Table 3 Events with most international impact, measured as the number of countries which showed interest higher than the 99-th percentile of overall interest
Event description | Tweets | Users | Outlets | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Death of actor Robin Williams (2014) | 1.8M | 1.3M | 48 | 202 |
FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina (2014) | 494K | 385K | 40 | 144 |
FIFA World Cup starts (2014) | 476K | 358K | 45 | 143 |
Super Bowl starts (2015) | 1.1M | 849K | 35 | 130 |
New Year’s Eve (2013) | 325K | 279K | 31 | 127 |
Soccer Player Luis Suarez is suspended from World Cup (2014) | 213K | 157K | 38 | 106 |
Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris (2015) | 629K | 328K | 50 | 102 |
Grammy Awards (2015) | 682K | 432K | 31 | 97 |
Boxing match between Mayweather and Pacquiao (2015) | 779K | 522K | 37 | 97 |