Strong interest in ASEAN Summit 2018 with 2.1M Tweets around the region’s biggest diplomatic meetings this week

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 November 2018 – As
the world tuned in for the 33^rd #ASEAN
Summit (and its related Summits) this week, citizens around the world turned to
Twitter for leaders’ perspectives, expert insights, and to engage with the #ASEAN2018
conversations.

From the Opening Ceremony on 13
November when Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong welcomed all
participating global and ASEAN leaders, to the Closing Press Conference on 15
November, nearly2.1M Tweets were shared around the world. Below
is a global heatmap showing the live Twitter reaction to #ASEAN2018 this past
week.

Embeddable link: https://www.trendsmap.com/vis/edit/4JP4#

The global conversation around #ASEAN2018peaked
at2100hrs SGT on 13 November around the official Opening Ceremony of
the ASEAN Summit.

Twitter is the best place to see every side of what’s happening at #ASEAN2018. From regional trade agreement negotiations, to talks around denuclearisation
of the Korean Peninsula, and even to President Joko Widodo’s surprise visit to
a popular Indonesian eatery in Singapore’s busiest shopping district; people
from around the region tuned into Twitter to participate in the public
conversation about the summit.

• Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/jokowi/status/1062327315957350400
• Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1062905798014132224
• Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/leehsienloong/status/1063077452656795648
• Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1062845942062297088

Twitter also
partnered with the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs to livestream some of
the key moments during the Summits via their official Twitter account @MFAsg.

• Opening ceremony: https://twitter.com/MFAsg/status/1062277324656193536
• Gala dinner: https://twitter.com/MFAsg/status/1062659722149486592

These are the top
Tweets and top mentioned leaders on Twitter during the Summit:

1. Mike Pence: https://twitter.com/VP/status/1062903250205044737
2. Shinzo Abe: https://twitter.com/AbeShinzo/status/1062507999279738880
3. Sebastian
   Piñera: https://twitter.com/sebastianpinera/status/1062735519124279296

From
experts live-Tweeting their analysis and observations, to interested citizens
joining the conversation, Twitter again demonstrated that it is one of the best
ways to see what’s happening in the world and to talk about it.

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