[２７日 ロイター] – Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, announced in a tweet that the number of new user registrations has reached an all-time high. However, there have also been mass defections from existing advertisers and users due to concerns about account verification and hate speech.
According to his tweet on the 26th, the number of new registrations for the seven days to the 16th of this month averaged over 2 million per day, a 66% increase on the same period last year.
In addition, active user usage records (minutes) also set a new record, with an average of nearly 8 billion minutes per day for the seven days to the 15th, a 30% increase compared to the same period last year .
The number of fake accounts increased sharply before and immediately after the introduction of the paid verification service “Glas.”
Musk also said of his “superapp” initiative that “Twitter 2.0” would include features such as encrypted direct messages (DMs), long-form tweets and payments.
In a tweet on Thursday, Twitter said it could see Twitter on track to surpass 1 billion monthly users in the next 1-18 months.
Among advertisers, major companies such as General Motors (GM), Mondelez International and Volkswagen (VW) have paused their ads after Musk bought Twitter.
