Can Twitter Reach 300 Million Active Users Before 2015?

Yesterday Twitter unveiled their third quarter 2014 earnings report and while they once again met or beat analyst expectations across the board, the key monthly active user number (MAU) came in slightly softer than expected, and the stock tanked accordingly.

Twitter added 13 million new MAUs for Q3 2014, which was below the 14 to 17 million forecast range. But here’s the thing: 13 million really isn’t that bad. It maintains Twitter’s average over the previous four quarters, and is exactly