How Many Users Does X (Formerly Twitter) Have? (Mar 2024)

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Did you know that X (fortmerly Twitter) is included in the top 15 most currently popular media platforms in the world?

We’ve outlined X/Twitter usage statistics to help you understand how X/Twitter users access the platform and its popularity worldwide.

Discover how many X/Twitter users visit the platform regularly and learn about its consistent growth over the past years.

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Total Annual X Users 2024 (In Millions)
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Monthly Active X Users 2024 (In Millions)
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Daily Active X Users 2024 (In Millions)

Editors Picks:

  • Total users: In 2024, X/Twitter currently has 335.70 million users, a 5.14% decrease from 2023. Since 2022, the platform has seen an 8.87% decline in users.
  • Monthly active users: In 2023, X/Twitter has 330 million monthly active users (MAUs), from 276 million more users since 2010. The platform officially changed its reporting metric to monetizable daily active users (mDAU) in the first quarter of 2019.
  • Daily active users: According to the latest Twitter users report, the platform had 237.8 million mDAUs in the second quarter of 2022. It is the most audience X/Twitter has ever had, up 3.84% from the previous quarter and 77.4% from the first quarter of 2019.

Total Number of X (Formerly Twitter) Users in the World

X/Twitter currently has 335.70 million users on the platform, a 5.14% decrease from the previous year.

Total Number of X/Twitter Users in the World Annually

Twitter Statistic: Number of Users per Year

YearNumber of Twitter Users
2024**335.70 million
2023**353.90 million
2022368.40 million
2021362.40 million
2020347.60 million
2019312.70 million
Total Number of X Twitter Users in the World Annually
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Twitter Statistic: Number of Users per Year

YearNumber of Twitter Users
2024**335.70 million
2023**353.90 million
2022368.40 million
2021362.40 million
2020347.60 million
2019312.70 million
Data Graphic
Total Number of X Twitter Users in the World Annually

**Number of Twitter audience expected in the coming years

X/Twitter has grown continuously every year from 2019 to 2022. It is expected, however, to lose 3.9% of users at 353.90 million in total in 2023, and another 5.14% more users in 2024 at 335.70 million.

Key Stats:

  • The majority of X/Twitter’s audience, around 38.5%, is between the ages of 25 and 34. According to the most recent Statista data, X/Twitter appeals to a more mature market than Instagram or Snapchat.
  • In 2020, Gen-Z users (born between 1997 and 2012) contributed 52% of all tweets posted that year. The interest of younger generations in X/Twitter bodes well for its long-term viability.
  • X/Twitter suspended over 900,000 users in early 2020 for violating their community guidelines, a 6% rise from the previous year.
  • X/Twitter’s user base shows that approximately 33% have a college degree or higher.
  • As of August 2021, the average timeframe for most X/Twitter users accessing the social media platform via its web desktop version is around 11 minutes.
  • The average X/Twitter user in the US spends 158.2 minutes per month on the social media platform.
  • In 2021, advertising accounted for approximately 92% of X/Twitter’s revenue.

Monetizable Daily Active Users (mDAU) on X/Twitter

X/Twitter saw a monetizable daily active user count of 237.8 million currently. It is the highest number of users on the social network so far.

X/Twitter Statistics: Monetizable Daily Active Users (Quarterly, From 2019 to Present)

QuarterNumber of Twitter Users
Q2 2022237.80 million
Q1 2022229 million
Q4 2021217 million
Q3 2021211 million
Q2 2021206 million
Q1 2021199 million
Q4 2020192 million
Q3 2020187 million
Q2 2020186 million
Q1 2020166 million
Q4 2019152 million
Q3 2019145 million
Q2 2019139 million
Q1 2019134 million
X/Twitter Statistics: Monetizable Daily Active Users
Data Table
QuarterNumber of Twitter Users
Q2 2022237.80 million
Q1 2022229 million
Q4 2021217 million
Q3 2021211 million
Q2 2021206 million
Q1 2021199 million
Q4 2020192 million
Q3 2020187 million
Q2 2020186 million
Q1 2020166 million
Q4 2019152 million
Q3 2019145 million
Q2 2019139 million
Q1 2019134 million
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X/Twitter Statistics: Monetizable Daily Active Users

How Many People Use X/Twitter Daily: X’s mDAU and User Growth

As of the second quarter of 2022, X/Twitter’s mDAU is at 237.80 million, 3.8% higher than the previous quarter and 77.5% from the first quarter of 2019.

