The use of Twitter in the US has fallen by more than a fifth since Elon Musk bought it and renamed it X, according to the data of the company that monitors applications Sensor Tower, writes "Guardian".
In early February 2024, the number of daily users of this social network in America fell by 23 percent compared to November 2022, right after Musk completed his takeover. All the other major social networks have seen declines over the same period, but none have seen a decline in users anywhere near as much as X.
The closest is TikTok, which fell by just under 10 percent, while Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat all saw user declines of less than five percent, according to data first reported by NBC News.
Globally, X fared slightly better, losing 15 percent of its users and shrinking to 174 million daily active users, according to data from Sensor Tower. The analytics company does not track users who visit the social network via the web or those who use desktop applications, but only those who use mobile applications.
While X did not respond to The Guardian's request for comment, the company implicitly rejected Sensor Tower's claims in a public announcement. In an unsigned message, it said that "250 million people use X every day," that 550 million visit each month, and that "daily average time spent on the platform" and "daily active user minutes" were up compared to last year.
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