Twitter

 is an online and  that lets users send and receive 140-character text messages called tweets. Users can subscribe to other users' tweets, which is referred to as becoming one of a user's followers. Headquartered in San Francisco, United States, the was created on 21  2006 and was launched three months later, on 15 July. It has been described as "the of the internet".

Futurama has referenced at least three times.

References to in Futurama

 * In "Attack of the Killer App", Mom advertises an eyePhone app called Twitcher, which "lets [users] send and receive short messages or videos called twits", and and  make a bet on which of them can reach a million followers on it before the other.
 * The for "Cold Warriors" is "WE'RE FOLLOWING YOU, BUT NOT ON TWITTER".
 * In "Do You Want Fry with That?", the Twitter-logo bird, along with 's mascot, helps Bender with his piracy.

Trivia

 * In Bender's Game, it is revealed that has a blog.
 * In "Cold Warriors", it is also revealed that Leela uses Facebook.
 * In "Attack of the Killer App", Fry and Bender share videos on Twitcher. In 2012, Twitter acquired an app called, which lets users create and share six-second videos.
 * members made many revelations concerning season 7 on Twitter.
 * The maximum number of characters for a tweet is the same as the number of episodes of Futurama.