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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Mark Sweney

Twitter ‘to lose 32m users in two years after Elon Musk takeover’

Elon Musk's Twitter page on a smartphone and the Twitter logo in the background
Elon Musk's Twitter page on a smartphone and the Twitter logo in the background Photograph: Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

More than 30 million users are expected to leave Twitter over the next two years as concerns mount over technical issues and the proliferation of offensive content after Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover, according to a forecast.

The number of global monthly users is predicted to fall by nearly 4% next year and 5% in 2024 – more than 32 million in total – in the first annual declines forecast by the market research agency Insider Intelligence since it began tracking the social media platform in 2008.

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