Record-breaking tweets

Social media was booming last year and still is, with Facebook reaching 800 million subscribers and 100 million of us actively using Twitter. Short communication has never been easier. Real-time coverage of events has shaped the way we consume news and we’ve seen a big increase in the volume of tweets published every second.

In May, the capture of Osama bin Laden created a record of 5,106 tweets per second. But a much more light-hearted announcement generated a new record on 28 May with 8,868 tweets per second; the news of the pregnancy of Beyoncé. However, a whole new level was reached when the 20,000 tweets per second mark was crossed in Japan, on 9 December, during the television broadcast of the famous cartoon by Hayao Miyazaki, Castle in the Sky: 25,088 tweets per second!

Source: digimind.com