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Top 5 #hashtag

  • 1. #bahrain
  • 2. #syria
  • 3. #cuba
  • 4. #iran
  • 5. #eurovision
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Double whammy? This Thursday, Obama is slated to give a speech on #drone strikes, efforts to close #guantanamo. http://t.co/vdvBCtHfl8

10m

We'd make more tech progress if you weren't such a negative Nancy, #Google's Larry Page says http://t.co/1mnEVM1xnu

17m

My thoughts and prayers are w/ the families of the two #Phoenix first responders killed in the line of duty. RIP http://t.co/yGiIYnrtkW

25m

62% of the world’s food is from rainfed #agriculture. How do we help farmers ensure #foodsecurity? http://t.co/eAwAgz0g41 #WaterStrategy

30m

.@JeffDSachs' New Paper Mathematically Models Smart Machines & Long-Term Human Misery http://t.co/5Nc6U68zDv

34m

Take a look at this opinion piece from @LATimes on the need for increased involvement in #Libya: http://t.co/8S2pbCjwBs Share your thoughts!

39m

"@Kingofgames3000: @realDonaldTrump the baddest boss on the planet taking no bs from anybody gotta hand it to you the real estate king" Cute

42m

Ivanka and Joan Rivers will be working hard tonight at the Live Finale - everybody must watch the OPENING at 9.

50m

Cities use tech to tackle social problems rather than address the misguided political priorities that caused them http://t.co/Mh4yXvlfj9

55m

New blog post: "Crowdfunding Checkbook Journalism - Gawker's 'Crackstarter' and its implications": http://t.co/Pw9GAhIDFS

1h

Man bites dog: Moderate Hamas confiscates rockets from radical Fatah faction, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. http://t.co/k2xnRDU0Uv

1h

Will Right to Be Forgotten Lead to a Society That Was Forgotten? https://t.co/jlt1lsz5kg by Cherri-Ann Beckles

Real-time ranking (updated every 24 hours) of e-diplomatic influence based on composite index of officials and experts

