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Brilio.net/en - Happy 10th anniversary, Twitter! Thats right peeps, this bustling social media platform has been around for a decade. Ten years on and Twitter has already surpassed a whooping 300 million users! For the icing, weve compiled the top five tweets that have broken records on Twitter over the past ten years:
1. The first tweet- Jack Dorsey
just setting up my twttr
Jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
On March 22, 2006, founder Jack Dorsey introduced Twitter to the world by posting his very first tweet, which simply stated just setting up my twttr.
2.Fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter- Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
Prior to this famous image, Caitlyn Jenner had zero Twitter followers. All it took was just over four hours after her Vanity Fair cover shoot for her to attain a million followers, surpassing the previous record held by Barack Obama!
3.Most tweets per minute- Argentina VS Germany, World Cup Final 2014
Image viaprothomalo.com
Right after the final whistle of this match was blown to ensure Germanys championship, there were a total of 618,725 tweets within a mere 60 seconds!
4.Most used hashtag in 24 hours- #AIDubEBTamangPanahon
Group shot! #ALDubEBTamangPanahon pic.twitter.com/4YK0iMle8U
Eat Bulaga (@EatBulaga) October 24, 2015
There were slightly over 40.7 million #AIDubEBTamangPanahon hashtags recorded over a span of 24 hours last October in the Phillipines, used for a popular variety show called Eat Bulaga!
5.Most retweeted message- Ellen Degeneres Oscars selfie
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
After this star-studded image was posted during the 86th Academy Awards, it was retweeted 2.6 million times by the following morning! The previous holder was Barack Obama yet again, when he was re-elected as the President in 2012, as shown below.
Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom
Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012
And there you have it. Hope youve gained some inspiration to break a record yourself. That being said, long live Twitter!
(brl/red)
