Timeline of Twitter - From Creation to the Present Day

 

2006 - Jack Dorsey has the original idea for Twitter and starts work on it with his team

2007 - Twitter is launched as a public beta

2008 - Twitter grows rapidly, reaching 100,000 active users by the end of the year

2009 - Twitter continues to grow, adding features such as @replies and #hashtags

2010 - Twitter hits critical mass, with over 100 million active users

2011 - Twitter goes public, raising over $1 billion in funding

2012 - Twitter acquires Vine, a popular video-sharing service

2013 - Twitter introduces major changes to its interface and adds support for multiple accounts

2014 - Twitter buys SnappyTV, a service that helps broadcasters share TV clips on social media

2015 - Twitter launches Moments, a curated feed of the day's most important news stories 

2016 - Twitter live-streams several major events, including the Presidential Debates and the Olympics

2017 - Twitter introduces a new 280-character limit for all users

2018 - Twitter launches a redesigned interface, with several new features, including Bookmarks and Explore

Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams as a microblogging platform that would allow its users to send short, 140-character messages, known as "tweets." The first tweet was sent by Dorsey on March 21, 2006, and said simply, "just setting up my twttr."

The early days of Twitter were marked by slow but steady growth; by 2007, the site had around 60,000 active users. This number began to increase rapidly in 2008, with over 500,000 tweets being sent per day by the end of the year. In 2009, Twitter introduced several new features, including @replies and hashtags; these helped to make the site even more user-friendly and increased its appeal.

2010 was a big year for Twitter; the site reached 50 million registered users in June and then doubled that number just six months later. That same year, Twitter launched its first major redesign and also introduced Promoted Tweets - a way for businesses to pay to have their tweets show up at the top of users' timelines.

2011 saw continued growth for Twitter; the site hit 200 million active users in September and then 300 million just four months later. 2012 was another big year for the company; Twitter went public in November and then reached 400 million active users in December.

2013 was a quieter year for Twitter, but it still saw some significant changes; most notably