An article recently posted on RedWriteWeb.com called “Twitter’s Growth Slows Dramatically” states

Only 18% of all Twitter users have more than 100 followers. A total of 81% of all users are currently also following less than 100 people.

Do you have over 100 followers? That means you are in the top 18% right? Well, not exactly. I would argue that the data is probably wrong. We would need to do some mining but I bet the accounts they included in this total are both active & inactive accounts. I’m sure a lot of users on Twitter saw the site on CNN, heard @Oprah ‘twittered’, registered for an account and then left it for dead.

Twitter User Growth

What we really need to look at is who has over x number of tweets per month. Out of these ‘active’ users, how many people do they follow and how many people follow them.  I’m sure this percentage is much higher.

But let’s not go pat each other on the back just yet. It’s pretty easy to amass 100 followers if that is what you are trying to do. If you follow 1,000 people chances are pretty good that at least 10% of them will follow you back. The key is too look at the follower/followee ratio. Once the number of people who follow you is greater than the number you follow (spammers not included) that is when you have something special.