Twitter now has 255 million monthly active users

Twitter has published its results for the first quarter of 2014 , which said it had added 14 million users for this period , which ended in March . The social network now has 255 million monthly active users , an increase of 25 % year on year .

Also reported that Twitter has 198 million active monthly mobile users , an increase of 31 % year on year . This means that mobile users represent 78 % of total monthly active users . These figures should have calmed investors , many of whom warned Twitter -in to increase its user base after the fall in profits in the last quarter of 2013 .

The company acknowledged that its revenue in the last quarter of 2013 did not correspond to those of Facebook , Snapchat 's , etc. , and that new users encountered difficulties when using Twitter . This caused her to updating the site with a new design and easier to use by users .

The company posted 250 million of revenue and no profit , with a net loss of 132 million dollars in the first quarter of 2014 .

" We had a good quarter this year . Revenues increased compared with a year ago due to increased users , " said Dick Cosotlo , chief executive of Twitter , said in a statement .