Indian #MeToo tweet spike surpasses US monthly data

More than 9,78,000 #metoo tweets were posted from India this month, while the highest #metoo activity in the US over the last year was in September 2018, with a little over 9,53,000 tweets, according to data obtained by The Indian Express from Twitter.

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In the past year, the total number of #metoo tweets from India was 1.3 million, from the US 7.4 million and globally around 17.2 million. (Representational Image)

Twitter saw more #metoo tweets from India this month than any single month in the US over the past year.

More than 9,78,000 #metoo tweets were posted from India this month, while the highest #metoo activity in the US over the last year was in September 2018, with a little over 9,53,000 tweets, according to data obtained by The Indian Express from Twitter.

A large chunk of global #metoo tweets are, however, from the US. More than 40 per cent of global tweets over the past year came from the US, and only 7 per cent from India.

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In the past year, the total number of #metoo tweets from India was 1.3 million, from the US 7.4 million and globally around 17.2 million.

There were 1.2 million tweets from India between September 20 and October 19.

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