X (Twitter)

X, also known as Twitter, is a privately owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 2006, the company has approximately 7,070 employees and reported $2.5B in revenue as of 2024, operating as a tier 1 media tech buyer. It specializes in search, social, and retail media. The platform functions as a social networking service, enabling users to share short text messages, images, and videos in posts (formerly "tweets"), and to like or repost/retweet other users' content. Its features also include direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists and communities, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can also engage with the Community Notes feature, allowing approved users to vote on added context.