Twitter World Records
Twitter world records prove that 140 characters is not a limitation, but rather an opportunity for achievement. Hashtags, @Replies, Twitter-based celebrity worship and compulsive tweeting all feature prominently. If you like your communication concise and never miss a chance to abbrev. your txt, this is the category for you.
67 Records
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Most Twitter Followers Gained In The Name Of A Tattoo
Twitter user @BaltimoreMD made Internet history by gaining 1495 new followers in the name of a tattoo, a new world record. The man behind the account, Ryan Goff, promised the Twitter community that if he was able to move beyond the 3000 follower mark, he’d get a Fail Whale tattoo on his arm. Gaining 1495 followers in just 12 hours, he succeeded in his goal and got the tattoo the following day.
The feat was achieved on February 24, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. Goff got the tattoo on February 25, 2009 at Saints and Sinners Tattooing and Piercing[] in Fells Point, Maryland.
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Most Consecutive Tweets Using Every Letter Of The Alphabet
Tim Atkinsonposted 34 consecutivetweetsusing every letter of the English alphabet.
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Most Tweets Sent To MC Hammer In One Minute Using Cell Phone
Brian Ries sent six “@ replies” to MC Hammer (@MCHammer) on Twitter in one minute, a new record. Using the Tweetie application on his iPhone, Ries tweeted the following:
"@mchammer I’m by teawerong u"
"@mchammer hello I miss Ure music luv ur jams"
"@mchammer hey ima tar a bar run NYC"
"@mchammer I lone saw Ellen today"
"@mchammer u rock can’t spell"
"@mchammer ajjdjdhdkkxx"Ries set the record on March 25, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[]event held at Pianos in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present to document the record.
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Most Times To Unfollow Someone On Twitter In 30 Seconds
Joel MacNeil unfollowed [@sponcemac][1] on [Twitter][2] 16 times in thirty seconds. [1]: http://twitter.com/sponcemac [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
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Most Memes Mentioned In One Tweet
Matt Kempster mentions 43 memes in a single tweet.
In order, memes referred to:
Asian Prince
Tay Zonday
Ate My Balls
Rainbow Stalin
ಠ_ಠ Face
Over 9000
Rageguy
Flea Market Montgomery
Shoop Da Woop
Advice Dog
Courage Wolf
Gentlemen
Rich Raven
Numa Numa
Yo Dog
SpaghettiCat
Bel-Air
HA! HA!
Guy
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Dancing Baby
Soulja Boy
Chuck Norris
Creepy Katara
Divide by 0
Hypnotoad
Candlejack NO U
56 Stars
Exploding Van
Charlie Bit Me
Sneezing Baby Panda
Mustard Man
Mama Luigi
Keyboard Cat
HappyCat
LongCat
Pancake Bunny
Shiny Pidgey
Ceiling Cat
Bubb Rubb
Sparta Remix
RickRoll
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Tyler Furman created a 557-character hashtag on Twitter.
The hashtag in its entirety reads:
#ⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷⅷ
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Most @Replies In A Single Tweet
Morgan Jones replied 47 times to the Twitter user ‘a’.
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Most Words Starting With The Letter 'P' In One Tweet
Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya sent atweet containing 70 words that start with the letter “P”.
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Longest Twitter Hashtag That Includes The Letter "Z"
Courtney K. posted a 1,005 character hashtag tweet that includes the letter “z”.
The hashtag in its entirety reads:
#thisisthelongesteverhashtagiwouldimagineseeingthatitcanbeaslongasi
wantsortofitcanbefourteenthousandcharacterslolthatisalotbutanyways
imgoingtotweetabouthowimbreakingurdbslongesthashtagthisisamazin
gtoseepeoplearestrugglingtoreadthislolreallythatdidntmakesensebuta
lrightimwatchingdisneychanneltoorightnowimcoolorighthahaitsshakeit
upbabyilovethatshowactuallybecauseitsfunnybutimmoreintojerseysho
rebecauseitshilariousohgeezidontknowwhattosaynextbecauseitsactua
llyhardtothinkofthingstosayletssingthealphabetsonglolokabcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyznowiknowmyabcsnexttimewontyousingwithmewellthat
scooliguesslolhowaboutastoryaboutacowandapigthatcantalkloltheyca
ntalkaboutanythingtheywantwhenevertheywantyuptheendhahaohsna
pmyfavoritesongisonjkidonthaveafavoritesongthankgoditssummertim
ethoughsmilestomyselfhahawowimsooooocoolahhhhmybatteryisdyin
goksothistweethashtagthingisgoingtobeonethousandcharactersthisiss
uperhardtodothoughbecauseimkindaoutofthingstosaylikewhyaliensar
egreenwhythemoonisbluewellbyemylittlefollowerz -
Most Active Links In A Single Tweet
Israel Barron[]posted a tweetwith 56 active links. See the tweethere.
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Most Words In A Tweet That Start With The Letter 'T'
Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya sent a tweet containing 48 words beginning with the letter ‘T’.
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Cameron Shurtz posted a single-character tweet on Twitter.
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Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya posted a tweet containing a 145-character word.The word is a synthesized term for (Latin power) 1000\^111111911111111111.
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Largest Group Of Fangirls To Tweet @JimmyFallon At Once
30 female fans of Jimmy Fallon sent tweets to @jimmyfallon at the same time, a new world record. All tweets were sent within a 5-minute window.
Ryan Goff 
Tim Atkinson 
Brian Ries 
Joel MacNeil 
Matt Kempster 
Tyler Furman 
Morgan Jones 
Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya 
Courtney K. 
ISRAEL BARRON 
Michael Wilson 
Cameron Shurtz 
Savannah Peck