181 Free Twitter Buttons, Badges, Widget and Counters to Help You Find Followers

by Darren Rowse on November 18, 2008

in Finding Twitter Followers, Twitter Tools

One of the best ways to find new followers for your Twitter account is to leverage any other online profile that you might already have. If you have a website, blog or other social media account linking to your Twitter account is a great way to do this.

Doing it with an eye catching button, widget or counter can be even more effective. Of course there are some Official Twitter Badges available… but what if you want something a little different?

Below are some links to places where you can download 181 different free Twitter buttons, widgets, badges and counters to use on your site (actually there are over 181 when you consider the different sizes, colors, formats that are available on some of these options).

Randa Clay - Free Twitter Graphics

18 different Twitter buttons like this one.

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Siah Design - Free Twitter Buttons

42 Twitter buttons - some of them animated

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MilkAddict - Twitter button

2 simple round buttons.

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31 Logos et boutons pour Twitter

31 great buttons. The blog might not be in English but the buttons are. Some great designs here.

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TwitStamp

A little widget that shows your latest twits that comes in a variety of looks, sizes and formats.

twitstamp.com

TwitGif

The instructions are in Japanese but enter your Twitter account profile and it’ll produce a little widget that you can put in your sidebar with your latest tweets. It includes your avatar and scrolls through your latest tweets.

Twitter / problogger

Twignature

Another Japanese creation that allows you to enter your account name and have a personalized twitter button with your account name on it. Lots of sizes and a few different styles to choose from.

twitter / problogger

Web Design by mt

10 Twitter Buttons for Free (German - I think)

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Twitt-Twoo

WordPress plugin Widget for your blog’s sidebar. There’s another WP sidebar widget plugin here.

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Twitter button Icon

Nice looking, high res button

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Follow me on Twitter badges

36 colorful Twitter badges

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TwitterCounter

A service that tracks your subscriber numbers and produces a twitter counter badge for you.

TwitterCounter for @problogger

SayTweet

Not really a badge but you could probably use it as one. It allows you to upload an image and then have your latest tweets appear on it like this

SayTweet badge

TwitterCard

Another twitter widget

Note: I’ve removed the TwitterCard widget from this post as it seemed to be slowing the loading of this page down. Might be worth testing it before using it.

Of course the above collection of sources of free twitter buttons, badges and widgets just scratch the surface of what is available. If you know of others I’d love to see them linked to in comments below.

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{ 109 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Keith 11.18.08 at 12:40 am

Darren,
Totally enjoying this new blog of yours, I had no idea of some of the features, tricks, and tips I had been missing out on with Twitter!
Keith

2 Nick 11.18.08 at 12:55 am

What an awesome list! Thanks Darren. I’ve been doing tons of Google searches lately trying to find some different buttons. This looks like a pretty comprehensive list to me!

Cheers,
Nick
http://www.macheesmo.com

3 Sime 11.18.08 at 12:56 am

great idea, Darren. I LOL’d at the photo of you with the speech bubble… I’ll start buttoning my way around now…

4 Randa Clay 11.18.08 at 12:59 am

Thanks for including my little badges Darren! Lots of other cool ones out there I was not aware of!

5 Jim Legington 11.18.08 at 1:00 am

Gotta Come back Darren, looks like some interesting buttons. Got a full Plate today,
See You again soon. Keep Hope Alive! God Is Good. Love that “TwitStamp”.

6 Naren Ubi 11.18.08 at 1:04 am

Wow, great list! I’ve been using the twitter counter for sometime now, and I’ve noticed that the numbers get refreshed only once every 12 hours or so.

I really like this twitter stamp. Looking for a suitable place on my blog to put that up..

7 Robin 11.18.08 at 1:07 am

Thanks Darren - I’ve just been searching for these since starting on twitter yesterday!

8 Noobpreneur 11.18.08 at 1:10 am

Darren,

I enjoyed Twitter button from Siah Design :)

9 David Porter 11.18.08 at 1:21 am

Darren,

Thanks for all you do. Your blogs are always very informative.

10 Noelle 11.18.08 at 1:28 am

ooo, I love that ‘twitter button icon’ high res button it looks like a ‘mac’ icon! What a great resource of badges, widgets. I have to say, although I have not put it up yet, the guy behind Twitter Counter was sooo nice, I am a stickler with everything matching on my site and He sent me a custom widget with the web colors I asked for. Nice service!
I made my own badge…to match my site… of course. Ha!
Thanks for the resources!