Ranking States Followers Influence
1 United States 68,299,013
2 Turkey 17,107,010
3 Egypt, Arab Rep. 16,609,178
4 Saudi Arabia 15,715,786
5 Venezuela, RB 12,730,494
6 Colombia 8,230,483
7 India 8,261,985
8 Mexico 8,218,152
9 United Kingdom 7,812,938
10 Kuwait 7,302,860
11 Japan 7,112,784
12 United Nations/ONU 5,743,777
13 Russian Federation 4,733,097
14 United Arab Emirates 3,999,404
15 Brazil 3,404,758
16 Holy See 2,608,816
17 Argentina 2,531,438
18 Chile 2,207,386
19 Malaysia 2,118,067
20 Thailand 1,967,541
21 Italy 1,936,381
22 World Economic Forum 1,925,776
23 Spain 1,824,642
24 Australia 1,833,405
25 Pakistan 1,754,992
26 Indonesia 1,731,456
27 Ecuador 1,563,456
28 Korea, Rep. 1,477,974
29 Peru 1,401,474
30 Philippines 1,321,085
31 Israel 1,193,448
32 Qatar 1,250,273
33 France 1,151,987
34 European Union 982,949
35 Bahrain 1,010,262
36 Canada 839,895
37 Lebanon 796,009
38 Dominican Republic 767,370
39 Nigeria 662,802
40 Cuba 660,563
41 Netherlands 619,388
42 South Africa 504,035
43 Panama 471,821
44 Sweden 425,294
45 Germany 395,433
46 Jordan 402,647
47 Norway 365,252
48 NATO/OTAN 318,449
49 Finland 307,634
50 Costa Rica 314,004
51 Poland 287,400
52 China 286,826
53 Kenya 293,153
54 Greece 265,252
55 Iraq 233,245
56 IMF/FMI 247,301
57 Tunisia 231,718
58 Mongolia 227,066
59 Rwanda 207,927
60 Guatemala 201,749
61 Belgium 180,361
62 Bangladesh 151,326
63 Afghanistan 143,253
64 Tanzania 158,930
65 OECD/OCDE 140,357
66 Ukraine 132,709
67 Azerbaijan 106,144
68 Iran, Islamic Rep. 101,782
69 Ireland 86,390
70 Portugal 88,496
71 Paraguay 90,742
72 Haiti 86,025
73 West Bank and Gaza 75,913
74 New Zealand 82,928
75 Nepal 72,706
76 Switzerland 69,727
77 Denmark 67,625
78 Latvia 62,733
79 El Salvador 63,188
80 Libya 63,956
81 Ghana 55,635
82 Uganda 52,440
83 Yemen, Rep. 43,949
84 Cote d'Ivoire 45,556
85 Puerto Rico 44,171
86 Sierra Leone 42,603
87 Org of American States 41,923
88 Syrian Arab Republic 40,590
89 Chechnya 40,298
90 Korea, Dem. Rep. 37,601
91 Estonia 29,645
92 Singapore 31,324
93 Kazakhstan 31,657
94 Czech Republic 30,028
95 Slovenia 29,978
96 Senegal 28,770
97 Iceland 29,853
98 Taiwan 31,522
99 Maldives 29,140
100 Romania 25,768
101 Somalia 23,524
102 Ethiopia 24,889
103 Georgia 17,411
104 ASEAN 22,063
105 African Union 22,635
106 Honduras 21,439
107 OSCE 20,673
108 Serbia 21,064
109 Bulgaria 15,240
110 Algeria 17,633
111 Mali 16,361
112 Myanmar 17,673
113 Cyprus 14,573
114 Kyrgyzstan 16,118
115 Moldova 12,295
116 Uruguay 14,332
117 Congo, Dem. Rep. 12,328
118 Tajikistan 14,368
119 Lithuania 11,263
120 Macedonia, FYR 10,139
121 Austria 9,150
122 Belarus 8,856
123 Croatia 10,993
124 Cameroon 9,781
125 Zimbabwe 11,858
126 Sri Lanka 4,391
127 Malawi 7,958
128 Int'l Criminal Court 6,890
129 South Sudan 7,458
130 Montenegro 7,143
131 Hungary 6,466
132 Jamaica 6,519
133 Sudan 6,638
134 Trinidad and Tobago 4,932
135 Botswana 5,697
136 Zambia 4,495
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,428
138 Cambodia 1,622
139 Vietnam 2,975
140 Mozambique 1,722
141 Bolivia 1,442
142 Slovak Republic 1,086
143 Albania 975
144 Benin 1,468
145 Burkina Faso 1,095
146 Djibouti 1,051
147 Gabon 1,102
148 Togo 1,539
149 Angola 574
150 Liberia 727
151 Morocco 0
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24m

نابلس جامع النصر 1940 شارك/Share في تعميم هذه الصورة لتظل الذاكرة حية https://t.co/Ct55unMoYH http://t.co/pFEywOGWQK

1h

Bien por Betancur. Otra vez en el podio, siga así. Ciclistas orgullo de Colombia.

2h

El decreto que se firmó creando ley zanahoria era evitar venta y consumo d licor en bares mas no asi en lugares de venta. Lunes se clarifica

3h

No puedo esperar nada mas que mala fe de La Prensa. El decreto se hizo para que los bares cerraran a X hora y no incluia a los comercios

3h

جميع مؤسسات الدولة تعمل يداً واحدة لتحرير المختطفين وجميع الخيارات مفتوحة ولن نخضع لأي ابتزاز #الرئيس

4h

Ah, no quiero olvidarme de nada de lo que pasó ésta semana. Gracias Néstor, vos sabés porque.

4h

Frente a los que no comprenden pero algún día comprenderán que es necesario incluir a los 40 millones de argentinos https://t.co/ENyVmqwJbc

4h

Esto es una conquista social, y las conquistas sociales se cuidan y se defienden todos los días, en los barrios, en las calles

4h

Yo digo: la de los gobiernos que creen en la igualdad, que creen que todos deben tener la misma oportunidad http://t.co/xH4kj1DtlS

4h

Esta es la Argentina que ha crecido junto con el resto de sus hermanos sudamericanos. La de los gobiernos populistas, que nos dicen por ahí

4h

En estos 10 años el egreso de las universidades ha crecido en un 68%. Esto es inclusión social y movilidad social ascendente.

4h

En la Universidad de La Matanza hay 46 mil alumnos, el 90% son la 1° generación de universitarios y el 70% provienen de hogares humildes

4h

En la Argentina creamos 9 nuevas universidades, que permitieron que miles de chicos sean la primera generación de universitarios.

