Bianca Bosker, The Huffington Post:
On Nov. 4, 2008, the day Barack Obama was elected, users posted a total of 1.8 million tweets – not all concerning politics. This time, Twitter hummed with more than 31 million election-related tweets and saw a one-minute peak during Obama’s acceptance speech, when 874,560 tweets were sent in the span of 60 seconds.
Twitter users sent half as many tweets as they did during Election Day 2008 - in one minute.
Twitter is simply the best for live events. Last night was no exception.