Key Stats:

  • Elon Musk, the new CEO of X in 2022, mentioned the possibility of unbanning all banned-for-life accounts, including former President Donald Trump’s. This surprised advertisers that had already pulled ads from Instagram and Facebook because their ad units were placed next to extremist content.
  • In 2021, X/Twitter’s revenue was at $5 billion, which is a 35% year-on-year increase.

X/Twitter Monthly Active Users (MAU) (2010-2019)

YearMonthly Active Users or MAU
2019*330 million
2018321 million
2017330 million
2016318 million
2015305 million
2014288 million
2013241 million
2012185 million
2011117 million
201054 million
X / Twitter Monthly Active Users (MAU)
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YearMonthly Active Users or MAU
2019*330 million
2018321 million
2017330 million
2016318 million
2015305 million
2014288 million
2013241 million
2012185 million
2011117 million
201054 million
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X / Twitter Monthly Active Users (MAU)

Note: *This figure is based on the most recent advertising audience reach figures reported by X/Twitter’s self-service advertising tools. Starting 2019, Twitter officially stopped using MAUs for metrics in the first quarter of 2019 and switched to monetizable daily active usage or mDAU.

How Many Active Users Does X/Twitter Have Monthly? MAU and User Growth

X/Twitter has approximately 450 million monthly active users as of 2022, which is 396 million users more from 2010. The social media platform’s audience has increased by more than 40% since 2018.

Key Stats:

  • A small group of X/Twitter users creates the vast majority of tweets. A survey over three months in 2021 shows that the top 25% of X/Twitter users by tweet volume produce 97% of all tweets, while the bottom 75% have only 3%.
  • X/Twitter demographics show that because only 29.6% of Twitter users are female and 70.4% are male, Twitter is a good platform for brands with male-oriented products or services.
  • Because most internet users use their mobile phones, X/Twitter receives approximately 80% of its traffic via mobile. Aside from the X/Twitter app, the platform also has a desktop version, and its functionality is nearly identical.

Number of X/Twitter Users by Country

Top Countries by X/Twitter Number of Users

CountryNumber of Users (Millions)
United States95.4
Japan67.45
India27.25
Brazil24.3
Indonesia24
United Kingdom23.15
Turkey18.55
Mexico17.2
Saudi Arabia15.5
Thailand14.6
Germany14.1
France13.7
Number of X / Twitter Users by Country
Data Table

Top Countries by X/Twitter Number of Users

CountryNumber of Users (Millions)
United States95.4
Japan67.45
India27.25
Brazil24.3
Indonesia24
United Kingdom23.15
Turkey18.55
Mexico17.2
Saudi Arabia15.5
Thailand14.6
Germany14.1
France13.7
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Number of X / Twitter Users by Country

Based on the latest Twitter user reports, the United States ranks first in the number of users, with 95.40 million. Japan follows with 67.45 million, India with 27.25 million, Brazil with 24.30 million, and Indonesia with 24.00 million.

Global X/Twitter User Penetration Statistics

Key Stats:

  • India and Japan have the most X/Twitter audience in Asia, and their combined numbers are larger than X/Twitter’s overall audience in the United States.
  • According to X/Twitter’s July 2022 advertising audience data, the social network currently has 30.6 million users of X/Twitter in Western Europe, 27.2 million in Northern Europe, and 27.2 million in Northern Europe. The Caribbean, on the other hand, has 3.3 million users of the platform, while Oceania has 4.9 million.
  • Around 6,000 tweets are sent every second globally, corresponding to more than 350,000 tweets per minute. That equates to approximately 200 billion tweets annually.
  • Around 70 million X/Twitter users worldwide follow Twitter Topics, a feature that allows accounts to select trends of interest from a list of topics and then follow them.

How Many US X/Twitter Users Are There?

According to the most recent data, the United States has 95.40 million X/Twitter users and accounts for 25% of X/Twitter’s desktop web traffic.

