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# Who Tweeted It First
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/who-tweeted-it-first/
- Published: 2014-12-02T07:33:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-12-02T07:33:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Who Tweeted it First](http://ctrlq.org/first/?ref=birchtree.me) is a very cool website that shows you the first person to ever tweet a certain word or phrase. For instance, I can see that this gentleman was the first person to tweet about now President Barak Obama:

> Off to the Miami Book Fair and then to see B. Obama talk
> 
> — Alex de Carvalho (@alexdc) [November 18, 2006](https://twitter.com/alexdc/status/73314?ref=birchtree.me)

Or that the term "iPad' was first used by this guy who linked to an SNL skit:

> LOL - the apple iPad, http://tinyurl.com/28o3gf
> 
> — Pranav Chavda (@pranavchavda) [March 24, 2007](https://twitter.com/pranavchavda/status/12236321?ref=birchtree.me)

And since I was curious, I looked up my first mention on Twitter. I was hoping to see my first "at reply", but instead just got my first tweet, which is the embarrassing:

> Just had some Pepsi Natural. Tastes a bit different, but it's growing on me
> 
> — Matt Birchler (@mattbirchler) [March 31, 2009](https://twitter.com/mattbirchler/status/1425761764?ref=birchtree.me)