Twitter
revealed
that last night’s Olympic closing ceremony saw more Tweets per minute
(TPM) than Usain Bolt’s 200m final win – which received over 80,000 TPM.
However, the Spice Girls stole the show, inspiring more than 116,000
TPM during their performance last night.
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| Word associated with the ‘Olympics’ during Games on Twitter via @sysomos |
Over the past 16 day period, Twitter saw 150+ million Tweets about the Olympics. Here are the biggest moments of competition:
- Usain Bolt (@UsainBolt) of Jamaica wins gold in the 200m sprint: 80,000+ TPM
- Bolt wins gold in the 100m sprint: 74,000+ TPM
- Andy Murray (@andy_murray) of Great Britain wins gold in the men’s tennis singles: 57,000+ TPM
- Jamaica wins gold and sets the world record in the men’s 4×100 relay: 52,000+ TPM
- Team USA beats Spain to win gold in men’s basketball: 41,000+ TPM
The most-discussed British athlete throughout the Games was diver Tom
Daley, who went on to claim bronze in the 10 metre final. Here is a
list of the other most discussed athletes during the games:
- Usain Bolt (@UsainBolt)
- Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps)
- Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994)
- Ryan Lochte (@ryanlochte)
- Gabby Douglas (@gabrielledoug)
- Andy Murray (@andy_murray)
- Kobe Bryant (#GetKobeOnTwitter)
- Yohan Blake (@YohanBlake)
- Lee Chong Wei (@Lee_C_Wei)
- LeBron James (@KingJames)
The Olympic Games have been incredible, especially for someone like
me who lives a stone’s throw away from the Olympic park; I’m already
feeling the post-Olympics blues. Twitter definitely played an important
role in keeping people up-to-date, engaged and entertained. But with the
Paralympics starting in a fortnight, it will be interesting to see if
it receives the same rapturous reception as the Olympics, or even reach
similar peaks in TPM’s on Twitter-verse.
Regardless, I’m looking forward to it – Let the games commence!
@nahidur
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