Elon Musk details plans for Twitter, says he wants social network to have 1 billion monthly users in 12 to 18 months
The Elon Musk Twitter carnival continues with a strange new development many people might not have had on their Twitter disaster bingo card. The newly minted CEO of Twitter shared a lofty goal for a company that some fear is struggling to keep on the lights. Elon Musk wants Twitter to have 1 billion monthly users in 12 to 18 months.
To put things in perspective, WhatsApp has more than 2 billion users per month, according to the latest figures available. And Twitter certainly doesn’t look like the company that can turn things around that quickly. No matter how “hardcore” Musk will be about it.
Elon Musk shared on Twitter slides he previously used in his recent company talk. The slides show that in the seven-day period ending November 16th, Twitter averaged 2 million signups per day. That’s 66% growth compared to last year, the slide says.
The exec said that Twitter recorded 8 billion active user minutes per day in the week leading to November 15th, up 30%.
Then again, signing up for Twitter to witness the circus might be an attractive prospect to some people.
