Twitter, Inc.

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microblogging service operator social media company technology company

Twitter, Inc. was a major social media and microblogging company best known for its real-time short-message platform that shaped online news, politics, and public discourse worldwide.

Aliases (8)
  • Twitter ×112
  • X (formerly Twitter) ×4
  • X (Twitter) ×2
  • Board of Twitter (now X) (former) ×1
  • TWTR ×1
  • Twitter / X ×1
  • Twitter, Inc. (predecessor of X Corp.) ×1
  • Twitter, Inc. to X Corp. ×1
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf microblogging service operator →
social media company →
technology company →
acquiredBy Elon Musk-controlled entities →
X Corp. →
acquisitionDate 2022-10-27 →
acquisitionValue 44000000000 USD →
ceo Dick Costolo →
Jack Dorsey →
Parag Agrawal →
chairperson Jack Dorsey →
Omid Kordestani →
countryOfOrigin United States →
formerName Obvious Corporation →
foundedAs Obvious Corporation →
foundedBy Biz Stone →
Evan Williams →
Jack Dorsey →
Noah Glass →
headquartersLocation San Francisco, California, United States →
inception 2006-03-21 →
industry microblogging →
online advertising →
social networking →
influenced online journalism →
political campaigning →
social movements worldwide →
ipoDate 2013-11-07 →
legalStatus merged into X Corp. →
majorRevenueSource data licensing →
digital advertising →
netIncome -221000000 USD (2021) →
notableFeature 140-character tweet limit (later 280 characters) →
@mentions →
hashtags →
retweets →
trending topics →
notableFor influence on online news dissemination →
influence on politics and public discourse →
real-time short-message communication →
numberOfEmployees ~7500 (2021) →
operated Periscope →
Twitter →
Vine →
primaryProduct Twitter platform →
revenue 5060000000 USD (2021) →
serviceType microblogging →
social networking service →
stockExchange New York Stock Exchange →
successor X Corp. →
tickerSymbol TWTR →
userBase over 200 million daily active users (2021) →
Referenced by (129)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Adelaide Fringe ("Twitter") →
Ai Weiwei ("Twitter") →
Alex Morgan ("Twitter") →
Ariana Grande ("Twitter") →
Bobby Shmurda ("Twitter") →
Bucks Gaming ("Twitter") →
Chris Wanstrath ("Twitter") →
Chrissy Teigen ("Twitter") →
David Otunga ("Twitter") →
Gritty ("Twitter") →
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign ("Twitter") →
Joel Embiid ("Twitter") →
Josh Hutcherson ("Twitter") →
Kendall Jenner ("Twitter") →
Kim Kardashian ("X (Twitter)") →
Kyrie Irving ("Twitter") →
Nets Gaming Crew ("Twitter") →
Odell Beckham Jr. ("Twitter") →
Reach Higher ("Twitter") →
Santiago Abascal ("Twitter") →
Sarkodie ("Twitter") →
Team GB ("Twitter") →
The DoSeum ("Twitter") →
Trae Young ("Twitter") →
Turn 2 Foundation ("Twitter") →
Vilailuck Teigen ("Twitter") →
Yemi Alade ("Twitter") →
socialMediaPlatform
Alexa Vega ("Twitter") →
Asser Malik ("Twitter") →
Donald Trump Jr. ("Twitter") →
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven ("Twitter") →
Francis and the Lights ("Twitter") →
Frölunda HC ("Twitter") →
Ilta-Sanomat ("Twitter") →
Ivana Baquero ("Twitter") →
Jermaine Paul ("Twitter") →
Justin Bieber ("Twitter") →
Keep a Child Alive ("Twitter") →
Max Greenfield ("Twitter") →
Obama Foundation ("Twitter") →
Owl City ("Twitter") →
People's Daily ("Twitter") →
Pujols Family Foundation ("Twitter") →
Shana Knizhnik ("Twitter") →
