Twitter users fired off a record number of tweets per second following the announcement by pop diva Beyonce at the MTV Video Music Awards that she is expecting a baby. -- PHOTO: AP
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Twitter users fired off a record number of tweets per second following the announcement by pop diva Beyonce at the MTV Video Music Awards that she is expecting a baby.
'Last night at 10:35pm, Beyonce's big MTV #VMA moment gave Twitter a record bump: 8,868 Tweets per second,' the San Francisco-based real-time messaging service said in a statement on its @TwitterGlobalPR feed.The spike in Twitter activity came after Beyonce showed off a noticeable bulge following a performance at the award ceremony. This will be the first child for the 29-year-old Beyonce and her husband of three years, 41-year-old rapper Jay-Z.
The previous record for tweets per second was 7,196 at the final whistle of Japan's thrilling upset win over the United States in the women's World Cup final in July.
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