Top 10 peaks in Twitter conversation among Indians in 2014

Even as Twitter continues to be the world’s largest platform for live, public conversations, Indians expressed and connected with thier fellow compatriots over global and Indian events in real-time through the micro-blogging website.

Top 10 peaks in Twitter conversation among Indians in 2014

New Delhi: Even as Twitter continues to be the world’s largest platform for live, public conversations, Indians expressed and connected with thier fellow compatriots over global and Indian events in real-time through the micro-blogging website.

Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma's world record for the highest individual ODI score of 264 on November 13th versus Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata drove the biggest spike in conversations on Twitter in India this year.

In fact, of the top 10 moments, three are related to cricket including the Indian Premier League.

Rajinikanth's entry on the micro-blogging site and with over 200,000 followers in the first 24 hours and now over 1.1 million in total, the superstar came at the second spot.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election campaign was ranked third. Hardly surprising, two of the top 5 peaks in conversations were about PM Modi. With 8.5 million followers, he is currently the second most followed political leader in the world (after President Barack Obama) and continues to grow his followers at a rapid pace.

Top 10 peaks in Twitter conversation in 2014:

Rank Date Moment
1.

13 Nov 2014

Rohit Sharma scores 264 runs vs Sri Lanka. He claimed the record for the world's highest ever ODI score by an individual

2.

4 May 2014

Rajinikanth joins Twitter with a message of thanks to his legion of fans and has over 200,000 followers within the first two days

3.

22 April 2014

PM candidate Narendra Modi refrains his supporters from making irresponsible statements during the election campaign

4.

2 May 2014

The 2014 season of the Pepsi IPL returns to India

5.

3 May 2014

Narendra Modi gives an interview for a Hindi News channel leading to a big debate on Freedom of Press

6.

23 April 2014

Kejriwal files nomination papers from Varanasi as Shazia Ilmi stokes controversy over communal comment

7.

23 Oct 2014

India celebrates Diwali

8.

21 May 2014

Arvind Kejriwal arrested for protesting on the streets of Delhi

9.

2 July 2014

Outrage over tennis star Maria Sharapova claiming she does not know who cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is

10.

11 April 2014

SP leader Abu Azmi’s rakes up controversy by claiming there should be punishment involved women in rape cases

 

 

 

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