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# Twitter and X

Twitter history, better posts, video and audience measurement.

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[![Timeline showing Twitter’s first posts in 2006, hashtags in 2007, longer posts in 2017 and the X name in 2023.](https://twitterdownloader.lol/blog/twitter-to-x-history/cover/1200/85aafb6d6fc72d05)](https://twitterdownloader.lol/blog/twitter-to-x-history)October 3, 2026Twitter and X

## [From Twitter to X: the changes behind the names](https://twitterdownloader.lol/blog/twitter-to-x-history)

A short, sourced history of Twitter: early posts, hashtags, longer messages and the change to X.

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