Twitter was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey (software developer), Evan Williams (founder of Blogger) and Biz Stone (also behind Blogger). Dorsey's original idea was for exchanging corporate messages, but it ended up becoming a space for fun and sharing information in 140 characters.

From 2006 until today, now with 200 million users, there have been many changes, from layout updates to privacy terms.
Check out the video produced by the Twitter team, showing the most relevant moments for the social network, like the 2010 World Cup, the platform's first tweet, or even on the political front, when Twitter played an essential role in the resignation of then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.