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SXSW 2011 Twitter Trends Wrap-up

This page summarizes a project by the sndchck team for the 2011 South By Southwest (SXSW) festival. We processed tweets containing the #sxsw tag and presented playlists consisting of the trending artists in real time throughout the festival. Below is a summary of some interesting data from this project and a browsable interface for viewing the popular artists from any point in time. Enjoy!

Monday, March 14 - Monday, March 21

Number of #sxsw tweets containing SXSW artists: 37,664 *
Most tweeted artists:


 The Strokes: 1,352 $  Jack White: 1,034 ^  Odd Future: 773  Druan Duran: 683 
Diplo: 642  James Blake: 586  Kanye West: 456  Bright Eyes: 455  Toro Y Moi: 424  Skrillex: 407 
Most popular time of tweets: 9-10pm
* not including mispelled or abbreviated names
^ Not on official SXSW list but created massive buzz during a promotional stunt to launch his new mobile record store
$ Much anticipated new album "Angles" and a performance at one of the larger capacity venues at the festival

Selected Highlights


SXSW 2011 Twitter Trends

This section provides a way to browse the overall data collected by sndchck and also a way to view and listen to the artists that were trending at any period during the festival.

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