11 David Leonhardt 11.18.08 at 1:57 am

Thanks Darren. I had on my agenda to add a “Follow me onTwitter” link, so you read my mind.

12 Rajeev Edmonds 11.18.08 at 2:03 am

Great Resource. Twitt-Twoo and TwitStamp are gems in the list.

13 Matt Gio 11.18.08 at 2:07 am

Awesome! This saves me from having to use the old standard “Follow Me On Twitter” link. I’ll def. be using this on my new blog. Thanks again Darren!
BTW- I just started a new blog and I gave a shout out to you in my latest post. You are an inspiration!

14 Gregory Nemer 11.18.08 at 2:19 am

Hey that’s great.
You’re site is rapidly becoming the one stop twitter place.
I’ll be sure and put some of theses graphics to use in my daily twitter experience.

Thanks,
Greg

15 Freelance Twins 11.18.08 at 2:56 am

I updated my websites yesterday with a anew “Follow me on twitter” with orange footsteps icon, will be testing it for a while to see if followers increase.

16 David Marriott 11.18.08 at 3:02 am

I like TweetSnap. Very clean looking, yet shows your most recent tweet.

17 C.J. Harley 11.18.08 at 3:16 am

Thanks Darren! I was just thinking the other day that I needed a twitter badge on my blog. Your post was just in the nick of time.

18 CJ Romberger 11.18.08 at 3:24 am

Thanx for the comprehensive list, and for being such a great resource!

19 Rahul 11.18.08 at 3:25 am

This is just an EPIC list : Amazing collection !

Keep up the great work :)

20 Dev 11.18.08 at 3:31 am

hey nice post dude, i searching these things today but now i got the right place. thanx

21 Thao Ly 11.18.08 at 3:44 am

Awesome! I’ve been looking for great badges and widgets, now I’ve found it. Great collection. Thanks for posting!

22 Vera Raposo 11.18.08 at 4:06 am

Wow thanks for the great list! I love twitter and this will be super fun to add to my blog.

23 Chris Longmore Morin 11.18.08 at 4:58 am

Awesome info as always Darren. There are so many awesome one’s I’m not sure which one’s to pick! Thanks for doing this blog.. It’s a lifesaver to a newbie 2.0 and Twitterer. :)

24 Cristhian Bedon 11.18.08 at 5:10 am

Nice post Darren, finding button good button is always good. Helps save time from trying to make them.

25 Lyndon 11.18.08 at 5:36 am

Awesome list!! I was looking for a logo to add to my site. Now I have a bunch of choices to look through :)

26 infmom 11.18.08 at 6:20 am

Ooooh, neat! Thanks, Darren! The official Twitter badges are pretty lame. :)

27 Bill Masson (WWAH) 11.18.08 at 6:31 am

Thanks’ for the list, great source. It’s allways good to grab your visitors attention.
twitter does invite plenty of interest from graphic designers and developers, i look forward to many more.

28 LiveCrunch 11.18.08 at 6:46 am

Great post Darren, I used Randa’s badges on 2 of my popular blogs.

29 Miguel Wickert 11.18.08 at 7:51 am

ahh, some useful stuff! Just find a freaken badge and use it! :)

30 Sean Nash 11.18.08 at 9:11 am

wow… do I DARE add one of these????
;-)

31 Luis Coronado 11.18.08 at 9:27 am

Posts like this are the ones that forces me to become a lazy person, because I don’ t have to look anymore for this type of resources elsewhere.
Darren, great post as usual.

32 Kelly Williams 11.18.08 at 9:29 am

Fabulous information, as always. I love the high res button. Way cool! Thanks so much for a plethora of options :)

33 Deb@Bird On A Wire 11.18.08 at 9:34 am

As usual..awesome collection. I knew about some of these.But, some are just too good to miss! Thanks for the work!

34 Globetrotting Bride 11.18.08 at 9:59 am

WOW! I had no idea there were so many cool options! How can I choose just one…..

35 MK (Casey) van Bronkhorst 11.18.08 at 12:17 pm

Great stuff! No idea how I’m going to decide on which to use though, and all of ‘em might be a bit much.

