Twitter is one of the webservices I deeply admire; simple, easy and scaled to the heavens. They did a review of 2011 with statistics that reaffirm that scalability. A few examples:

  • UEFA Champions League: 6,303 tweets per second
  • MTV VMA: 8,868 tweets per second
  • Steve Jobs’ passing: 6,049 tweets per second

Check the entire list and other 2011 highlights here: http://yearinreview.twitter.com/en/tps.html



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