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This statistic shows a forecast of the number of active Twitter users in the United States from 2014 to 2020. In 2017, the microblogging site is projected to reach 60.9 million monthly active users in the United States.
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Twitter: number of users in the United States 2014-2020
Number of Twitter users in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions)
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| Number of active Twitter users in millions | |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 48.3 |
| 2015 | 52.5 |
| 2016* | 56.8 |
| 2017* | 60.9 |
| 2018* | 64.9 |
| 2019* | 67.9 |
| 2020* | 70.7 |
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