November 6, 2012

Hurricane Sandy: the most tweeted pictures

Dramatic images of hurricane Sandy have made it into the news and have been shared via social media. Jean Burgess, Farida Vis and Axel Bruns have examined the top 50 most tweeted images and here is a selection of them

Water streaming into ground zero tweeted by @passantino — This image of water streaming into ground zero appears in the list of top tweeted images three times. Ranked third is the tweet by @passantino with 1,369 retweets
Photograph: AP Photograph: http://twitter.com/passantino/status/263091522503856128/photo/1

Fake image of shark in front yard — This fake image of a shark in a front yard appears in the list of top tweeted images seven times. Ranked fourth is the tweet by @iMuglerGaga with 1,260 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/iMuglerGaga/status/263037593095110657/photo/1

Dark Manhattan skyline tweeted by @ronniejoice — This image of a dark Manhattan skyline is the fifth most tweeted photograph. Tweeted by @ronniejoice, it has been shared 1,246 times
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/ronniejoice/status/263090739678961666/photo/1

Water rushing into Hoboken Path station — This image of water rushing into Hoboken Path station appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. @PANYNJ received 1,132 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/PANYNJ/status/263089494805327872/photo/1

Lower Manhattan submerged — This image of lower Manhattan submerged appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. Ranked seventh is the tweet by @HC_Sandy with 853 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/HC_Sandy/status/263066849753853953/photo/1

NYPD under water on East 8th St — This image of the NYPD under water on East 8th St appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. Ranked ninth is the tweet by @GoogleFacts with 513 retweets
Photograph: David Schulze Photograph: http://twitter.com/GoogleFacts/status/263089431035142148/photo/1

Brooklyn Bridge Park submerged — This image of Brooklyn Bridge Park submerged appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. At eleventh place is @GoogleFacts with 471 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/GoogleFacts/status/263079316911423488/photo/1

Spoof - Fake image mashup — This spoof image mashup of hurrican Sandy hitting Manhattan is in the list of top tweeted images twice. Ranked at twelfth place is the tweet by @joshgroban with 382 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/joshgroban/status/263069162237227008/photo/1

Manhattan skyline, partial blackout — This image of the Manhattan skyline in partial blackout is the fifteenth most tweeted photograph in the list. ABC News anchor @DianeSawyer was retweeted 323 times
Photograph: Nick Summers Photograph: https://twitter.com/DianeSawyer/status/263086010135633920/photo/1

Partial building collapse, Manhattan — This image of a partial building collapse in Manhattan is the seventeenth most tweeted on the list. @bleynyc received 277 retweets.
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: https://twitter.com/bleynyc/status/263050735632142337/photo/1

Only light is 1WTC — This image by Reuters columnist Anthony De Rosa is the eighteenth most tweeted image, it has received 276 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: https://twitter.com/AntDeRosa/status/263078534883471360/photo/1

Coney Island under water — This image of Coney Island under water is ranked nineteenth most tweeted image on the list of most shared. @NEnglandWx has received 267 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/NEnglandWx/status/263071440050466817/photo/1

Dark Manhattan skyline, some lights — This image of a dark Manhattan skyline with some lights appears twice on the list of most tweeted photographs. @GoogleFacts are ranked at twentieth place with 259 retweets
Photograph: Simon Huck Photograph: https://twitter.com/GoogleFacts/status/263082259576389632/photo/1

Highway under water — This image of a highway under water appears at 21st place on the list. The tweet by @LukeKerrDineen has been shared 243 times
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: http://twitter.com/LukeKerrDineen/status/263085004328951808/photo/1

14th and Ave C submerged — This image of appears at 32nd place in the list of top tweeted images. @carloswhitt has had 158 retweets
Photograph: Twitter Photograph: https://twitter.com/carloswhitt/status/263062002254110720/photo/1

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