It Would Take 10 Years to Read Full Day of Tweets

... and you'd need more time for Facebook status updates
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 1, 2011 4:33 PM CST
It Would Take 10 Years to Read Full Day of Tweets
The Twitter homepage appears on a screen in Washington on September 3, 2010.   (Getty Images)

Just how much information is out there in the Twittersphere? With 50 million tweets per day, or roughly 1 billion words, it would take a single person 10 years to read just one day's worth, figures Death and Taxes. Going nonstop for 24 hours, a person would probably get through about 13,000 tweets. Impressive, but it's nothing compared to Facebook status updates, notes the Huffington Post. Click for more on that. (More Twitter stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X