A quick update on twitter activity surrounding president Barak Obama's speech.
. 19,791 tweets referencing Obama over the 41 minutes of the speech
. Mentions of Obama peaked at 620/minute at 13:40 with mention of Climate Change & Great Barrier Reef; then 562/minute around equality
. Brisbane was the 2nd largest timezone amongst people who tweeted (4,502), behind US Eastern time.
In total, 13965 tweets from US time zones, 7036 from Australian.
Keep up to date with what's happening on social media statistics surrounding #G20 by checking out how QUT social media researchers are mapping the G20 Leaders' Summit.
Find out what people are tweeting from inside the declared areas, or about happenings within the declared areas.
•View interactive maps. We suggest you 'view as an iFrame' in each map to make the most of the zoom feature. Check out the new maps created showing Brisbane-based Twitter activity around the arrival of Barak Obama, two delegate spotting maps, showing which leaders are being talked about in Brisbane and where they're being talked about.
•Watch the G20 Hypometer.
•More information about the project.
Media contact:
Rose Trapnell, QUT Media team leader, 0407 585 901, media@qut.edu.au, rose.trapnell@qut.edu.au
