105 million flock to Twitter (chirpy, chirpy tweet-tweet)

by Stevie Smith - Apr 15 2010, 05:18

Considering that the words ‘Twitter’ and ‘tweet’ seem to have become as mainstream as ‘Facebook’ and ‘iPhone’, it’s unlikely to come as a surprise when we tell you that Twitter, the hugely popular micro-blogging service, continues to grow at an exponential rate.

More pointedly, Twitter Inc. founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have this week revealed the messaging platform built on 140-character brevity now boasts in excess of 105 million registered users and has gathered a momentum that sees the addition of 300,000 users every day.

In growth terms, 105 million registered users represents a massive year-on-year leap of 1,500 percent for Twitter, while the collective user base is dispatching around 55 million tweet messages per day to approved online followers.

The service’s ever-improving performance was revealed during the aptly named Chirp event in San Francisco, which is Twitter’s debut developers conference.

Looking to push the messaging platform even further into mainstream consciousness, Stone and Williams used Chirp to outline a desire to dispel persistent confusion regarding Twitter’s appeal while making it easier for people to sign up and use the service.

Specifically, Williams explained that typing “I don’t get…” into the Google search engine will result in “I don’t get Twitter” emerging as the second most popular suggestion behind “I don’t get drunk I get awesome.”

Since Chirp, the “I don’t get Twitter” search suggestion has become the leading return when typing “I don’t get…” into Google – likely on the back of the comments made by Williams.

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