Celebrities supplement to convention-high Twitter trade for Obama’s speech

President Obama drives a lot of Twitter traffic. 

Obama’s debate Thursday night set a new record for domestic moments on Twitter, according to Twitter.

The boss warranted 52,757 tweets per notation during his debate to a Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, a high indicate for both domestic conventions and distant leading a 14,289 tweets per notation Mitt Romney warranted for his acceptance debate final Thursday.

The three-day entertainment warranted some-more than 9.5 million sum tweets, according to Twitter, in pointy contrariety with about 4 million sum for a GOP entertainment final week.

Obama, who has a sixth many renouned Twitter comment in a world, has prolonged been during a forefront of pushing tweets-per-minute annals for domestic events, nonetheless no domestic impulse has stirred a kind of Twitter trade that a luminary eventuality can, such as Beyonce announcing her pregnancy on live TV (prompting 8,868 tweets per second). 

Obama brought copiousness of star energy to a entertainment stage, and many celebrities — including some accounts some-more renouned than Obama’s, such as Lady Gaga’s — combined to a tweets about Obama’s speech. Some were swapping between comments about Obama and a MTV Video Music Awards, function a same evening. 

#IfObamaDontWin i contend we try to build a new world and all go live there

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) September 7, 2012

IS HE PREACHING OMG! SO PROUD OF THE #POTUS!!!! BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE! CHECKBOOK OUT! #DNC2012

— octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) September 7, 2012

“@jaredleto: @oliviawilde and @doncheadle #dnc2012instagr.am/p/PQcYYVzBZO/” John Kerry photobombed us?!

— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) September 7, 2012

Pls spin to DNC if you’re not watching.When it’s time for we to opinion (which is soon) this will assistance we make a decision.

— Janelle Monae (@JanelleMonae) September 7, 2012

—Updated during 9:28 a.m.

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