Number of Tweets growth rate
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From Twitter's launch in 2006 and until 2009, the volume of tweets grew at increasingly high rates, approaching a 1,400% gain in daily volume year to year and around 1,000% gain in yearly volume.
By mid 2010 the rate of growth started to cool down, sliding eventually below 100% gain in yearly volume in 2012. Today, the volume of tweets is growing at around 30% per year in our estimation.
Tweets rate of growth (%)Growth Rate200720082009201020112012201302505007501,000
Year Growth Rate
2007 716
2008 770
2009 917
2010 525
2011 181
2012 82
2013 32