Twitter is still a loss, though have 300 million active users

Wednesday, April 29, 2015


The number of Twitter users is growing. But despite already exceeded 300 million, the microblogging service is still loss.

March 2015 Twitter service even nine years old, but the problems encountered since the beginning until now is still the same, which is about the revenue that has not been in line with expectations.

Data for the first quarter of 2015 mentioned Twitter already has 302 million users. This figure is up 18 percent compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

The data also shows that Twitter managed to reap revenues of US $ 436 million. The figure was smaller than analysts' forecasts which estimated at US $ 440 million, but still only rose significantly from the previous year with a percentage of 74 percent.

Unfortunately, although the amount of revenue rose, but Twitter still losers. Quoted from Engadget, Wednesday (29/4), Twitter experienced a net loss in the first three months of 2015 reached US $ 162 million.

To improve its earnings in the future Twitter is already doing a lot of changes. Call it Twitter Highlight on the front page of their website. Then ease of sending direct messages. So Twitter is also providing new services such as live streaming application that can be used for free.

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