Title: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time - The Washington Post
Headings: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
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While the new figure reveals Twitter’s lesser size in comparison with other social networks, the number of daily users continues to grow, with a 9 percent increase in daily active users compared with the same period last year. Twitter also said that its daily user numbers only include those accounts that can see advertisements; it excludes, for instance, people who use third party apps that don’t show ads, which the company says makes its figures “not comparable to current disclosures from other companies.” Advertisement
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Twitter has historically disclosed the percentage growth of its daily users but not the actual figure. The company also posted another profitable quarter, its fifth consecutive period of profitability. Twitter brought in $909 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, up 24 percent from a year earlier, with a profit of $255 million, well more than double what it made during the same period in 2017. “2018 is proof that our long-term strategy is working," chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a statement. " We enter this year confident that we will continue to deliver strong performance by focusing on making Twitter a healthier and more conversational service.” Would calling for murder get Trump banned from Twitter? CEO Jack Dorsey won’t say.