversation topics in 2023 [were sports, music, food, and gaming](https://x.com/XData/status/1769832255591960928) Sporst, gaming, food and gaming have been the top 4 topics on Twitter/𝕏 in 2023. This is good news for creators or brands who focus on one of these things. ## [80% of 𝕏/Twitter user sessions include watching video](https://twitter.com/XData/status/1767672449418527227) 4 out of 5 Twitter/𝕏 users watch videos when they open the app. Twitter/𝕏 now has a dedicated video page that makes it easy for people to watch videos. It’s like Instagram reels page or TikTok feed page. ## 𝕏/Twitter is the [first app to have a single letter in the App Store](https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/31/x-gets-big-exception-from-apple-gets-one-letter-app-store-listing) listing App Store has strict rule of app names to start from 2 characters. Twitter/𝕏 is the first app to have a single letter name on the App Store ## 𝕏/Twitter [usage reached an all time high of 417 billion user-seconds](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1812924962627592524) after Trump’s assassination attempt 𝕏/Twitter received an all time high usage after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt on July 14, 2024. ## 𝕏/Twitter was the [first platform the US President Joe Biden chose to announce that he’s dropping out](https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/07/21/joe-biden-drops-out-election/biden-announcement-aides-00169999) Despite many people saying that 𝕏/Twitter is no longer relevant, President Joe Biden choose to announce that he’s dropping out on 𝕏/Twitter first. Even some of his staff found out from the 𝕏/Twitter announcement. ## Ready to Grow Your Audience & Make Money on Social? Hypefury makes it easy to create, publish and monetize your content across social media [Try Hypefury for FREE](https://app.hypefury.com/) Join 3,500+ creators who are using Hypefury to earn online ### Grow your audience on social media with Hypefury Works with Hypefury makes it easy to grow on on social media by proving you with the features that make it easy to create, distribute and monetize your content [Try Hypefury for FREE](https://app.hypefury.com/) Join 3,500+ creators who are using Hypefury to earn online # Statistics and Facts About X/Twitter to Know in 2026 This page is updated weekly to show the latest and upcoming 𝕏/Twitter features (and news), facts and statistics. ## Latest 𝕏/Twitter Changes ### Upcoming This section contains upcoming changes to 𝕏/Twitter #### Search button profile pages on web 𝕏/Twitter is working on adding a search button to profiles on web. Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1841898899788988709) #### Stop video auto-play 𝕏/Twitter is working an β€œauto-advance” feature where Β you can choose to enable auto-play or not Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1813597858026901513) #### Disable links in replies 𝕏/Twitter is working on a feature to disable links in post replies. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1814326162836873563) #### Send files in DMs This feature will take a long time because it was requested by a user so a month 0r two Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1812172761835385094) #### Group calls This will allow 𝕏/Twitter users to start and join group calls. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1798781276150960540) #### 𝕏/Twitter HQ will be moving to Austin After the new bill in San Francisco, Elon announced that 𝕏/Twitter HQ will be moving to Austin. Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1813295489032622586) #### Custom thumbnail for videos This feature will allow users to set a custom thumbnail when uploading videos. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1811307168894685569) #### Grok analysis button This feature will allow premium users to use Grok to analyze tweets and get summaries. Source: [xDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1792697043909255239) #### Edit sent messages in DMs Soon you will be able to edit sent messages in DMs Source: [Andrea Conway](https://x.com/ehikian/status/1772805320768893080) #### Payments 𝕏 is now working on payments within the app. A step Elon has mentioned towards becoming the everything app. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1820519398471528734) ### New changes This section contains changes that are already implemented on 𝕏/Twitter #### Bold font, italics and all other text formatting has been removed from the timeline Fron now on all text formatting such as bold and italic fonts are not visible in the timeline until a post is clicked. Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1840976842473263185) #### Reply button on posts has been moved to the top The reply button that used to be below a post has now been moved on top Source: [Elon Musk](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1840976842473263185) #### Gift premium subscriptions to other users You can now gift premiums subscriptions to other users. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1811414734375456782) #### Analyze images with Grok Grok now accepts images so you can upload images to Grok and ask it questions based on the image. Source: [xDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1807823329966842343) #### Custom video title when uploading You can now set a custom video title for your videos right when you are uploading the video Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1811247294333018240) #### Search in bookmarks You can now search for tweets in your bookmarks Source: [Andrea Conway](https://x.com/ehikian/status/1670937579099934721) #### Private likes Privates likes hides the people who liked a post. Only the number of likes is shown. Source: [X Engineering](https://x.com/XEng/status/1800634371906380067) #### Inline post expansion On mobile, you can now expand a post by clicking β€˜Show more’ without opening the whole post (tweet) Source: [xDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1814039165245509705) #### Search filters on mobile Advanced search is a powerful feature on the web and now the mobile app also has a few filters for search Source: [Andrea Conway](https://x.com/ehikian/status/1760747685743874181) #### Reply sorting Now you can filter replies and choose between most relevant, most recent and most liked #### X TV Users are now allowed to watch and engage with live and recorded videos via X TV, which is a platform within X for streaming and sharing video content. Source: [Swak](https://x.com/swak_12/status/1823414332245397595) #### Grok API Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1823606232390996125) #### Community Notes on Links A feature that allows users to add context and commentary to shared links, providing informed discussions and providing additional insights. