What is the country with the most Twitter users?

The social network Twitter is particularly popular in the United States, with an audience of 76.9 million tweeters as of January 2022. Perhaps surprisingly, Japan is a close second in terms of active users. Japan and India rank second and third with more than 58 and 23.6 million users, respectively.

A 2019 study by the Pew Research Center found that far more men than women use Twitter, and that 22 percent of American adults who use Twitter are younger, better educated and more likely to be Democrats than the general public.

Other studies have shown that Twitter users are unevenly distributed around the world, with the social media platform more popular in some countries than others.

Global Twitter Usage

As of Q2 2021, Twitter had 206 million monetizable daily active users worldwide. The most followed Twitter accounts include celebrities such as Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and former U.S. President Barack Obama.

Twitter and Politics

Twitter has become an increasingly important tool in national and international politics. The platform has become a way to promote policies and interact with citizens and other officials, and most world leaders and foreign ministries have official Twitter accounts. Former U.S. President Donald Trump was a prolific Twitter user before the platform permanently deactivated his account in January 2021. In an August 2018 survey, 61 percent of respondents said Trump's use of Twitter as president of the United States was inappropriate.