Topsy in Action
Blog category for examples of how Topsy identified a trend or was used to conduct analysis.
Twitter Sentiment Score for USA during Olympics
In recent years, Team USA has become one of the more dominant athletic forces in the Olympic Games. American athletes competing during #London2012 have certainly upheld this tradition: at the…
Olympic and Social Flip-Flops: Phelps vs. Lochte
Before the start of the Olympics, US Swimmer Ryan Lochte claimed that this year was “[his] time” to shine. After swimming faster than famed Michael Phelps in some preliminary races,…
Topsy Analytics Gets Political
Hundreds of millions of conversations occur on Twitter each day, many of them politically charged and talking about the 2012 elections. Starting today, we help make sense of those conversations.…
The Top Tens of #London2012: July 23 – 29
The Olympic Games so far have had an enormous presence on Twitter. In fact, so many people in London were tweeting about events as they happened that surges of Twitter…
Twitter’s Take On The Olympics Opening Ceremony
In the months before the Olympics were set to kick off, artist Danny Boyle’s plans for the landscape and feel of the opening ceremony were in part revealed (and in…
#London2012 Rivalries on Twitter
The Olympics has always been accompanied by athletic rivalries. This year, big-name rivalries have been gaining much attention – particularly on the social Web. Since London 2012 also happens to…
2012 Olympics on Twitter
Using Topsy’s analytic capabilities, here’s a snapshot of various metrics calculated from Twitter conversations about the 2012 Olympics, including mention volume, sentiment and trending measurements. Enjoy! *Topsy computes sentiment scores…
The Top Tens of #London2012: July 16-22nd
The upcoming Summer Olympics are the first to be accompanied by widespread use of social media. In light of this, every Monday, Topsy will be releasing a weekly bulletin of…
Twitter reacts to Colorado #theatershooting
Within an hour after the horrific and devestating 12:08am shooting at the Aurora, Colorado premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, the number of mentions per minute on Twitter referring to…
MLB All Star Game on Twitter
As the MLB All Star Game wraps up, and Melky Cabrera is awarded the MVP (#gogiants!), it’s the perfect time to review the game via tweets. This year’s All Star…