Beyonce's Pregnancy Reveal Sets Tweets Per Second Record

Posted on August 29, 2011

Beyonce revealed that she was pregnant by rubbing her baby bump at the end of her "Love on Top" performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

Twitter reports that Beyonce's pregnancy reveal gave Twitter a record bump of 8,868 tweets per second.

Here is a list of some top tweet per second peak events.

• Beyonce's Pregnancy Reveal: 8,868 tweets per second
• U.S. Women's Soccer Game vs Japan: 7,196 tps
• New Years Eve 2010 in Japan: 6,939 tps
• Japan tsunami: 5,530 tps
• Bin Ladne's Death: 5,106 tps
• Super Bowl 2011: 4,064 tps
• 2011 Royal Wedding: 3,966 tps