Launched in March 2006, Twitter has witnessed one of the fastest growth in the social media realm, with over 500 million accounts that post 9,100 tweets per second. According to GlobalWebIndex.com, 21% of the global internet population now use Twitter actively on a monthly basis. And with its engagement rates growing day by day, Twitter is on the track to become the social network with the highest engagement rates and biggest growth. With Twitter's decision to file an IPO, let us take a look at the numbers that make up this social network and some of its most popular trends and people.

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