Twitter had 100 million active users logging in at least once a month and 50 million active users every day. In an article published on January 6, 2012, Twitter was confirmed to be the biggest social media network in Japan, with Facebook following closely in second. comScore confirmed this, stating that Japan was the only country in the world where Twitter leads Facebook. On March 31, 2014, Twitter announced there were 255 million monthly active users (MAUs) and 198 million mobile MAUs. In 2013, there were over 100 million users actively using Twitter daily and about 500 million Tweets every day,
Use of Twitter by public figures December 12, 2012 history was made when Pope Francis sent his first tweet which was re-tweeted by thousands of users almost immediately. Since this time Pope Francis has amassed over 7.56 million followers on his account @Pontifex (as of October 2015) and regularly engages with users via the hashtag #AskPontifex addressing religious matters and responding to questions. Several satellite accounts are used to transmit and translate the Pope's tweets into different languages. Use of Twitter by public figures The use of Twitter by celebrities and politicians has become an important factor both for Twitter itself and for the celebrity users.