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> Has Twitter’s usage declined?

Literally nobody outside of Twitter knows. As it's no longer a public company, they're under no obligation to share any metrics.

My guess would be it increased until the end of 2022 (people were interested in how it's gonna turn out and more importantly World Cup was happening), but I'd be shocked if the usage didn't drop dramatically as 2023 rolled in.

[suddenclarity]

Interestingly Musk made it more transparent by introducing view count to every tweet so a simple solution might be to gather stats for the top 1000 users and each new tweet after 48 hours or so. Combine it into a trendline going forward. Under the assumption that the numbers are real but considering how many people that hate him, it would be a bold move to fake them and not expect to get caught.

[noncoml]

Sample of one confirming your theory. I created an account and start using it to follow Musk as I thought he was some evil genius and loved to follow him and hate him.

I lost interest after a while when I realised he is of average intelligence with lots of emotional issues and just a crazy amount of money.

Haven’t logged in to Twitter for more than a couple of months now. Must not forget to delete my account at some point.