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1816477318367391950) #### DMs Editing Enables users to edit their direct messages after sending, allowing for corrections and updates to conversations. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1830078492806942784) #### Radar A tool that provides users with personalized content recommendations based on their interests and activity, helping them discover relevant posts and accounts. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1849497584076755092) #### Grok Web Results Enhances Grok’s responses by incorporating real-time web search results, providing up-to-date information and citations in its answers. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1858038288742863055) #### Grok PDF Analysis Allows users to upload PDFs for Grok to analyze and summarize, extracting key information and insights from documents. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1860302717417115788) #### Swipe to Like (iOS) Introduces a gesture-based interaction on iOS devices, enabling users to like posts by swiping, streamlining engagement on the platform. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1859765939744670012) #### Grok Focus Mode A feature that minimizes distractions by providing concise and relevant information, allowing users to concentrate on specific tasks or topics. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1860569095684653329) #### Verified Followers Count Analysis Provides users with analytics on the number of verified accounts following them, offering insights into their audience composition. Source: [XDaily](https://x.com/xDaily/status/1697141203438125173) #### Free Grok Grok, X’s AI chatbot, became available to all users, including non-Premium subscribers, with certain usage limits. Source: [Nima Owji](https://x.com/nima_owji/status/1864998582778057057) #### Aurora Model An AI image generator integrated into Grok, enhancing the photorealism of generated images beyond previous capabilities. Source: [Lohan Simpson](https://x.com/Lohansimpson/status/1866155907740307822) embeds.beehiiv.com # embeds.beehiiv.com is blocked This page has been blocked by an extension - Try disabling your extensions. ERR\_BLOCKED\_BY\_CLIENT Reload This page has been blocked by an extension ## Facts and Statistics ## 𝕏/Twitter’s user base stands at [335.7 million](https://www.statista.com/statistics/303681/twitter-users-worldwide/) in 2024. Statistics show that Twitter/𝕏 has 335 million users in 2024 which is a decrease from 2022 when it had 368 million active users. Despite the decrease we will see that Twitter/𝕏 still is among the best platform to build your brand as we will see in the next fact and others as well. If we look at the US alone, 105.42 million people have a Twitter/𝕏 account as of April 2024 making the leading country with the most Twitter/𝕏 users. The second country with the most Twitter/𝕏 users is Japan with 69.28 million users followed by India with 25.45 million users. _Source: [Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/242606/number-of-active-twitter-users-in-selected-countries/)_ ## 70% of US adults have seen or heard [Twitter change its name to 𝕏](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/) ## 43% of 𝕏/Twitter users think changing the name to X is a big mistake ## The most [followed Twitter/𝕏 account](https://hypefury.com/blog/en/the-most-followed-twitter-x-accounts/) is Elon Musk ## More than [500 million tweets are posted every day](https://www.internetlivestats.com/twitter-statistics/) ## Users can publish up toΒ [2,400Β tweets each day](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-limits) ## Elon Musk bought 𝕏/Twitter for $44 billion ## Users spend an average of [30 minutes per day on 𝕏/Twitter](https://x.com/XData/status/1769826435576037702) This equates to 3.5 hours a week or more than 15 hours a month. ## 48% of users turn to 𝕏/Twitter to [get the latest news](https://www.statista.com/statistics/276393/reasons-for-us-users-to-follow-brands-on-twitter/) ## [1.7 million users sign up](https://x.com/XData/status/1769827121621581866) on 𝕏/Twitter ## [6.4 million spaces](https://x.com/XSpaces/status/1775626438001021166) have been created from the beginning of 2024 till April 2024. ## The top 4 conversation topics in 2023 [were sports, music, food, and gaming](https://x.com/XData/status/1769832255591960928) Sporst, gaming, food and gaming have been the top 4 topics on Twitter/𝕏 in 2023. This is good news for creators or brands who focus on one of these things. ## [80% of 𝕏/Twitter user sessions include watching video](https://twitter.com/XData/status/1767672449418527227) App Store has strict rule of app names to start from 2 characters. Twitter/𝕏 is the first app to have a single letter name on the App Store 𝕏/Twitter received an all time high usage after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt on July 14, 2024. ## Ready to Grow Your Audience & Make Money on Social? Hypefury makes it easy to create, publish and monetize your content across social media [Try Hypefury for FREE](https://app.hypefury.com/) Join 3,500+ creators who are using HypeFury to earn online