This statistic shows the most popular global events on Twitter, measured in amount of tweets per second generated between January 2011 and February 2012. On March 11, 2011, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan generated 5,530 tweets per second. In December 2011, a television airing of the 1986 animated Studio Ghibli film Castle in the Sky set the record of being the most-tweeted-about event with 25,088 tweets per second. Furthermore, during the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship finale between Spain and Italy, messages spiked at 13,358 tweets per second during the fourth goal for Spain.
Most popular global events on Twitter as measured in tweets per second from 2011 to 2012
Characteristic
Tweets per second
Castle in the Sky on TV (Dec 9, '11)
25,088
Euro 2012 Finale, Spain's 4th goal against Italy (Jul 1, '12)
15,358
Madonna's Super Bowl Halftime Performance (Feb 5, '12)
10,245
Last minutes of Superbowl XLVI (Feb 5, '12)
10,245
Tim Tebow's Overtime Touchdown Pass (Jan 6, '12)
9,420
Beyonce at the VMAs (Aug 28, '11)
8,868
Execution of Troy Davis (Sep 20, '11)
7,671
End of FIFA Women's World Cup (Jul 17, '11)
7,196
Brazil eliminated from the Copa America (Jul 17, '11)
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Mashable. (July 1, 2012). Most popular global events on Twitter as measured in tweets per second from 2011 to 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/277394/worldwide-events-with-the-most-tweets-per-second/
Mashable. "Most popular global events on Twitter as measured in tweets per second from 2011 to 2012." Chart. July 1, 2012. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/277394/worldwide-events-with-the-most-tweets-per-second/
Mashable. (2012). Most popular global events on Twitter as measured in tweets per second from 2011 to 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/277394/worldwide-events-with-the-most-tweets-per-second/
Mashable. "Most Popular Global Events on Twitter as Measured in Tweets per Second from 2011 to 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/277394/worldwide-events-with-the-most-tweets-per-second/
Mashable, Most popular global events on Twitter as measured in tweets per second from 2011 to 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/277394/worldwide-events-with-the-most-tweets-per-second/ (last visited July 23, 2024)
Most popular global events on Twitter as measured in tweets per second from 2011 to 2012 [Graph], Mashable, July 1, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/277394/worldwide-events-with-the-most-tweets-per-second/
