Social Media

Twitter users say no to monthly subscriptions

Only a handful of people have signed up for Twiter Blue, the service that gives users verification checkmarks

Less than 1 per cent of monthly users are currently subscribed to Twitter Blue. Photo: Bloomberg

Twitter is struggling to sell users on its new subscription product, Twitter Blue, according to a new report.

Only 116,000 people signed up for the service of 2.6 million people who visited the Twitter Blue sales page on the web in March, according to estimates by SimilarWeb, which analyses internet traffic.

Twitter owner Elon Musk had said that starting this month, only subscribers to Twitter Blue would be eligible for verification checkmarks, previously reserved for ...