When Beyonce announced her pregnancy on live TV the social networking site Twitter recorded it's highest ever tweets per second about a single subject.
Beyonce's baby news, shared at the MTV Video Music Awards, not only eclipsed the evening's other winners, it also broke a record on Twitter: 8,868 tweets per second.Jacked from Digital Spy
It's not surprising, perhaps; many fans of Beyonce and husband Jay-Z have been waiting for such an announcement since the couple wed three years ago.
Until now, the record-holding event for tweets per second was set at 4 seconds after midnight in
Japan on New Year's Day, with 6,939 tweets per second. Twitter explained on its blog why that was:
Japan virtually shuts down as people spend the day with family and the people with whom they are closest. People make it a point to call their friends and connect with everyone they know to celebrate. With a population of over 127 million, Japanese mobile networks have been known to crash under the strain of this collective cheer. This year, on New Year’s Eve, many people turned to Twitter to celebrate.
Here are some other top tweets-per-second events:
• 5,500: East Coast earthquake last Tuesday
• 5,530: TPS peak rate during the Japanese earthquake and tsunami
• 5,008: The death of Osama bin Laden
• 4,064: Current TPS record for any sporting event, set during the 2011 Super Bowl
• 3,966: TPS peak rate during the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
We all know bad news travels fast on Twitter. But it reassures our faith in humanity to see that often, good news does, too.
10 comments:
All hail the Queen!! But let's be real, the east coasters were all home due to the hurricane. A lot of people that may have normally been out and about were held captive.
But she is one of the biggest stars ever so it is not surprising.
Go Bey!!!
Congrats to you and Jay! This is a beautiful thing.
I loved it because she was really glowing and seemed genuinely happy.
I'm happy for them!
If only they could track the percentage of positive vs negative twits.
♥ So happy for those two! ♥
pass
^ Please pass and go. Oh, good bye!!!
Bey, looked great! I'm happy because she looked happy. She is a grown woman who has accomplished so much and now she can enjoy having a family!
It's not surprising, perhaps; many fans of Beyonce and husband Jay-Z have been waiting for such an announcement since the couple wed three years ago.
Bey, looked great! I'm happy because she looked happy. She is a grown woman who has accomplished so much and now she can enjoy having a family!
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