Twitter Set New Usage Records on Election Night
Election night drove Twitter usage to new highs. The service reported 327,452 tweets per minute as the networks began to predict an Obama victory. Notably, the president also tweeted a victory message (“Four more years”) before he took the stage to make his acceptance speech.
Election night drove Twitter usage to new highs. The service reported 327,452 tweets per minute as the networks began to predict an Obama victory.
Notably, the president also tweeted a victory message (“Four more years”) before he took the stage to make his acceptance speech. It is, according to All Twitter, the most retweeted post in the microblogging service’s history.
World leaders, including David Cameron and Julia Gillard, also tweeted their congratulations to Mr. Obama.
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