4h

El convenio entre la UTN y Volkswagen permitió la creación de 2 nuevos títulos: tecnicatura en mecánica automotriz e ingeniería automotriz.

4h

El presupuesto que en 2003 era de apenas 118 millones para toda la UTN, en 2012 fue de 1500 millones de pesos, un 1174 por ciento más.

4h

Lula sobre la prensa: “Cuando nosotros los criticamos, dicen que es un ataque. Cuando ellos nos critican, es democracia”. Textual. Magistral

4h

Lula. Memorable frase refiriéndose a la prensa en su discurso durante la inauguración que compartimos de la UMET... https://t.co/Ya0UkOz9JI

4h

También recibimos la visita del ex presidente de Brasil Lula da Silva, artífice junto a Néstor y Hugo de integración latinoamericana inédita

4h

La UTN, antes que le cambiaran el nombre allá por el 59, era la Universidad Obrera Argentina, creada por Perón y sancionada por el congreso

4h

Los nuevos jardines de infantes en Tigre, las obras de ampliación de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional en Pacheco https://t.co/dBa3wvgeNw

The most influential diplomatic actors on Twitter

Ranking States People Followers Influence
1 United States Barack Obama 31,579,057
2 United States Bill Gates 11,329,551
3 China Dalai Lama (Tibet) 7,007,162
4 Saudi Arabia Muhammad Al-Arifi 4,847,608
5 Venezuela, RB Hugo Chávez Frías 4,234,759
6 Venezuela, RB Henrique Capriles R. 3,326,147
7 Saudi Arabia Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni 3,201,240
8 Turkey Abdullah Gül 3,077,913
9 Saudi Arabia Salman al-Ouda 2,769,202
10 United States Al Gore 2,653,984
11 Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 2,635,626
12 Holy See Pope Benedict XVI 2,513,287
13 Mexico Felipe Calderón 2,478,162
14 United Kingdom David Cameron 2,323,265
15 Kuwait Nabil Alawadhy 2,281,366
16 Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez 2,185,068
17 United States Donald Trump 2,214,497
18 Argentina Cristina Kirchner 1,987,225
19 Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev 1,916,011
20 Japan Masayoshi Son 1,896,570
21 Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto 1,885,277
22 Colombia Juan Manuel Santos 1,881,264
23 United Kingdom Wikileaks 1,833,171
24 United States John McCain 1,805,622
25 India Shashi Tharoor 1,775,847
26 Kuwait Mishary Rashid Alafasy 1,819,899
27 United Arab Emirates HH Sheikh Mohammed 1,746,846
28 United States Tim O'Reilly 1,698,181
29 India Narendra Modi 1,630,662
30 Malaysia Mohd Najib Tun Razak 1,555,082
31 Egypt, Arab Rep. Mohamed El Baradei 1,529,647
32 Egypt, Arab Rep. Amr Khaled 1,472,703
33 Egypt, Arab Rep. Muhammad Morsi 1,459,156
34 United States Nicholas Kristof 1,417,554
35 Venezuela, RB Nelson Bocaranda S. 1,419,087
36 Egypt, Arab Rep. Bassem Youssef 1,430,473
37 Kuwait Muhammad Al Awadi 1,350,560
38 Australia Kevin Rudd 1,224,625
39 Italy Beppe Grillo 1,230,222
40 United Kingdom Sarah Brown 1,218,588
41 Saudi Arabia Turkish Intruder 1,208,863
42 Turkey Elif Safak 1,168,961
43 Turkey Cüneyt Ozdemir 1,159,841
44 United States Your Anon News 1,100,957
45 Saudi Arabia Abdul Aziz bin Fahd 1,092,979
46 Egypt, Arab Rep. Amr Hamzawy 1,092,562
47 Brazil José Serra 1,065,727
48 Egypt, Arab Rep. Hamza Namira 1,074,621
49 Japan Toru Hashimoto 1,053,588
50 Mexico Andrés Manuel López 1,036,184
51 Egypt, Arab Rep. Wael Ghonim 1,042,402
52 Saudi Arabia Mojtahd 1,040,902
53 Chile Sebastian Piñera 1,037,766
54 Egypt, Arab Rep. Yosri Fouda 1,047,610
55 Colombia Gabriel García Márquez 1,025,860
56 Ecuador Rafael Correa 1,026,011
57 United States Paul Krugman 1,015,943
58 Egypt, Arab Rep. Belal Fadl 991,063
59 Japan Takafumi Horie 967,434
60 Philippines Karen Davila 952,396
61 Turkey Mehmet Ali Birand 917,226
62 India Barkha Dutt 919,292
63 Russian Federation Kremlin Russia 901,984
64 Egypt, Arab Rep. Dr Abolfotoh 883,959
65 Egypt, Arab Rep. Alaa Al-Aswany 850,291
66 Turkey T.C.Cumhurbaşkanlığı 847,961
67 Egypt, Arab Rep. Naguib Sawiris 840,785
68 Brazil Romario de Souza Faria 796,192
69 India Rajdeep Sardesai 783,022
70 Egypt, Arab Rep. Gameela Ismail 735,998
71 Brazil Marina Silva 724,975
72 Netherlands Greenpeace 712,739
73 United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan 713,818
74 India Kiran Bedi 713,732
75 Qatar Faisal al-Qassem 688,024
76 Russian Federation Kseniya Sobchak 668,894
77 Venezuela, RB Diosdado Cabello R 648,123
78 Turkey Ahmet Hakan 647,469
79 United States Amnesty International 637,275
80 United States Human Rights Watch 631,267
81 Pakistan Imran Khan 593,736
82 Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu 619,054
83 Turkey Egemen Bagis 606,448
