An infographic history of Twitter [infographic]
Twitter is a little over five years old and has racked up some landmarks along the way. This infographich nice details some of those moment and all the key numbers you need to know.
They include some early ones such as when Michael Jackson’s death hit and tweet per second levels hit 456, which is nothing two years later. Jump forward to 2011 when the they hit 7,196 as Japan beat the US in the Women’s world’s cup.
There is also a good break down on the growth of Twitter in terms of user numbers, its commercial model and top users.
(Source: Mashable.)
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