According to Mashable, in the moments following Tim Tebow’s incredible 80-yard bomb that broke the back of Steeler nation and continued his miraculous season, people sent 9,420 Tweets per second. This was the second-highest tweets per second surpassing the moment the world saw Beyonce’s baby bump at the MTV VMAs last year.
What’s it all mean?
- First, that Twitter is the go-to outlet for breaking news, even when the world is watching. For the Tebow TD, there were 42 million viewers watching CBS at the 7pm hour, but more than 9,000 people per second reacted like they were the only ones who witnessed that event.
- Second, the reason people tweet is because there is a shocking moment, like Beyoncé being pregnant (#3), Steve Jobs retiring (#6) or Tebow beating the Steelers (#2). This is where Twitter fills a void that was previously only achievable (via telephone and then through texting), one person at a time.
- Third, like a tweet getting washed down the steam of your page, these records will be gone before we know it. The hours of highest use of iPads is between 7pm – 10pm, that’s at home, during TV time. With roughly 10,000 new people joining Twitter each day, (people who will have their means of broadcasting on their laps while watching TV), the event that surpasses Tebow’s amazing throw is just one televised shocking moment away.