Key Stats:

  • The US is the top country with the most number of users on X/Twitter.
  • On average, X/Twitter users in the US spend 158.2 minutes per month on the platform.
  • There are slightly more iPhone fans among X/Twitter users. The iOS version of the X/Twitter app has more than 162,000 downloads, while the Android app only has 150,000.

Top Social Media Platforms: How Popular is X/Twitter?

Based on Statista data on the top social media platforms in the world, X/Twitter has 666 million monthly active users, making it one of the top 15 most popular social media platform globally. It is lagging behind other platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, but above other popular sites, such as Reddit and Quora.

Social Media Platforms and Their Monthly Active Users

Social NetworkMonthly Active Users (in millions)
Facebook3,030
Youtube2,491
WhatsApp*2,000
Instagram2,000
Weixin/WeChat1,327
TikTok1,218
Facebook Messenger*1,036
Telegram800
Snapchat750
Douyin**743
Kuaishou673
X/Twitter666
Sina Weibo599
QQ571
Pinterest465
Social Media Platforms and Their Monthly Active Users
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Social Media Platforms and Their Monthly Active Users

Social NetworkMonthly Active Users (in millions)
Facebook3,030
Youtube2,491
WhatsApp*2,000
Instagram2,000
Weixin/WeChat1,327
TikTok1,218
Facebook Messenger*1,036
Telegram800
Snapchat750
Douyin**743
Kuaishou673
X/Twitter666
Sina Weibo599
QQ571
Pinterest465
Data Graphic
Social Media Platforms and Their Monthly Active Users

*Platforms have not published updated user figures in the past 12 months; figures may need to be updated and more reliable.
**Figure uses daily active users, so the monthly active user number is likely higher.

Key Stats:

  • People spend 26% more time browsing X/Twitter ads than other social media networks.
  • X/Twitter is the fifth most popular, well-known social networking site in Japan.
  • According to Top Rank Marketing, many companies have X/Twitter customer support, including Intel, Starbucks, UPS, and Amazon, because the platform provides faster lines of communication than conventional customer service via phone.
  • According to X/Twitter, tweets with videos are six times more likely to be retweeted than posts with pictures and three times more likely than Tweets with GIFs.
  • Infrequent and frequent tweeters posts in different ways. The former most commonly sends replies to other users. Around 51% of their tweets are replies compared to 30% of more frequent tweeters.

When Did X/Twitter Come Out?

Launched in July 2006, X/Twitter is a microblogging social media platform known for allowing users only to use 140 characters per post, but it was increased to 280 in 2017. It was founded by former Odeo employees Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet on March 21, 2006, at 9:50 p.m., which read, “just setting up my twttr.”

On October 28, 2022, Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally acquired X/Twitter at a total cost of roughly $44 billion.

Top 10 Most-Followed X/Twitter Accounts

Twitter User & User NameNumber of Followers (in millions)
Elon Musk (@Elonmusk)140.55
Barack Obama (@barackobama)132.6
Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)112.73
Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano)108.59
Rihanna (@rihanna)108.36
Katy Perry (@katyperry)107.96
Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)92.8
Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)88.77
Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)84.53
YouTube (@youtube)78.87
Top 10 Most-Followed X / Twitter Accounts
Data Table
Twitter User & User NameNumber of Followers (in millions)
Elon Musk (@Elonmusk)140.55
Barack Obama (@barackobama)132.6
Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)112.73
Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano)108.59
Rihanna (@rihanna)108.36
Katy Perry (@katyperry)107.96
Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)92.8
Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)88.77
Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)84.53
YouTube (@youtube)78.87
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Top 10 Most-Followed X / Twitter Accounts

The most followed X/Twitter user worldwide is X CEO Elon Musk, with more than 140 million followers, followed by former US President Barack Obama, with more than 131 million followers and Justin Bieber with over 114 million followers. Cristiano Ronaldo, Katy Perry, and Rihanna are next on the list, each with over 100 million followers. Taylor Swift, Narendra Modi, Lady Gaga, and YouTube are among the top ten most popular Twitter accounts worldwide.

Key Stats:

  • Many of the most-followed X/Twitter accounts are entertainers who use the platform to communicate with fans and spread relevant news about their work or improve their public image.
  • The verification badge on X/Twitter indicates that a legitimate source manages the account.