The change will take effect in 30 days, the company said.

TweetDeck, which until now was free for all Twitter users, allows people to organise the accounts they follow into different columns in order to easily monitor content.

The product is widely used by businesses and news organisations, and the move to charge for TweetDeck could bring a revenue boost to Twitter, which has struggled to retain advertising revenue under billionaire Elon Musk’s ownership.