Interest in joining Twitter has plunged after surging when Elon Musk took over last year, Google data shows

• Google searches for "Twitter sign up" have fallen 81% since peaking last November.
• Searches for deleting accounts have now returned to pre-Musk levels.
• But those relating to joining Twitter appear to be less common than before the acquisition.

Interest in joining Twitter has plunged in the six months since Elon Musk's takeover, according to Google Trends data compiled by the web-hosting company Fasthosts. 

Google Trends' index for searches of "Twitter sign up" has plummeted 81% from a November peak, just weeks after the world's second-richest person took control of the social-media company.