36 Aia Bongco 11.18.08 at 2:38 pm

Cute Twitter buttons! I want to have them all. This gives me an idea. Designers should make tutorials on how to create your own “follow me on Twitter” button on photoshop. ^_^

37 Debbie 11.18.08 at 10:52 pm

Love those badges! This is a great list that you compiled; thanks.

38 LGR 11.19.08 at 9:32 am

Nice list. Another one that I use to post my latest Tweet is Twittertag (http://twittertag.com/). It only offers one size of image right now but they are working on other sizes. I really like TwitterCounter as well great service.

39 wilbau 11.19.08 at 10:17 pm @transitenator

Thanks for compiling. Found something ‘new’ to me :)

40 Hector A. Henry S. 11.20.08 at 4:42 am @hectorhenry17

good point i will see wich one suit me bether.

41 Kasumi 11.22.08 at 12:52 am @KasumiSEO

Useful post Darren - Its always good to use eyc catching badges and images to help stand out from the crowd.

42 Carol 11.27.08 at 7:09 am @webduck

I love it when people do my research for me. I have been using Twitter for quite a while, but it wasn’t until recently that I started using more of the other applications. Thank so much for starting this blog so we have one place to check out the latest and greatest Twitter-related news.

43 Michelle Wallis 11.30.08 at 7:58 am @Michelle_Wallis

Hi Darren, I love the different Twitter buttons , I think the animated ones are very sweet, but will get the twitGIF I think as it adds an extra dimension, Great informative blog as usual thanks

44 Professional Lab 12.15.08 at 12:34 am @professionallab

Nice, Creative……… Wish more little tiny and animated graphics that easily can be placed in small space.

45 Jmus 12.18.08 at 10:25 am @mustra

Hi, nice blog you got here,

I did 2 Twitter Buttons, 125×125, for me but I’m offering them to anyone that wants,
can you list my blog here two ?

The post link for the Twitter Buttons 125×125

Bye ;)

46 Technoguy2k 12.21.08 at 9:55 pm @http://www.twitter.com/technoguy2k

These are nice…

47 JennKim 12.22.08 at 3:17 am @JennKim

Darren,

Thanks for sharing. You saved me hours and hours of digging around. Thanks again and Happy Holidays.

48 twitty 12.28.08 at 7:28 am

Nice twitter collection, but you’ve forgot http://twitbuttons.com/
This tool generates code for follow me buttons and hosts button images. It is fast and easy and very usable

49 Maxon 12.31.08 at 9:28 pm

@twitty:

the site you’ve mention is copy, the better one and orignal site is http://www.TwitterButtons.com being used by biggies like Toyota, Sony, National WildLife Federation etc..

50 twitty 01.01.09 at 12:47 pm

@maxon

might be a copy, but much better than alleged original

51 BigDeal 01.01.09 at 9:08 pm
52 Shameka 01.04.09 at 10:13 am @ThinkerGoneMad

Nifty list…

53 Teddi 01.04.09 at 2:27 pm @Teddi14

A fellow twitter member just gave me this link to this site. It is outstanding! I am sure I will be back and use it often. I will help promote it too. I already gave it a thumbs up on StumbleUpon. I am going to add buttons to all of my lenses at Squidoo!

This is the first one I am adding it too as it gets lots of traffic.
http://www.squidoo.com/baby_kids_freebies.

Thanks so much for having this resource available.

Teddi

54 Teddi 01.04.09 at 2:30 pm @Teddi14

Oh- one more thing, I added a link to here on my lens http://www.squidoo.com/tips_on_how_to_get_my_lens_noticed This lens gets lots of traffic too!

Cheers~
Teddi

55 p@r@noid 01.07.09 at 5:56 am @shoutmeloud

Great list . Thanks for sharing!

56 Brian Richmond 01.10.09 at 9:39 am @webguyatwork

I just finished a new Wordpress widget that creates a visual graph of your twitter follower stats. While it’s still being considered for the official plug-in directory, you can find it on my site at http://blog.4minds.com/downloads/twitter-visual-stats/. Impress your visitors with your skills at attracting more followers.

57 Rahul 01.13.09 at 5:52 pm @nepal

Well, for me the first one looks quite cool.

Also, I like the round ones too.

58 Mott Kornicki 01.24.09 at 3:43 am @WaterwayRealty

I love these icons!

