The Sixties and Beyond

July 2006

Twitter is Launched

Twitter.com was launched in July 2006. This new method of social networking and micro-blogging grew rapidly. Within a few years, it was comparable with Facebook in terms of prominence. Many celebrities were using it to keep in touch with fans, while news outlets and businesses could give instant updates to followers. By 2012, Twitter had 500 million users, was generating 340 million "tweets" a day and handling 1.6 billion searches.

Twitter is one of the most popular forms of social media today.