84 Japan Yukio Hatoyama 606,700
85 Peru Nadine Heredia 580,725
86 Turkey Fatih Altayli 580,094
87 India Salman Rushdie 580,444
88 India Manmohan Singh 566,096
89 Egypt, Arab Rep. Amre Moussa 542,816
90 Saudi Arabia Talal Abdulaziz 541,027
91 Egypt, Arab Rep. Nawara Negm 525,927
92 United States Karl Rove 526,886
93 Egypt, Arab Rep. Khaled Abol Naga 531,054
94 Egypt, Arab Rep. Heba Raouf Ezzat 511,496
95 Egypt, Arab Rep. Shabab 6 april 513,312
96 Cuba Yoani Sánchez 497,391
97 Colombia Gustavo Petro 496,645
98 Turkey Ece Temelkuran 490,008
99 Turkey Devlet Bahçeli 496,942
100 United States Avaaz 488,407
101 Russian Federation RT (Russia Today) 471,170
102 Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva 467,697
103 Peru Nadine Heredia 453,080
104 Mexico Denise Dresser 453,378
105 Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra 441,313
106 Korea, Rep. Moon Jae-in 429,449
107 Turkey Bulent Arinc 441,648
108 Spain Mariano Rajoy Brey 427,497
109 Spain Greenpeace España 424,614
110 Japan Tahara Soichiro 425,992
111 Italy Roberto Saviano 420,667
112 Colombia Piedad Córdoba Ruiz 409,815
113 Egypt, Arab Rep. Alaa Abdel Fattah 413,478
114 Thailand Suthichai Yoon 408,710
115 Chile Leonardo Farkas 408,590
116 Egypt, Arab Rep. Bothaina Kamel 399,753
117 Cambodia Somaly Mam 394,629
118 Egypt, Arab Rep. Mohamed Saad Katatni 395,141
119 Egypt, Arab Rep. Asmaa Mahfouz 387,286
120 Cuba Reflexiones de Fidel 390,391
121 Australia Julia Gillard 383,900
122 United States Alec J. Ross 378,183
123 Venezuela, RB Elias Jaua 390,824
124 United Kingdom Oxfam 374,368
125 Qatar Yusuf al-Qaradawi 378,091
126 Kuwait Waleed Al-Tabtabaie 373,345
127 Venezuela, RB Andrés Izarra 360,245
128 Japan Renho Sha 356,755
129 Egypt, Arab Rep. Essam Sharaf 354,464
130 Russian Federation Alexey Navalny 354,546
131 Italy Pier Luigi Bersani 346,323
132 Dominican Republic Nuria Piera ‏ 344,867
133 United States Fareed Zakaria 341,001
134 Canada Stephen Harper 333,900
135 United Arab Emirates HH Sheikh Hamdan 338,621
136 Turkey Nazli Ilicak 337,185
137 Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim 327,546
138 Panama Ricardo Martinelli 328,097
139 United Kingdom Jemima Khan 337,968
140 Japan Naoki Inose 328,977
141 Argentina Greenpeace Argentina 324,063
142 Colombia Antanas Mockus 331,186
143 Saudi Arabia Khalid Matrafi 318,869
144 Korea, Rep. Park Geun-hye 315,427
145 United States Alliance of Youth Movement 307,319
146 United States Invisible Children 303,052
147 Indonesia Goenawan Mohamad 306,414
148 United Kingdom David Cameron 310,428
149 Venezuela, RB Diego Arria 294,894
150 Egypt, Arab Rep. Hazem Abdelazim 299,455
151 Egypt, Arab Rep. Khairat El-Shater 294,449
152 United Arab Emirates Al Arabiya English 297,059
153 United Kingdom Cory Doctorow 291,975
154 United States Jared Cohen 292,162
155 United States Susan Rice 288,167
156 Saudi Arabia Essam Al-Zamil 288,465
157 Egypt, Arab Rep. Nabil El Araby 285,434
158 Jordan Noor Al Hussein 282,393
159 Colombia German Vargas Lleras 287,492
160 India Omar Abdullah 281,172
161 Indonesia Ulil Abshar Abdalla 286,917
162 Lebanon Saad Hariri 278,935
163 United States Clay Shirky 276,076
164 United States Jake Tapper 271,303
165 Indonesia Boediono 273,361
166 Argentina Amado Boudou 263,982
167 Spain Ignacio Escolar 258,344
168 United States Melinda Gates 256,681
169 Netherlands Geert Wilders 256,464
170 Italy Mario Monti 255,491
171 Egypt, Arab Rep. Esraa Abdel Fattah 255,457
172 Colombia Daniel Coronell 253,255
173 United States Nouriel Roubini 244,252
174 Venezuela, RB Rocío San Miguel 234,532
175 Venezuela, RB Amnestia 247,566
176 Spain Julia Otero 235,278
177 South Africa Jacob G. Zuma 235,387
178 United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan 234,773
179 Venezuela, RB Eva Golinger 227,180
180 Egypt, Arab Rep. Gamal Eid 229,307
181 United States Anon Operations 231,490
182 Bahrain Wadah Khanfar 231,842
183 Venezuela, RB Dima Khatib 230,305
184 Venezuela, RB Walter Martínez 228,608
185 United Kingdom Campbell Claret 225,758
186 United States Bill Clinton 226,884
187 Turkey Sirri Sureyya Onder 222,844
188 Israel Israel Defense Forces 215,719
189 Korea, Rep. Han Myung-sook 218,776
190 Kuwait Mohammed Alouchiha 218,385
191 Japan Kono Taro 214,711
192 Spain Democracia real 216,124
193 China Ai Weiwei 215,505
194 United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Qassemi 215,346
195 United States ProPublica 213,493
196 Israel Azmi Bishara 213,290
197 Norway Jens Stoltenberg 207,916
198 Bahrain Nabeel Rajab 205,279
199 Mexico Enrique Krauze 201,074
200 Turkey Mehmet Baransu 203,809