59 Joe Spencer 01.29.09 at 12:29 am @joespencer

Thanks for the list of Twitter buttons, very helpful.

60 One Crafty Place 01.29.09 at 4:57 am @chicaschmica

Awesome! Exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thanks so much!

61 Nick 01.29.09 at 7:57 pm @simplis

This was exactly the kind of list I have been looking for. Now…. to narrow it down.

62 Lisalicious 02.01.09 at 3:30 pm @chewak

great! I am so happy to stumbled upon this site..

was trying to Google widgets for tweet…

63 Allison 02.02.09 at 1:46 pm @MarylandWahm

Awesome resource Darren! This post will make a nice addition to my Freebies page.
Thanks so much for sharing.

64 Shawn 02.04.09 at 11:17 am

Hi Guys,
Here’s a website that I found which have Twitter buttons that you can just copy and paste on your website. Check it out @ http://www.TwitterIcon.com

65 Diana Freedman 02.10.09 at 1:38 am @dianafreedman

Just found this article via Twitter search. I’ve created free Twitter badges as well, you can find them here: http://ustandout.com/index.php/twitter/free-twitter-badges/

Enjoy!

66 James 02.18.09 at 12:07 pm @mydailyseohabit

lovely! I’m using it on my blog

67 Owen 02.21.09 at 8:23 pm @OwenC

Here’s another Twitter widget for your list: http://tweetburn.com/tools/tweetroll/

It shows avatars of your followers and you can change width, colour and captions on it too

68 Deanna Govoni 02.27.09 at 5:51 pm @deanna24

This is a great list of resources. Thanks so much Darren! Now, my only question is… why haven’t you selected one yet? ;-)

69 Anuj Seth - Twitdom 02.27.09 at 6:01 pm @TwitdomUpdates

Wow! An awesome list.

This is a new category that I’m currently populating at Twitdom.

70 Chris 02.28.09 at 2:22 pm @TwitStamp

Hey, just wanted to say hello from TwitStamp and thank you for featuring our site on your blog! We’re in the process of revising the site and adding features, so any feedback is appreciated.

We’ve had a bit of server trouble in the past month, but that should be ironed out and we’re excited to start adding some new features we’ve had on hold for quite a while.

Again, thanks!

-Chris (Developer/Designer for TwitStamp)

71 Liz 03.03.09 at 5:41 pm @Aussie_Sheila

Thanks for the list! I was looking for a nice button to add to my blog!

72 Maria Palma 03.12.09 at 6:54 pm @studio747

Nice compilation of resources, Darren! As always, you know what people are searching for ;)

73 Vector Master 03.12.09 at 9:04 pm @illustrator_art

thank you so much nice icons!!

74 Marcin 03.13.09 at 2:43 am @clanafann

I really like retweet facitity ;) It’s really useful

75 The World's Dresser 03.14.09 at 2:30 am @worldsdresser

Thanks so much - I was able to fit one of these seamlessly into my blog!

76 Jessi 03.15.09 at 12:46 pm @quirkyjessi

Where does the twitter button that’s currently on this site come from?

77 bloggeronline.net 03.18.09 at 7:55 am @joinbabes.com

Thanks for the list! I was looking for a nice button to add to my blog!

78 Bharath Reddy| SEO Updates 03.23.09 at 1:49 am @pbharathreddy

Amazing collection..I have been searching for the best button and atlast I found it in your website. Thank you so much for providing.

79 Andy Shackcloth 03.29.09 at 11:55 am @le_shack

Amazing list and still growing! Will come back here again and again, can use a different button each week to keep my page fresh(ish)…..
Unless you find some one who can code a button rotater widget, ;)
Then could change it 181 times a week!

Brilliant - brilliant.. Back very SOON

80 kdgriffin 03.30.09 at 12:02 pm @kddotcom

I’m working on increasing my twitter profile. These were very helpful. I had to create new twitter profile for my blogs and my online life and I’ve had to start fresh.

81 James 04.02.09 at 6:27 pm @Bandit

I made a twitter badge that only outputs tweets with a specified #hashtag - useful for keeping work and personal tweets separate on your website! http://blog.bandit.co.nz/post/91733003/selective-twitter-javascript-badge

82 Social media Optimizations 04.05.09 at 4:20 pm @smo_smo_smo

Excellent Icon Collection, Just added my 3 Blogs, Thank you very Much!

