Twitter hits one billion tweets a month

Twitter has just passed an enormous milestone, with over 1 billion tweets being sent in the space of a month. But that was December, and January was an even bigger month for the site. And there was me thinking the bubble had burst.

Twitter had a mixed 2009 to say the least. The first half of the year saw the social networking site explode in popularity, entering mainstream consciousness in a huge way. But things slowed down in the second half of the year, leading some to ponder whether Twitter had peaked. Not so. In fact, as suggested by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams last month, things are definitely on the up.

According to Pingdom, 1.036 billion tweets were sent in December 2009. In January the number of tweets rose to more than 1.2 billion. This means the site is seeing 16 times as much activity in January 2010 than it did in January 2009, and activity has doubled since August 2009. What’s more Twitter is growing at a consistent average of just under 17 percent month on month, meaning 2010 promises to be better even than 2009.

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