With 25.6 million tweets, AlDub may just have set a new Guinness World Record, surpassing the Super Bowl XLIX event in the United States with 25.1 million.
The hashtag #AlDubEBforLOVE reportedly drew in a total of 25,652,800 tweets from 12 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sept. 26, according to GMA News Online. Even before the episode aired, it successfully broke the 12.1 million record tweet for #ALDUBMostAwaitedDate. The publication claimed that more than 2.5 million tweets per hour were sent during the record breaking episode.
Michael DiCarso, the Guinness World Records head for ASEAN records, however explained that they needed to go through standard procedures to determine if AlDub indeed was able to break the records, reported Zeibiz.
"We are still going to look at the possible loopholes in this such as duplicate accounts and tweets that aren't related to the topic," he said.
According to Radio Times, Super Bowl XLIX currently holds the record for the most tweeted about in 2015, with 25.1 million tweets sent. On the other hand, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is reportedly the most tweeted about event in history with 672 million messages. During the finals game, it was said that 618,725 tweets were sent per minute.
Although it has yet to be confirmed if AlDub was able to break Super Bowl's record, many fans believed that it is not far from happening. Netizens from all around the globe have also expressed interest in the onscreen couple, wondering why they trend almost every single day.
Recently, a photo of Ellen Degeneres asking Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza to guest on her talk show circulated online. Fans were definitely delighted when they heard about the news. It was soon, however, revealed that the photo was edited by a fan.