Twitter is where the world’s most influential people connect with each other and with the wider social media community in a way that’s never been possible before. Politicians, sports stars, actors, musicians, and many others are vibrant participants in a huge range of discussions. In fact, 82% of world leaders are on Twitter. But until recently, it has been challenging for financial market participants to join in the conversation.

This August we announced the general availability of our new Gnip 2.0 APIs and laid out the plan to sunset all Gnip 1.0 endpoints on December 1, 2016.

We’re happy to report that many Gnip customer are now using the 2.0 endpoints, and enjoying the enhancements that come with them.

Twitter and UN Global Pulse announce partnership that will provide the United Nations with access to Twitter’s data tools to support efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

With the NRL final series heading towards it’s exciting conclusion and anticipation building for the grand final, we’ve taken a look back at the-season-that-was on Twitter. Which player dominated? Which club delivered wins on and off the field? Who provided the laughs? Who had the most growth?

We’ve analysed the data and will reveal our awards for the best NRL players and Clubs on Twitter for the 2016 season.

Player of the Year

With anticipation building for the final two weeks of footy, we’ve had a look back at the-season-that-was… on Twitter. Which player dominated? Which club delivered wins on and off the field? Who provided the laughs? Who had the most growth?

We’ve analysed the data and will reveal our awards for the best AFL players and Clubs on Twitter for the 2016 season.

Twitter’s All-Australian Team

Taking a look at the 68th Annual Emmy Awards on Twitter

Millions of users Tweeted with the special emoji, and Twitter lit up with more than 4,80,000 Tweets during the holiday weekend

Highlighting the Australian dad community on Twitter with trends and highlights.

Want to understand consumer reaction to the launch of the iPhone 6 when it came out 2 years ago? Looking to understand the evolution of public opinion in Brazil about the Olympics since Rio won the bid back in 2009? Need to analyze the last 3 years of marketing campaigns around Black Friday? The full archive of public Twitter data has 10 years of conversations around almost any topic you can imagine. By analyzing this incredibly rich data set, businesses can uncover key insights to make better decisions.

Indians came together in celebration and despair during Rio Olympics 2016; cheering on India’s women athletes as they made history