Twitter Sets World Record in Japan
Twitter set new world record in Japan on New Years eve, 7,000 tweets per second, bet +50% by mobile! http://bit.ly/i8q8sL
Just four seconds after midnight in Japan on January 1st, Twitterers set an all-time record in the number of Tweets sent per second (TPS). At that moment, the world sent a staggering 6,939 TPS wishing friends a fond “Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu” (“Happy New Year!”).
On Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year), Japan virtually shuts down as people spend the day with family and the people with whom they are closest. People make it a point to call their friends and connect with everyone they know to celebrate. With a population of over 127 million, Japanese mobile networks have been known to crash under the strain of this collective cheer. This year, on New Year’s Eve, many people turned to Twitter to celebrate.
The new record more than doubles the previous one of 3,283 TPS, set during Japan’s victory over Denmark in last summer’s World Cup. In fact, on New Year’s Eve, that all-time TPS record was shattered more than 68 separate times within a single 3-minute period. See Full Post Here.
Update Aug. 2013:
Japan set new world record of 143,199 Tweets per second for Castle in the Sky!
