{"id":14309,"date":"2022-07-15T11:22:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=14309"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:22:51","slug":"how-old-is-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-twitter","title":{"rendered":"How Old Is Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e59b9a5d11f\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e59b9a5d11f\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e59b9a5d11f\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-twitter\/#How_Old_Is_Twitter\" title=\"How Old Is Twitter?\">How Old Is Twitter?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-twitter\/#Jack_Dorsey_founded_Twitter_in_2006\" title=\"Jack Dorsey founded Twitter in 2006\">Jack Dorsey founded Twitter in 2006<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-twitter\/#Its_user_base_is_primarily_between_30_and_49_years_old\" title=\"Its user base is primarily between 30 and 49 years old\">Its user base is primarily between 30 and 49 years old<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-twitter\/#Its_CEO_is_60\" title=\"Its CEO is 6&#8217;0&#8221;\">Its CEO is 6&#8217;0&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-twitter\/#Its_CEO_is_married_to_Vineeta_Agrawal\" title=\"Its CEO is married to Vineeta Agrawal\">Its CEO is married to Vineeta Agrawal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Old_Is_Twitter\"><\/span>How Old Is Twitter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:30% width:auto; height:auto; max-height:315px; margin:0px 10px;\" align=\"right\" alt=\"how old is twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/gGynACl.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering, &#8220;How old is Twitter?&#8221;, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. This San Francisco-based communications company operates the microblogging and social networking service Twitter. The company previously operated Vine, a short video application, and Periscope, a live-streaming service. Founder Jack Dorsey is only six feet tall and married to Vineeta Agrawal. In the following paragraphs, we&#8217;ll explore Twitter&#8217;s origin story, age range, and how many users are active on it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jack_Dorsey_founded_Twitter_in_2006\"><\/span>Jack Dorsey founded Twitter in 2006<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey was interested in text messaging while at the University of Missouri in 1997. He took a leave of absence from school to start Twitter. The company&#8217;s first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006. Jack Dorsey wore a nose ring and had a boyish mop hairstyle. His forearm tattoo was abstract and represented a human clavicle bone. During his time at college, he also dabbled in fashion design and received a certification as a masseur.<\/p>\n<p>After launching Twitter, Dorsey went on to co-found Square, Inc. and a company called Square. The latter enabled small businesses to accept credit cards electronically. The founder of Square was also the interviewer for President Obama during a Twitter town hall in 2011. Jack Dorsey re-positioned himself as CEO on October 5, 2015, following the resignation of Twitter&#8217;s board. In that role, he ran the company for six years.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_user_base_is_primarily_between_30_and_49_years_old\"><\/span>Its user base is primarily between 30 and 49 years old<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The average age of Twitter&#8217;s U.S. adult users is forty years old, with a slightly lower median age of thirty-four. The US population is roughly split in half between people under 24 and those over fifty. However, Twitter has a large, diverse user base. According to the latest statistics from Pew Research, two-thirds of adult Twitter users are under thirty-five and thirty-four percent are between thirty-five and forty-four years old.<\/p>\n<p>While Twitter&#8217;s user base is generally younger than that of other social media platforms, it differs from the demographics of the general population. Users are more likely to be Democrats, and their household income is higher than the average American. Despite their young age, Twitter users are still highly educated, and their racial and gender makeup is similar to the population at large. While it&#8217;s difficult to gauge whether or not Twitter is popular with people their age, there are some interesting insights about the demographics of Twitter users.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_CEO_is_60\"><\/span>Its CEO is 6&#8217;0&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering how the 6&#8217;0&#8221; Twitter CEO can handle the pressures of running a company and keeping a low profile, this guy has you covered. Parag Agrawal is the CEO of the social media site and currently has over 351K followers. He&#8217;ll receive $1 million per year as compensation as well as $12.5 million in stock investments. In his letter to employees, Agrawal lauded Dorsey&#8217;s selection of him.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been under fire for the content he allows on his platform. He&#8217;s been linked to far-right figures, including Donald Trump and Alex Jones. He also said that tweets about the Jan. 6 riot had created an untenable situation for the company. While Twitter&#8217;s CEO has been accused of censorship, he has made a point of allowing his employees to work from home.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_CEO_is_married_to_Vineeta_Agrawal\"><\/span>Its CEO is married to Vineeta Agrawal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tweeting about her husband&#8217;s new job is not unusual for any woman, but what is surprising is that Twitter&#8217;s CEO is married to a physician. Vineeta Agrawal is a clinical professor at Stanford University and practices medicine. She is also a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that invests in biotechnology companies. She&#8217;s well versed in the genetic basis of common diseases, including cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Parag Agrawal is Twitter&#8217;s new CEO, replacing Jack Dorsey, who stepped down from the role. 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