![The Twitterverse Responds to Protests in Egypt [STATS]](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/archives/03qufQhaEgFyrRQ5eKVL84Y/hero-image.fill.size_1248x702.v1647019523.jpg)
They are not alone. According to data pulled from real-time analytics tool Trendrr, 245,000 tweets containing "Egypt" were sent between midnight and 1:30 p.m. today, January 28. Thirty percent came from the U.S., 7% from the UK, 6% from Saudia Arabia and UAE respectively, and, notably, 8% came from Egypt, proving that users are indeed bypassing blocks placed on the service by government authorities:
Twitterers are using the service to share news and footage of the protests. Among the most shared links: a video that captured the shooting of an Egyptian protestor, Al Jazeera's live stream coverage, and EA Worldview's news liveblog.
Users are frequently including the hashtags #egypt, #cairo, #mubarak, #jan28 and #censorship when discussing the protests.
In addition to tweets, 10 million new blog posts and 22,350 news results citing Egypt have been indexed by Google in the past 48 hours.
