Table 4 Events with most local impact, measured as the number of tweets coming from events with only one interested country, whose interest is higher than the 99-th percentile of overall interest. All events happened on 2015
Event description | Tweets | Distinct users | Outlets |
|---|---|---|---|
US Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage | 51K | 50K | 7 |
Delhi Legislative Assembly election | 35K | 13K | 3 |
Labour party said it will scrap the non-domiciled tax status | 32K | 15K | 10 |
Tornado strikes Texas | 31K | 6K | 4 |
TV appearance of Delhi chief minister candidate Arvind Kejriwal | 30K | 10K | 1 |
Hillary Clinton announces presidential bid | 30K | 30K | 3 |
Football player Cardale Jones announces he is returning to school | 28K | 22K | 3 |