British Library’s main twitter feed has 100,000 followers

twitter logoThere may be those who think The British Library shouldn’t be engaging with Social Media.

There’s always something uncomfortable about watching an ancient institution when it comes over all entrepreneurial; there’s usually something dad-at-the-disco about it. The Register

But, according to recent statistics from one of my web colleagues, the Library’s main twitter feed recently passed the milestone of 100,000 followers.

This is up from just 6,000 earlier this year. Apparently this makes us the 123rd most followed twitter feed in the UK – a few paces ahead of the Guardian, a few places behind the Mayor of London.

Not bad for an oldie 😉

@adrian-arthur: Over the weekend, the Library’s main twitter feed passed the milestone of 100,000 followers – up from just 6,000 earlier this year. We’ve the 123rd most followed twitter feed in the UK – a few paces ahead of the Guardian, a few places behind the Mayor of London. So there you have it!@adrian-arthur: Over the weekend, the Library’s main twitter feed passed the milestone of 100,000 followers – up from just 6,000 earlier this year. We’ve the 123rd most followed twitter feed in the UK – a few paces ahead of the Guardian, a few places behind the Mayor of London. So there you have it!

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