PunkTheFunk 124,469 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I was reading this article yesterday called Pop Stars' First Tweets, which had a list of 50 big names in music -- Gaga, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Adele, Eminem, Beyonce, etc. -- and their very first tweets. And I realized that Gaga had the earliest tweet out of all of them She tweeted these almost 10 years ago (just shy of her 22nd birthday), a little more than a week before she released her debut single. (This was Gaga the day after, on March 27 at the 2008 Winter Music Conference hosted by Armani Exchange in Florida) Spoiler This was her Twitter page (just 1 follower ) I found the graph below of the number of new users that signed up to Twitter each month from 2007 to 2009. To give you some background, Twitter became available to the public in July 2006 -- less than two years before Gaga joined. Even in March 2007, it's still an unknown website: just 60,000 tweets are sent daily. To put that in perspective, today there are about 350,000 tweets sent per minute, and 500 million tweets sent per day. They add the "@" replies feature in May 2007, introduce the concept of "followers" in July, and introduce "hashtags" in September. One of the first times Twitter is mentioned on TV is in an episode of CSI in November 2007, and in February 2008, they add the "swoosh" function which lets you reply to other tweets with a click. It isn't until September 2008 that the trending topics feature is added. As you can see in the graph below, Gaga joined Twitter at a time when just a few thousand members were signing up each month. Artists like Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, and Britney Spears joined in October/November 2008, just as membership was beginning to take off. It wasn't until 2009 that membership finally skyrocketed (shown also in the second graph below) and just about every other pop star you know finally jumped on the Twitter bandwagon: Katy, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Nicki, Drake, etc. Heck, even I made a Twitter account in 2009 Little did 22-year-old Stefani Germanotta know that in just two years, her 1 follower would turn into tens of millions from around the world, and she would become the most followed person on the site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaIsMyCure 3,607 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Our eternal queen of Twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 22,219 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 So interesting how internet was a big part of her career until 2013/14! Interesting thread as always! She’s the original twitter queen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girl Under You 332 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 The dramatic decrease in April 2009 Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkTheFunk 124,469 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 7 minutes ago, Girl Under You said: The dramatic decrease in April 2009 Why? Not sure Could just be a blip in the data. *Or the initial surge of membership lost steam for a bit? Don't know tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlastfam 5,113 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 19 minutes ago, Girl Under You said: The dramatic decrease in April 2009 Why? The world wasnt ready when Poker Face hit #1 in April 2009 bopping to it 24/7 in that month so they dont have time for the internet thats why the stats declined from Apr to May how interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scathach 6,674 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Sad to think that she was once THE twitter queen and now she doesn't even have 30M followers on Instagram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor 3,321 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 24 minutes ago, darkness said: Sad to think that she was once THE twitter queen and now she doesn't even have 30M followers on Instagram I like to think of it this way: Who is the most followed person on Twitter? Katy Perry. Who is just below Katy Perry? Justin Bieber. If having more followers on Twitter and being more famous were to make you less of an icon to the GP, and more artistically relevant, then by all means, send my queen down to the -100 mark. bannedT for life and it's SAD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scathach 6,674 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Sailor said: Who is the most followed person on Twitter? Katy Perry. The most followed by bots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor 3,321 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 1 minute ago, darkness said: The most followed by bots bannedT for life and it's SAD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWitness 3,630 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 flop. Host Of Lyricasism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWitness 3,630 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 41 minutes ago, darkness said: The most followed by bots Host Of Lyricasism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexxx 5,647 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Not an opinion..it's true x Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnTakamaki 6,871 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 She also inspired people to buy them eggs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkTheFunk 124,469 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Sailor said: I like to think of it this way: Who is the most followed person on Twitter? Katy Perry. Who is just below Katy Perry? Justin Bieber. If having more followers on Twitter and being more famous were to make you less of an icon to the GP, and more artistically relevant, then by all means, send my queen down to the -100 mark. She's still the 7th most followed person and 5th most followed pop star which is still amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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