Steve Jobs’ death breaks Twitter record with 10,000 tweets per second

Friday, 7 October 2011 01:26 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

London (ANI): The death of Apple’s visionary leader Steve Jobs has provoked the biggest online reaction of any event in recent history, as the official twitter figures reached 10,000 tweets per second.

According to social media monitoring firm SR7, the huge reaction eclipses the previous biggest event, Beyonce’s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she revealed she was pregnant, which generated a record 8868 tweets per second.

Other huge online events included Japan beating USA in the women’s soccer World Cup finals in July that generated 7196 tweets per second and Osama bin Laden’s death that led to over 5000 tweets per second, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Also, 5530 tweets per second were recorded during the Japan earthquake and tsunami in March, and 3966 tweets per second were generated during the British royal wedding.

According to Twitter, across the whole of 2010 there were an average of 600 tweets a second.

Discover Kapruka, the leading online shopping platform in Sri Lanka, where you can conveniently send Gifts and Flowers to your loved ones for any event including Valentine ’s Day. Explore a wide range of popular Shopping Categories on Kapruka, including Toys, Groceries, Electronics, Birthday Cakes, Fruits, Chocolates, Flower Bouquets, Clothing, Watches, Lingerie, Gift Sets and Jewellery. Also if you’re interested in selling with Kapruka, Partner Central by Kapruka is the best solution to start with. Moreover, through Kapruka Global Shop, you can also enjoy the convenience of purchasing products from renowned platforms like Amazon and eBay and have them delivered to Sri Lanka.