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25 Most Popular Twitter Clients

Last night during my workshop, I promised attendees that I’d post a list of Twitter clients that they might want to check out. Simply put, a Twitter client is a program/applications that you install on your desktop, laptop, or phone so that you can use Twitter more effectively.

Although Twitter has a web-based interface, it isn’t really optimized for handling your stream in real time. A decent Twitter client, however, offers you a way to easily keep tabs on (1) everyone you follow, (2) @replies and ReTweets, (3) direct messages, (4) hashtag streams, and (5) any lists you might create.

Here’s a list of the 25 most popular Twitter clients as per all Twitter accounts tracked by @twitstat today, on June 15th, 2010. The complete list features 325 Twitter clients, but I figured that that was too many for anyone to digest.

Oh, and personally, I prefer TweetDeck.

Rank Client % of users Tweets/user
1 (1) web 18.18 % 3.56
2 (2) TweetDeck 10.14 % 5.25
3 (3) Twitter for iPhone 8.22 % 3.58
4 (4) foursquare 5.65 % 1.96
5 (5) twitterfeed 4.58 % 11.00
6 (6) HootSuite 4.38 % 4.28
7 (7) Seesmic 2.98 % 3.84
8 (8) Echofon 2.78 % 5.50
9 (9) TweetDeck 2.20 % 4.98
10 (10) TweetMeme 2.00 % 1.76
11 (12) API 1.84 % 14.19
12 (13) Google 1.58 % 3.65
13 (14) bitly 1.56 % 4.53
14 (11) Twitpic 1.42 % 2.08
15 (16) UberTwitter 1.31 % 3.95
16 (15) Twitterrific 1.27 % 3.37
17 (18) FriendFeed 1.27 % 8.75
18 (17) txt 1.07 % 2.25
19 (20) Facebook 1.07 % 2.79
20 (21) Mobypicture 1.04 % 2.06
21 (25) twidroid 0.84 % 3.95
22 (23) Ping.fm 0.80 % 3.08
23 (27) Twittelator 0.78 % 5.06
24 (19) Posterous 0.76 % 1.79
25 (28) Ping.fm 0.69 % 2.87

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CT Moore

The founder of Socialed Inc., CT Moore has over a decade of experience in Digital Marketing, and has managed SEO, Social Media, and Content Marketing campaigns for both start-ups and multinational brands alike. He is also a partner and the head of digital at anderson pigeon, a full-service agency that specializes in digital, retail, and trade marketing. CT's writing has been featured in dozens of publications and blogs, and he’s spoken at conferences throughout Canada, the US, and Europe. You can stalk CT and learn more about him through his LinkedIn profile.

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