83 pinay 04.08.09 at 1:04 am @katzumi08

i love the twitter button! thanks for the info and updates..

84 Horozima 04.10.09 at 2:31 pm @horozima

This is an Excellent gateway to unlimited collection of twitter buttons and badges.Thanks

85 Tatjana 04.13.09 at 10:03 am @bloggeridea

Absolutely lovely blog of yours…It’s very well organized to find everything for twitter….
Thank you Darren

86 Mark 04.15.09 at 10:41 am @followmebutton

Hi, thank you for your free follow me pics. We have developed a new application to get followers easily. Please chek it out and let us know your comments.

87 Lia Belle 04.15.09 at 9:45 pm @liabelle

great list! simply love it….

cheers,….

88 Lama Kalla 04.21.09 at 12:34 am @PoemVidz

I just found your site and it’s really a brilliant resource for anyone using twitter. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Warmest Regards,
Lama Kalla

89 bbrian017 04.25.09 at 12:18 am @http://twitter.com/bbrian017

Sweet I took one and will be using it!

Thanks so much :)

90 youryogi.com 05.10.09 at 3:58 pm @youryogi

Woot. Thanks for this great collection. This is exactly what I was looking for.

91 Coree Silvera 05.19.09 at 5:18 am @marketlikeachik

Very cool badges!! I think my badge has been too boring. Time to update with one of these great ideas! Thanks!!

92 Rekaya 05.24.09 at 4:54 am

I love it! Thanks for sharing.

93 Steve Patterson 05.25.09 at 7:10 pm @friendlyknoxguy

Thanks for posting this list! BTW, who did you get the Twitter id area on your comments? Thanks!

94 Rosemary Brooks 06.02.09 at 12:25 am @brooksrm2042

Thanks. I am just getting into twitter and have alot to learn. I am going to use one of these and I love them all. Can you tell me how to put a link to my ActiveRain blog into my tweets for the day??

95 Joseph 06.03.09 at 9:07 pm @epsychology

Thanks for sharing these. I am currently using a badge I have created at http://www.twittbadges.com and it shows my real time followers. It is really interesting that I can design it in my way.

96 Sagive 06.04.09 at 3:27 pm @sagive

wow..10x for the cool graphics
you saved a lot of time and effort

97 Lanka Hosting 06.07.09 at 6:50 pm @worldlegends

I like this MilkAddict - Twitter button, very very usefull for all webmasters, keep it up.

Regards,
Marx

98 mathewday 06.11.09 at 8:15 am @asian_husla

I’m so glad I found this site, been looking all over the net for certain Twitter plugins and tools. Thanks for this awesome list but you always have “valuable” blogs/sites!

cheers!

99 Rizki 06.14.09 at 3:31 am

nice post guys…

100 Surrey Wedding Photographer 06.15.09 at 8:01 pm @veilandtrain

Am looking for a realtime Twitter widget, anyone know where I can find a good one?

101 Barney 06.15.09 at 9:23 pm

great source of info will be recommending some of these buttons

102 Theo 06.24.09 at 11:21 pm

Great buttons, did you make them yourself?

103 Simon 06.25.09 at 2:30 pm @prosperousfool

Wow thanks for the great info. The buttons from the french website was clean!

104 KitchenandDiningStuffs 06.28.09 at 6:15 pm @jame2010

Thank you for your great sharing, I’m looking king for some nice twitter buttons and i’m happy to find your site. I love your button’s style.

105 BrazilCarnival 07.01.09 at 7:06 am @BrazilCarnival

Tks for gathering all this information…I guess the tough thing here is too chose the best button / follow me with so many options!!

106 Sashindoubutsu 07.04.09 at 10:49 am @Sashindoubutsu

Thank you so much!

107 Free Twitter Buttons 07.12.09 at 9:00 am @followbuttons

Awesome thanks for the free twitter buttons resource!

108 steve 07.12.09 at 4:12 pm @http://twitter.com/travisramone

I like the Twitter button Icon never seen that one till now, nice post!!!

109 Tony 07.14.09 at 6:28 pm

There’s also a Twitter Followers Box, like Facebook Fan Box, but for twitter. What I liked about it is it has much more customization options and allows easy following without redirecting to twitter.
http://zhuyo.com

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