On Wednesday evening, Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), went live on Twitter Spaces and set a new record.
Khan’s Twitter Spaces event in Lahore staged prior to his party’s ‘Jalsa,’ drew more than 160K attendees.
Khan went live on other social media platforms as well, including Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, but it appears that Twitter was where he got the most attention.
Dr Arslan Khan and Jibran Ilyas of the PTI’s social media team were also present, and Ilyas afterward tweeted: “Thank you all for attending the historic #ImranKhanLIVE Twitter Space. We were able to reach 164K+ thanks to @TwitterSpaces raising the limit. The previous record was roughly 57K, which we smashed by more than 100,000. The heartfelt questions and responses were fantastic!”
Thank you all for attending the historic #ImranKhanLIVE Twitter Space. Thanks to @TwitterSpaces for increasing limits, we were able to get to 164K+. The previous record was around 57K, we beat that by 100,000+. Loved the heartfelt questions & responses!#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/uzZVQ8Aeva
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) April 20, 2022
According to LetsOTT Global, Khan’s Twitter Space set a new record for the number of individuals that went in Twitter’s history, surpassing the previous record of almost 44K people who attended K-POP star BamBam’s poetic space.
The Salvador Bill Analysis — the crypto bill that saw El Salvador make Bitcoin legal tender — presently holds the third highest Twitter Spaces attendance record, with over 27K individuals in attendance. The soundtrack launch for the film Jagame Thandhiram, which attracted over 18K people, is in fourth place.
This Twitter Space with @PTIofficial @ImranKhanPTI currently has 164k+ live listeners
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) April 20, 2022
A new @TwitterSpaces record ?https://t.co/pjjeF1oFUo pic.twitter.com/RZ2TISNxqm
Khan’s Twitter Spaces, which has over 160K followers, was also noticed by social media analyst Matt Navarra, who wondered if it was a new Twitter Spaces record, which it appears to be.
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