New Year's Day Brings Tweets-per-Second Record
Just four seconds into 2011 in Japan, Twitter set a new record with 6,939 Tweets per second, more than doubling its previous mark, which also involved Japan, as 3,283 Tweets per second went out after its national soccer team defeated Denmark during FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010.
Jenna Dawn posted on the Twitter Blog:
On Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year), Japan virtually shuts down as people spend the day with family and the people with whom they are closest.
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