Around 15% of Twitter posts (5,000 tweets per minute) mentioned Jackson after the news broke, compared to the 5% recalled as having mentioned the Iranian elections or the flu pandemic that had made headlines earlier in the year.
Arredor do 15% dos chíos de Twitter, ou 5.000 chíos por minuto, mencionaron a morte de Jackson despois de coñecerse a nova, comparado co 5% que mencionaron as Eleccións iranianas ou a pandemia de gripe A que copou os titulares a comezos de ano.