Twitter’s revenue for all of 2021 was $5.08 billion.
Twitter’s performance contrasted withFacebookparent Meta.
For the first time in its history, Facebook’s daily active users fell.
Excluding certain expenses, Twitter earned 33 cents per share, below the 35 cents per share expected.
For the first quarter of 2022, Twitter expects revenue of $1.17 billion to $1.27 billion.
Analysts on average are expecting $1.26 billion, according to those surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
“We feel like we’re off to a good start,” Segal said.
The Apple feature asks users of iPhones and iPads to grant permission to apps that want to track them.
Meta partly blamed Apple’s changes for its disappointing fourth-quarter earnings.
“It’s a very small part of where we are today,” he said.
Social networks are also facing more competition.
In its earnings report, Meta noted competition from TikTok, which has continued to grow in popularity.
The company said its ad business recovered more quickly than the company expected from Apple’s privacy changes.
The earnings were 33 cents per share.
