Like I click Twitter icon from the verge website (https://www.theverge.com/contact-the-verge). it still works unless Elon want to kill twitter URL and force other company to migrate. which is quite crazy.

Yes, it works on Firefox Android and Ios. So, that article is not 100% correct

not really because twitter.com redirector still works properly

Yeah. But, that workaround on the article improves a lot.

that is why I mean it is very popular in Japan. it is in top 3 right? the highest in Asia?

Yeah because Twitter is very popular in Japan.