New Delhi, July 1: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that his X social media platform has become a group chat for Earth, with maximum traffic coming from all over the world. X now has 600 million monthly active users (MAUs) globally.

“X is the group chat for Earth,” Musk posted. A user commented that “X is a global town square for the people”. “New X feature inbound… Earth Chat,” another posted. The tech billionaire, who acquired X (then called Twitter) in 2022 for $44 billion, is aiming to make it an “everything app” where people can post movies and TV shows and also make digital payments. Elon Musk’s X Fined 7,00,000 Brazilian Reais for Not Complying With Censorship Orders by Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes.

Elon Musk's X Becomes Group Chat For Earth:

Musk also claimed that X usage in the US has reached an all-time high. “Around 76 billion total user-seconds in the US, beating the previous record by 5 per cent,” the X owner announced. In March, X reported that users are spending 30 minutes per day on the platform on average. Elon Musk Says ‘Our Greatest Dream Is To Send a Spaceship to Uranus’.

When Twitter was acquired by Musk in October 2022, it was basically a 140-character messaging app. At the time of its $44 billion acquisition, there were about 3,500 creators on the platform.

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