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How To Get An Unused Twitter Username

Everyone knows that Twitter  is a cool social networking website that is growing like crazy, but here's a little about it's history. Around April of 2006, a guy name Jack Dorsey decided to created an online tool similar to text messaging on cell phones. His idea was that the viral text senders of the world would easily migrate to a similar tool on the internet. And thus the Web 2.0 property known as Twitter emerged. As a result the messages you can send on Twitter are limited to 140 characters similar to those of a cell phone text message. This viral aspect has turned Twitter into a place to communicate about any and everything. The online company has since grown to be one of the most powerful and fastest growing social communities to date. Ironically, the site is often now referred to as the place where things go viral.

Twitter Stats:

Twitter is currently ranked as one of the 25 most popular websites worldwide by Alexa.com. Although the actual number of daily users isn't certain because the company doesn't release the number of active accounts, Complete.com ranked Twitter as the third most used social network based on their count of 7 million unique monthly visitors and 60 million monthly visits. In addtion, Twitter had a average monthly growth of 1,400 percent compared to Zimbio's 240 percent and Facebook's 228 percent. On the other hand only 38 percent of Twitter's users are retained.

So, how do you get that twitter username that someone has registered and is not using?

This question has been asked over and over again, so we decided to post an article about it. The truth in the matter is that Twitter is looking for these usernames too. Twitter generally has a 9 month rule; if a profile has been inactive for more than 9 months, then they release the username. In the case where an account has never been updated, Twitter will send the owner of the username an email about releasing it, but this isn't the case everytime.

Want to speed up the process? Send Twitter an email.

Send an email to username[at]twitter.com and include the following info:

1. Tell them the username you want.
2. Tell them your existing username, assuming you have one.
3. Tell them whether you want to change your username, or create a new account with the username you’re requesting.
4. Thank them for their time.

Wait for a reply from Twitter and follow all instructions in the email. Some users have claimed to have their accounts switched within hours!

Comments (5)

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written by Jason B. , September 10, 2009

I tried this and I got my site switched in 15 mins! Thanks!!

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written by Jeff Carter , September 16, 2009

Thanks for this, I was wondering how to do it.

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written by daniel williams , October 19, 2009

I am trying to join twitter, but my user name keep getting rejected

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written by daniel williams , October 19, 2009

how can I email twitter if they keep rejecting my mail

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written by Administrator , October 19, 2009

Hi, what email are you sending the information to? What happens when you send it? Thanks