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Twitter Getting 500 Million Users Soon. Real Soon.

 

[By Sudarshana Banerjee]

How many twitter accounts are being registered now? See for yourself at twopcharts. The microblogging site has registered  907,300 accounts in the last 24 hours.

[Graphics Courtesy: Twopcharts.com]

Time before it reaches the 500 million users sweet spot?  36 Days, 21 Hours and 9 Minutes is the estimated time of arrival at the current rate.

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