Twitter Goes Green

Twitter goes green with support for the people fighting for democracy in Iran.  If you’ve noticed a green overlay on top of several avatars lately, that’s a Twitter user displaying their support. 

You can show your support and get a green overlay on your Twitter avatar by visiting http://helpiranelection.com/

Twitter has played a critical communications role in allowing its users to  provide up-to-date coverage of the Iran election and the aftermass that followed it.

Alarming Twitter Statistics Revealed

Much of Twitter‘s growth appears to be fueled by celebrities and online marketers.  With its relative newness, I think most users just require more time to get acquainted with Twitter before they will take full advantage of it.

• 72.5% of all users have joined since January 2009
• 85.3% of all Twitter users post less than one update per day
• 21% of users have never posted a Tweet
• 93.6% of users have less than 100 followers, while 92.4% follow less than 100 people.
• 5% of Twitter users account for 75% of all activity
• New York has the most Twitters users, followed by Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco and Boston; while
• Detroit was the fast-growing city over the first five months of 2009
• More than 50% of all updates are published using tools, mobile and Web-based, other than Twitter.com.
• TweetDeck is the most popular non-Twitter.com tool with 19.7% market share.
• There are more women on Twitter (53%) than men (47%)
• Of the people who identify themselves as marketers, 15% follow more than 2,000 people. This compares with 0.29% of overall Twitter users who follow more than 2,000 people

Interesting facts about Twitter‘s current user base, perhaps it will look much different in 6 months.