--- title: It’s been 20 years since the first tweet | daily.dev description: Twitter turned 20 years old on March 21, 2026, marking the anniversary of Jack Dorsey's first tweet: 'just setting up my twittr.' The platform, now rebranded... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/it-s-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet-a5jzb2pah twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: It’s been 20 years since the first tweet | daily.dev og:description: Twitter turned 20 years old on March 21, 2026, marking the anniversary of Jack Dorsey's first tweet: 'just setting up my twittr.' The platform, now rebranded... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/it-s-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet-a5jzb2pah og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A5jZb2PAH.png og:image:alt: It’s been 20 years since the first tweet og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # It’s been 20 years since the first tweet **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Twitter turned 20 years old on March 21, 2026, marking the anniversary of Jack Dorsey's first tweet: 'just setting up my twittr.' The platform, now rebranded as X under Elon Musk's ownership, has undergone dramatic changes including massive layoffs, integration of the Grok AI chatbot amid controversies, and a merger into SpaceX via xAI. X faces growing competition from Bluesky and Threads, with the latter reportedly surpassing X in daily mobile users. Meanwhile, Dorsey's original tweet, once sold as an NFT for $2.9 million, has nearly lost all its value. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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