President Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention fueled a outpouring of tweets, spiking at 52,757 tweets per minute. Twitter called it a “record political moment,” adding that Obama’s next two biggest spikes (43,646 and 39,002) surpassed Romney’s peak at 14,239. In all, 9 million tweets about the DNC this week were sent by the conclusion of the president’s speech.
Of course, volume isn’t everything. Obama’s score on Twitter’s political index rose just 2 points when we checked it after the speech. Politico reported that it dropped 4 points.
And for a bit of context, the VMA’s on MTV — which aired Thursday night against the DNC — attracted a record 7.9 million tweets, well above the network’s record of 5.5 million from the year before.
And if you still think that the number of tweets is positively correlated with electability, let Stephen Colbert explain it himself. (Thanks @DonSteele for the link!)