Twitter to celebrate 7th birthday with 200m users

A host of celebrities celebrated seven years of Twitter yesterday.

Twitter to celebrate 7th birthday with 200m users
Thu, 21 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
Olivia Goldhill

The first ever tweet was sent in San Francisco, California, by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey on Mar 21, 2006.

Today, there are 200m users worldwide, according to Twitter.

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