The social network has come a long way and it looks like it’s here to stay. Here are some interesting numbers Twitter shared with us as they celebrate a decade of existence:
Most retweeted tweet: @TheEllenShow (3.3 million times)
Most followed person: @KatyPerry
Most mentioned person: @justinbieber (943 million)
Most tweeted emoji: Tears of joy (14.5 billion emojis)
Most tagged city: Sao Paulo (638 million tags)
Most tweeted hashtag tradition: #FF (539 million mentions)
Total likes: 250 billion likes
Tweets per minute event record: 2014 World Cup Final (618,725 TPM)
Fastest to reach 1 million followers: @caitlyn_jenner (4 hours, 3 minutes)
Number of times “love” shared on Twitter: 34.8 billion mentions
As for Canadian specific uses of Twitter, the company shared the following notable accounts and events with us:
Calgary, Alberta: The Foundations for the Future Charter Academy (@ffcaedu) has several teachers using Twitter creatively in the classroom
Fredericton, New Brunswick: The Midget Major Caps (@MajorAAACaps) live-tweets their games
Halifax, Nova Scotia: A Twitter-powered observatory (@smubgobs) at Saint Mary’s University takes requests and replies with astronomical images
Middlesex County, Ontario: Farmer Andrew Campbell (@FreshAirFarmer) used #Farm365 to share the realities of farming
Nova Scotia: RCMP officers in Nova Scotia (@RCMPNS) used Twitter to live-tweet 911 calls with #CopCallsNS
Peterborough, Ontario: #Odinsbirthday gets teenage boy with Asperger’s syndrome trending worldwide
Regina, Saskatchewan: The Royal Saskatchewan Museum (@royalsaskmuseum) uses Twitter to help find owner of a lost teddy bear
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: The traffic division of the Saskatoon Police Service (@SPSTraffic) asks Twitter where speed traps should be placed
Toronto, Ontario: Ryerson University partners on a Twitter-activated installation In the Air Tonight (@itatonight) to raise homelessness awareness
Vancouver, BC: Twitter user Eveline Xia (@eveline155) uses #donthave1million which goes viral to raise awareness about affordable housing affecting Metro Vancouver.
Check out Twitter’s milestone birthday video below:
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