Twitter Timeline By leslaur Oct 15, 2005 Twitter dreaming Period: Jan 1, 2006 to Apr 15, 2012 Twitter Jul 1, 2006 Twitter Launched Launched first as Twittr & name changed to Twitter in Fall 2006 Jul 15, 2007 Valued at 5 Million Able to raise 1 Million Jan 1, 2008 Only 8 employees Nov 15, 2008 Barack O'Bama Elected President Thanks his followers on Twitter Dec 15, 2008 Only 3 million registered users Jan 15, 2009 2 Billion Tweets per ay Dec 15, 2009 8 million registered users Mar 15, 2010 Average of 350 million weekly tweets Dec 15, 2010 Valued at $3.7 Billion Mar 1, 2011 Over 225 million users Jan 1, 2012 Over 33 Billion Tweets a day Jan 1, 2012 400 employees Mar 1, 2012 1 Billion tweets per week 175 Million Tweets per day Apr 1, 2012 465 Million accounts
