My Twitter feed was on FIRE last night. So was my Facebook. The New York Times was talking Instagram. The internet was going crazy. Want to know just how crazy?
Ladies and gentlemen, I present the numbers:
1, 02 1, 235: The number of Twitter interactions (likes & retweets) for Obama’s “4 more years” tweet/picture
4, 309, 088: The number of Facebook interactions (likes & shares) for Obama’s “4 more years” picture
22: The % of people who told Pew Survey that they shared their voting decision online
52,000: Approximate number of instagram pictures with the hashtag #iVoted according to the news this morning
103, 798: Actual number of instagram pictures with the hashtag #iVoted by 7:30 EST November 7th
40: The number of states whose residents tweeted about Obama or Biden significantly more often than Romney/Ryan during the campaign.
7: The number of states whose residents tweeted about Romney or Ryan more often than Obama/Biden during the campaign.
71.7 million: Election-related mentions in Facebook posts and comments in the U.S. on November 6th
88.7 million: Election-related mentions in Facebook posts and comments globally on November 6th
327,000: Peak number of “tweets per minute” following Obama’s win
4, 340: The number of Twitter interactions on Obama’s “4 more years” picture since I started writing this (about half an hour ago)
4, 934: The number of Facebook interactions on Obama’s “4 more years” picture since I started writing this (about half an hour ago)
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(Sources: Pew Survey, CBC News, Sydney Morning Herald, Statigram, Facebook, CNET, National Post)
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