Twitter passes 10 million UK user milestone
TWITTER has reached 10 million active users in the UK, the social micro-blogging site announced yesterday morning by means of a tweet.
This means about seven per cent of tweeters are based in the UK, out of 140m global Twitter users.
The website defined “active” as users who log in at least once every 30 days, and said a staggering 80 per cent access it through mobile devices.
This compares to the 55 per cent of Twitter’s global users that tweet via mobile.
Twitter’s insight into its UK operations, released to mark the first anniversary of the opening of its London office, came as the website said it wants to work more closely with the government.
Twitter’s UK general manager Tony Wang said the company is looking to hire a public policy manager who would work with various ministries and MPs and concentrate on law enforcement.
The six-year old company made headlines last year when thousands took to the website to identify Ryan Giggs as the subject of a court superinjunction, sparking debate on the legal regulation of Twitter.