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X Corp., Bastrop, Texas, United StatesX, formerly known as Twitter, is a social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos.
It supports posting ("posts" replaced "tweets" after rebranding), reposting, live audio Spaces, direct messages, hashtags, mentions, and an AI assistant called Grok that can reply to posts, answer questions, and generate images.
According to our data, X is the third most popular social media platform on the web.
It has 47.3% of the social media market share and is present on 24% of all websites.
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Wikipedia💸 Pricing
X is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Social Media
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 47.3%
🏆 X Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Saudi Arabia in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Nigeria in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Uganda in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Ghana in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Rwanda in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Isle of Man in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Malawi in the Social Media category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Saint Helena in the Social Media category.
⚡ Sites Using X
We have data on 730,302 websites that use the X social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using X is office.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft365 | #7 | United States | American English | |
| 2 |  apple.com |
Apple | #8 | United States | American English |
| 3 |  linkedin.com |
#9 | United States | English | |
| 4 | x.com |
messages | #12 | English | |
| 5 |  github.com |
github | #13 | United States | English |
| 6 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | English | ||
| 7 | #16 | United States | American English | ||
| 8 | Bitly | #17 | American English | ||
| 9 | netflix | #19 | United States | English | |
| 10 |  cloudflare.com |
Cloudflare | #20 | United States | American English |
| 11 |  telegram.org |
telegram | #21 | United Kingdom | English |
| 12 | vimeo.com | vimeo | #23 | United States | English |
| 13 | #24 | English | |||
| 14 | #26 | United States | English | ||
| 15 | Yahoo_JAPAN_PR | #31 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 16 | blogger.com | blogger | #33 | United States | English |
| 17 | getfandom | #34 | English | ||
| 18 |  dropbox.com |
Dropbox | #35 | United States | English |
| 19 |  soundcloud.com |
SoundCloud | #40 | Germany | English |
| 20 | Medium | #41 | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use X:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using X are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
- United States 24.7%
- United Kingdom 9.5%
- Japan 6.9%
- Spain 4.9%
- Germany 4.8%
- France 4%
- India 3.8%
- Netherlands 3.2%
- Canada 3.1%
- Other 35.1%
Most X users speak English, Spanish, or Japanese.
- English 62.7%
- Spanish 6.4%
- Japanese 5.7%
- German 3.5%
- French 3.3%
- Italian 2.1%
- Portuguese 2%
- Dutch 1.8%
- Turkish 1.6%
- Other 10.9%
The X social media platform is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 49.4%
- .org 8%
- .co.uk 3.1%
- .net 3%
- .de 2.4%
- .jp 1.7%
- .it 1.5%
- .nl 1.5%
- .com.au 1.3%
- Other 28.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing X include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.
- Business 16.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.7%
- Blogs/Wiki 7.1%
- Education/Reference 6.9%
- Online Shopping 6.7%
- Internet Services 5.8%
- Entertainment 4.9%
- General News 4.3%
- Health 3.2%
- Other 35.7%
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Instagram💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind X?
X is owned by X Corp., headquartered in Bastrop, Texas, United States.
Does X offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much is X per month?
X is priced from $3 per month for the Basic plan.
Which country uses X the most?
The majority of X users are from the United States.
Who uses X?
According to our data, X is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as office.com,
apple.com, and linkedin.com.
Is X used on government websites?
Overall, we found X on 1,174 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use X?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 3,052 academic websites in the United States that use X.
How does X stack up against its competitors?
What are the alternatives to X?
Alternatives and possible competitors to X may include 
Bluesky, Threads, and
Micro.blog.
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