If there’s a social network that’s at the forefront of the news this day it’s definitely Twitter. The network has become an essential part of the media landscape, with the recent announcement of the @anywhere platform and its international expansion ensures its continued growth in the social media atmosphere in the foreseeable future.

Take at look at the following graph by Muhammad Saleem who’s a social consultant for multiple social news sites (Follow him on Twitter). The graph gives us an impressive visual picture of Twitter’s path to 10 billion tweets as well as who uses it, when and what people tweet about.

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Even with all these tweets and the fact that Twitter has yet to announce its advertising platform. We have to keep in mind that with a 40% retention rate there are a heck of a lot of people who sign up and never come back.

Source: Mashable