Number Punch

20 BILLION — The number of tweets on the micro-blogging service Twitter since its launch in July 2006. The milestone was crossed by a Japanese graphic designed on Saturday.

Said

“I don’t tweet on a regular basis. I
think there is an official president’s tweet [profile] but some
20-year-old is doing a lot of the tweeting.” 

—President Obama on the daytime television show “The View” last Thursday, discussing the White House’s social media strategy. (h/t Nextgov)