Twitter breaks all records by accumulating 150 million messages during the Olympic Games

The events that have generated more noise on the popular network of 140 characters have been the actions of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in the final of the 200 and 100 meters, with 80,000 and 74,000 tweets per minute (TPM), respectively. At some distance they followed the gold medal of the British tennis player Andy Murray of 57,000 dwt. Rounding out the quintet tuiteadas proofs Jamaican world record in the 4x100 relay - with 52,000 dwt - and basketball final between the U.S. and Spain, which came to 41,000 dwt. The most exciting moments in Twitter in these events were the mate of Kobe Bryant , that the final decanted into the American basketball, and links to the U.S. Hope Solo in the soccer match US-Japan. The London 2012 Olympics have been more logically tweeted (since the creation of Twitter in 2006 had only played in all of Beijing 2008 ). Young athletes have swept across the network, which are also users. The most frequently mentioned could not be other than Usain Bolt ( @ UsainBolt ), followed by swimmer Michael Phelps ( @ MichaelPhelps ) and British diver Tom Daley ( @ TomDaley1994 ).The English also Andy Murray ( @ andy_murray ) ranks sixth, followed by NBA player Kobe Bryant. The Malaysian Lee Chong Wei ( @ Lee_C_Wei ) badminton champion, precedes the ninth place also basketball player LeBron James ( @ King James ). Beyond the sporting events themselves from the competition, viewers of the long opening and closing ceremonies took the opportunity to comment on the actions of George Michael and The Who . But that raised the most interest were the Spice Girls, with 116,000 dwt.