All hail the Trump Twitter bump

Twitter is growing. Twitter. Is. Growing.

The service has been mostly flat or shrinking for months, but not this past quarter. In the first quarter of 2017, Twitter’s Daily Active Users rocketed up 14 percent and the Monthly Active number is now 328 million.

It rose by 9 million in three months!

What else has been going on for three months?

Donald Trump’s presidency.

I know, that’s crazy talk. This turnaround is not Trump’s doing. It can’t be.

Twitter certainly doesn’t see it.

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