*Heads of Government and State

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1. Select a #Hashtag from the Top 50...

ranking #hashtag tweets/day show
1 #bahrain 1246
2 #syria 1138
3 #cuba 733
4 #iran 370
5 #eurovision 344
6 #rwandaday 302
7 #nba 281
8 #news 263
9 #palestine 253
10 #israel 250
11 #kagame 238
12 #lgbt 204
13 #14feb 203
14 #russia 197
15 #pakistan 197
16 #alwefaq 185
17 #rwanda 175
18 #egypt 169
19 #yemen 159
20 #idaho 159
21 #iranelection 146
22 #nakba65 142
23 #gtmo17 141
24 #afghanistan 132
25 #erdogan 111
26 #iraq 108
27 #china 106
28 #lebanon 102
29 #esc2013 102
30 #guant 101
31 #turkey 100
32 #libya 97
33 #africa 97
34 #sbseurovision 96
35 #mali 95
36 #opgtmo 91
37 #india 90
38 #noticiasvzla 90
39 #insaka 87
40 #tuitutil 87
41 #snn 84
42 #thailand 84
43 #venezuela 83
44 #obama 83
45 #somalia 82
46 #assad 81
47 #copyright 80
48 #humanrights 78
49 #anonymous 78
50 #pti 77

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2. Select up to 3 countries