Checking out TechCruch recently, we noted a list of the 21 most popular Twitter applications (based on monthly unique visitor data from Complete) had been compiled earlier in the year.
Given the Twitter/Linked-in/Facebook surge happening all around us…we have to keep up to speed. Apparently over 2000 twitter applications exist (!) so to find a neat/condensed version of the top 20 was a relief! (We have abridged the original article to keep it succinct and relevant)
The TOP 21 Twitter Applications
Twitpic , an app that lets users share photos on Twitter, took the top spot with 1,236,828 unique visitors in January. Tweetdeck , which came in second with 285,864 monthly visits, is a Twitter app that streamlines notifications and tweets. Third place went to Digsby (with 233,472 monthly visitors), an application that centralizes e-mail, IM and social networking accounts into one desktop program. With 149,812 visits, the fourth most popular app, Twitterfeed , offers to automatically tweet posts published on a user’s blog using RSS. A Twitter user ranking site, Twitterholic , is the fifth most popular application, with 147,164 people visiting monthly.
While this is a pretty comprehensive list based on the chosen proxy for popularity, it’s but a first pass at a list we hope will become more authoritative over time.
It should also be noted that there is a plethora of Twitter application databases out there. Here are a few that we looked at particularly closely: Twitter Fan Wiki , Twitdom , Twapps , Twitstat , and TwitTown .
Twitter Applications - Monthly unique visits:
1. Twitpic 1,236,828
2. Tweetdeck 285,864
3. Digsby 233,472
4. Twittercounter 212,200
5. Twitterfeed 149,812
6. Twitterholic 147,164
7. Twhirl 143,333
8. Twitturly 88,793
9. Twtpoll 74,154
10. Retweetist 60,051
11. Tweepler 51,304
12. Hellotxt 45,754
13. Twitdom 45,411
14. Tweetscan 44,463
15. Tweetburner 41,754
16. Tweetvisor 31,621
17. Twittervision 30,708
18. Twitterfall 29,592
19. Monitter 25,433
20. Twibs 17,168
21. Twistori 16,229
