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Obama's speech inspires a record 52,757 tweets per minute

BREAKING: Barack Obama broke a Twitter "political moment" record as he spoke at the Democratic National Convention tonight, according to the company.That compar
Obama's speech inspires a record 52,757 tweets per minute
Obama's speech inspires a record 52,757 tweets per minute

BREAKING: Barack Obama broke a Twitter "political moment" record as he spoke at the Democratic National Convention tonight, according to the company.

That compares to a TPM peak of:

Overall, the DNC generated 9 million tweets per minute vs. 3 million for the RNC.