The Longshot ("Twitter") →
Treasure Island Museum ("Twitter") →
hasSocialMediaPresence
Biz Stone ("Twitter") →
Dick Costolo ("Twitter") →
Evan Williams ("Twitter") →
Omid Kordestani ("Twitter") →
Parag Agrawal ("Twitter") →
Parag Agrawal →
employer
@Senators ("Twitter") →
@TJOshie77 ("Twitter") →
@wiumlie ("Twitter") →
Barbenheimer phenomenon ("Twitter") →
kishida230 ("Twitter") →
platform
Joe Zee ("Twitter") →
Kardashian family ("Twitter") →
Maye Haldeman ("Twitter") →
T'yanna Wallace ("Twitter") →
Yaël Braun-Pivet ("Twitter") →
socialMediaPresence
Biz Stone ("Twitter") →
Evan Williams ("Twitter") →
Jack Dorsey ("Twitter") →
Noah Glass ("Twitter") →
coFounded
Donna Zuckerberg ("Twitter") →
Funny or Die ("Twitter") →
Glamour ("Twitter") →
TB12 ("Twitter") →
hasSocialMediaPresenceOn
Celtics Crossover Gaming ("Twitter") →
Mavs Gaming ("Twitter") →
Warriors Gaming Squad ("Twitter") →
hasSocialMedia
KKW Beauty ("Twitter") →
Office of Digital Strategy ("Twitter") →
Red Pill communities ("Twitter / X") →
usesPlatform
Periscope →
Vine ("Twitter") →
acquiredBy
François Chollet ("Twitter") →
Matthew Garrett ("Twitter") →
hasOnlinePresence
Nayib Bukele ("Twitter") →
Taro Kono ("Twitter") →
socialMediaPlatformUsed
Arab Spring ("Twitter") →
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ("Twitter") →
usedMedium
Elon Musk →
acquisition
X Corp. ("Twitter") →
associatedPlatformFormerName
Jack Dorsey ("Twitter") →
boardMemberOf
xAI ("X (formerly Twitter)") →
collaboratesWith
Nayib Bukele ("Twitter") →
communicationChannel
LinkedIn ("X (Twitter)") →
competitor
X Corp. ("Twitter") →
controlsPlatform
Bleacher Report ("Twitter") →
distributionChannel
MeToo movement ("Twitter") →
gainedProminencePlatform
Perkins Coie ("Twitter") →
hasClient
Grizz Gaming ("Twitter") →
hasDigitalPresence
Fridays for Future MAPA ("Twitter") →
hasDigitalPresenceOn
Web 2.0 ("Twitter") →
hasExample
Elon Musk-controlled entities ("Twitter, Inc. (predecessor of X Corp.)") →
hasMember
Greg Brockman ("X (formerly Twitter)") →
hasPublicPresenceOn
Max Hodak ("Twitter") →
hasPublicProfile
Pacers Gaming ("Twitter") →
hasSocialMediaPlatform
Greta Thunberg ("Twitter") →
hasSocialMediaProfile
Obvious Corporation ("Twitter") →
incubated
Periscope ("Twitter") →
integratedWith
Power Automate ("Twitter") →
integratesWith
Donald Trump presidential campaigns ("Twitter") →
mediaPlatformUsed
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ("Board of Twitter (now X) (former)") →
memberOf
Silver Lake Partners ("Twitter") →
notableInvestment
Kardashian–Jenner brand ("Twitter") →
notablePlatform
Evan Williams ("Twitter") →
notableWork
Twitter, Inc. ("Twitter") →
operated
Vine ("Twitter") →
operatedBy
Vine →
parentCompany
X Corp. ("Twitter") →
parentCompanyOf
Odeo ("Twitter") →
pivotedTo
Jens Bergensten ("Twitter") →
platformActivity
Top Social Artist ("Twitter") →
platformsConsidered
X Corp. →
predecessor
X Corp. →
rebrandedFrom
xAI ("X (formerly Twitter)") →
recruitsFrom
Elon Musk ("Twitter, Inc. to X Corp.") →
renamed
Dick Costolo ("Twitter") →
socialMediaPlatformLed
Obvious Corporation ("Twitter") →
spunOut
Twitter, Inc. ("TWTR") →
tickerSymbol
#Diada ("Twitter") →
usedOn
Leave.EU ("Twitter") →
usedSocialMediaPlatform
Women of the Arab Spring ("Twitter") →
usedTool
xAI ("X (formerly Twitter)") →
usesDataFrom
"How dare you" speech at the UN in 2019 ("Twitter") →
wentViralOn
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