And it’s not just Joe Schmo using the web platform; The world’s biggest celebrities, most prominent politicians, and largest corporations are using Twitter. According to Business Wire 65 percent of Fortune Global 100 companies have an active account. Politicians like Al Gore (@algore) rely on Twitter to reach their followers and keep them informed. Many news stations, schools, and local governments use Twitter to update their followers of emergency situations. And the celebrities… where do we begin? Are you a fan of cycling? Follow Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong). More of a basketball guy? Maybe Shaq is a big enough celeb for you to follow (@THE_REAL_SHAQ). Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon), Dave Matthews (@DaveJMatthews), Britney Spears (@britneyspears), Snoop Dogg (@snoopdogg), Kevin Smith (@ThatKevinSmith), Eli Manning (@elimanning), George Lucas (@George_Lucas)… that’s quite the clientele for such a young company. Some big name users actually have their staff manage their accounts, like Barack Obama, however all of the ones listed here tweet for themselves.

Twitter is also becoming extremely involved in global events. Currently Twitter is working to help the people of Haiti; They have made a deal with mobile carrier Digicel to bring free SMS tweets to Haitians. Previously they were charged fees each time they tweeted so now they should be able to communicate more freely and easily with people in other countries.

There are projections that by the end of 2013 Twitter will have 1 billion users and $1.54 Billion in revenue. For comparison, the Facebook monster currently has about 350 million users – which is about 50 million more than the population of the United States.

It is amazing how popular Twitter has become in such a short period of time. Whether they can continue their growth and hit their projected figures is still uncertain, but the way things have been going I wouldn’t bet against them. Now let me go tweet about this blog (@thatsus).