According to data compiled by social media tracking firm NewsWhip, Musk is responsible for seven of the 10 most popular messages on the platform over the past week.

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Musk posted the top message of the week at 11:30 pm. The night before he took control of the company, he said that the bird was free.

The account has attracted more than three million people to follow it.

Musk's Friday afternoon message, "Comedy is now legal on Twitter," is the second most popular message of the week with nearly 2.7 million interactions, while a picture he posted of himself and his mother in Halloween costumes is the third most popular.

There were two posts about charging $8 a month for a blue verification check and one that said, "If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, I would be minting money!"

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According to Musk, the only way for verified users to retain their blue check marks will be through the upcoming $8-per-monthTwitter Blue package. He came up with the price early Tuesday morning during an interaction with Stephen King, who complained about an earlier reported $20 per month price tag. Musk said we need to pay the bills. Advertisers cannot be relied on completely. How much is it?

After facing a court-ordered deadline to either close on his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter or go to trial against the company, Musk began making moves the day before, firing the CEO and other top executives. Musk first let the world know that he was at the San Francisco headquarters when he posted a video of himself holding a bathroom sink. Let that sink in as you enter the headquarters of the micro-messaging service. Musk spoke.

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According to reports, Musk plans to fire about half of the staff at the company. It is being speculated that the world's richest man might move the headquarters of the micro-blogging site to Texas.

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During the last week of April, Musk committed to buy the company and his popularity went up. Musk wrote eight of the most popular messages.

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We think Musk is the richest person in the world.

How Musk already has a large following on the social networking site.

According to reports, Musk plans to lay off half of the workforce.

The video of Musk carrying a sink through the headquarters is the most popular this week.

The blue checkmark will be sold for $8 a month.