Main content
Numbers Behind a Tweetstorm
How do you get a hashtag to trend around the world?
How do you get a hashtag to trend around the world? In the early hours of Sunday the 5th of August this year one twitter user created the hashtag #resignwatson and later the same day it was the most talked about topic in the global Twittersphere. But how could a hashtag about a politician little known outside the United Kingdom become such a hot topic? We look at the numbers behind the trends.
(image: Tweet key/Shutterstock)
Last on
Tue 14 Aug 2018
01:50GMT
成人快手 World Service except News Internet
More episodes
Broadcasts
- Sun 12 Aug 2018 18:50GMT成人快手 World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Mon 13 Aug 2018 12:50GMT成人快手 World Service except News Internet
- Tue 14 Aug 2018 01:50GMT成人快手 World Service except News Internet