HOWTO: Find Your Twitter User ID Number (And Your Place In Twitter's History)

Previously on AllTwitter we’ve written a couple of posts that looked at how independent analysis of the user ID numbers on Twitter has led to estimates that the network now has about 260-70 million registered profiles.

But what exactly are these user IDs, and how do you find yours?

Essentially, Twitter assigns a unique ID to each person as they join the network. This ID is a number, and started at number 1, and is currently above 300 million.

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