More Twitter Trending Topics Start In Seattle Than Any Other City [STUDY]

A new study has revealed that more trending topics originate on Seattle than any other U.S. city, and by quite some margin.

Researchers at Indiana University analysed more than 11,000 hashtags trending on Twitter in 63 different cities and discovered that 1,187 of these hashtags began in Seattle before going on to trend nationally.

Los Angeles (967) and Atlanta (663) finished second and third in the poll. Of note: Seattle’s tally included just one truly major hashtag, which was #XboxOne.

The team also found that most hashtags had an active usage life expectancy of 20 minutes or less, with just 0.3

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