Unlike the former versions of the brand logo (since 2006), all of which were called “Larry the Bird” representing the Boston Celtics legend, the present emblem is simply called the Twitter Bird. Its former, goofier version had a tufted head and was at times featured with the brand name the revised bird logo was a sleeker design.Ī striking amalgamation of a mountain bluebird and a hummingbird, the Twitter bird pointed toward the sky resembling hope, freedom, and boundless possibilities. “Twitter is the bird, the bird is Twitter,” said Doug Bowman, the social networking giant’s former creative director, in a 2012 declaration about the latest rebranding of the Twitter logo.

History and Significance of the Twitter Logo Here’s how the Twitter logo and the Twitter bird name came into existence. Today, it’s so famous and ubiquitous that it does not even need any text to be recognizable. This popular bird emblem, as we know today, underwent a sequence of modifications and changes. Since 2006 (year of inception), the microblogging and social networking site has come a long way to discover new frontiers.Īside from corporate t-shirts and billboards to newsletters, emails, and other branding assets, the Twitter logo can also be found in the header or footer of almost every website. The brand’s iconic Bird logo can be seen all over the digital world and it’s almost impossible to miss for just about anybody who has surfed the internet. Launched more than 12 years back, Twitter made it to the top 10 social networking sites with over 800 million monthly active users and 1.3 billion registered members.

Twitter logo made from 13 circles