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These new numbers come directly from Twitter. You may recall that the previous record of 3,085 tweets per second came at the close of the Los Angeles Lakers' victory over the Boston Celtics on June 17.
Both of these recent records are staggering given that Twitter -- during normal daily activity -- averages roughly 750 tweets per second. The Japan-Demark World Cup figure means that activity swelled 438% above average, which helps to put recent service issues into perspective.