MUMBAI: With the first full week of the Tokyo Olympics now in the books, we wanted to share some fresh insights about the topics, trends and talents that have kept Indian audiences on Twitter talking over the past week.
The biggest trend we’re seeing is that women athletes are leading the way, led by Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu), P V Sindhu (@Pvsindhu1) and other top names. This Tweet from Mirabai Chanu has been the most Retweeted Tweet of the Games by Indian audience thus far. While P V Sindhu is the athlete with the most India mentions during the Games.
Some additional insights, drawn from all India Tweets about the Tokyo Olympics sent between July 23-30 were:
Team India Athletes – Most Mentions
P V Sindhu (@Pvsindhu1)
Lovlina Borgohain (@LovlinaBorgohai)
Mary Kom (@MangteC)
Deepika Kumari (@ImDeepikaK)
Atanu Das (@ArcherAtanu)
Sports – Most Mentions
Boxing
Olympic Weightlifting
Badminton
Olympic Field Hockey
Tennis
Top Hashtags
#Tokyo2020
#Olympics
#Cheer4India
#TokyoOlympics
#TeamIndia
Emojis – Most Tweeted
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Most Liked Tweets
https://twitter.com/mirabai_chanu/status/1418856186980470794
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1418823182702694400
https://twitter.com/mirabai_chanu/status/1418912588000337930
https://twitter.com/mirabai_chanu/status/1419471081740529666
https://twitter.com/IamBhavaniDevi/status/1419538366123503619
Women athletes are topping the Twitter charts globally too. The three athletes with the most global mentions on Olympics conversations are:
Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal
American gymnast Simone Biles
Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade
