Election Twitter traffic as of 4:45pmET:
- Identified as Canadian: 19,586 (11,965 unique accounts)
- Identified as International: 2,647 (2,129 unique accounts)
- No location information: 11,710 (7,597 unique accounts)
- Total election tweets so far today: 33,943 (21,961 unique accounts)
More tweets (50%) are fresh. That is, they contain content created specifically for that tweet. 40% of tweets are retweets (the amplifier effect). Only 10% are replies, part of the conversation.
Expect increasing congestion as people head home from work to vote and tune in to election coverage with computers and smartphones on hand.
Analysis performed using Sysomos Heartbeat.
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