--- title: Twitters Growth Hockey Stick description: Last week on HubSpot.tv we discussed Brian Solis's article Twitter Visits Surpass New York Times and Wall Street Journal and I have to say when I l image: //cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/0/file-1-jpg/images/sprocket.jpg#keepProtocol --- [![Karen Rubin's Ramblings](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Karen_Rubin_June2016_Theme_Images/karen-rubin_logo.jpg "Karen Rubin's Ramblings")](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/) # Karen Rubin's Ramblings # Twitters Growth Hockey Stick Posted by Karen Rubin on Tue, May 19, 2009 @ 10:05 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Last week on HubSpot.tv we discussed Brian Solis's article [Twitter Visits Surpass New York Times and Wall Street Journal](http://www.briansolis.com/2009/05/twitter-surpasses-new-york-times-and.html) and I have to say when I looked at it for the first time, my jaw dropped open. Look at this graph! ![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/0/file-1-jpg/images/sprocket.jpg)  All I could say was WOW! The big question is if this is just a bubble of popularity because of [Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/15/ashton.cnn.twitter.battle/) and [Oprah ](http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/16/oprah-first-tweet-will-be-tomorrow-with-ashton-kutcher-on-the-show-soccer-moms-to-take-over-the-service/)or if this is sustainable growth that actually means something. A couple weeks ago [some numbers came out](http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i0dac803b1646d6affcdd07d9949c0272) saying that 60% of people who sign up for Twitter don't come back the next month. That pretty much sucks. It will continue to be interesting to watch Twitter grow and see if will be something awesome, or just another fad. 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