April 22, 2024. Viralized topics on the net in the last 24 hours

Education and sports performances as well as TV entertainment dominated the online public's attention on Sunday, as shown by an analysis of the top 100 press links viralized on Facebook in Romania.

Education and academic achievements: A predominant topic on social media was the remarkable success of Romanian students in an international robotics competition. The team from the "Mihai Viteazul" National High School in Ploiești won the title of world vice-champion at the First Tech Challenge, a competition held in Houston, while students from the "Al.I. Cuza" National High School in Focșani were part of the winning team at the same championship, a topic noted and detailed by a multitude of central and local media sources [observatorulph.ro, EuropaFM.ro, glasulcetatii.ro, vrancea24.ro, igj.ro].

Sport: In the sports world, the refereeing of the match FCSB - Rapid (2-2) stirred controversy and wide discussion, with Dan Șucu vehemently criticizing the referees' decisions [playsport.ro, as.ro, 1923.ro]. There has also been interest in Simona Halep and her options for future tournaments [spotmedia.ro], as well as Dinamo's developments [dinamo1948.club].

TV entertainment: In pop culture, the show "I know you from somewhere!" from Antena 1 was the audience leader, marking a steady interest in entertainment programs [a1.ro], but the attention paid to reality-show type productions was also maintained [stirilekanald.ro].

Diaspora: Several articles that focused on the achievements or difficulties faced by Romanians abroad on the labor market in countries such as the Netherlands or Italy generated engagement in the social networking space [hotnews.ro, rotalianul.com].

TOP 10 VIRAL ARTICLES

1. A parrot trained to say "File with sin" and "Come tomorrow" became ANAF chief inspector [TIMESNEWROMAN.RO]
2. The robotics team of C.N. "Mihai Viteazul" from Ploiești, world vice-champion in Houston [OBSERVATORULPH.RO]
3. Dan Șucu blasts the refereeing at FCSB Rapid 2-2: "The worst I've ever seen!" [PLAYSPORT.RO]
4. Last night, on Antena 1, the tenth gala Te cunosc de undeva!, audience leader in all audience segments [A1.RO]
5. "He who is the best, stays the best". Sonia talks about life as a Romanian student with two jobs in the Netherlands [HOTNEWS.RO
6. Students from the Al.I. Cuza College in Focșani, in the winning team of the First Tech Challenge 2024 Robotics Championship in the United States [EDUPEDU.RO]
7. Romania wins the Robotics World Championship in Houston, through the team from Focșani [EUROPAFM.RO]
8. Historic moment for our country! World Robotics Champions and Vice-Champions are Romanian [GLASULCETATITII.RO]
9. STELIAN TĂNASE: I'm against the current, I'm as wary as the devil of incense to write as it is written today [RADIOROMANIACULTURAL.RO]
10. Spectacular end to the events organized to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the Liberation of Oradea (PHOTO/VIDEO) [EBIHOREANUL.RO]

***** Synthesis realized with the help of a monitoring feed provided by the NewsVibe Romania team, based on several online monitoring softwares. The top viral links are measured based on the number of interactions generated on Facebook by topics from the Romanian online press. Virality is measured by the cumulative number of likes, comments and shares obtained by various links over the course of a day.

We can observe, every time, that the virality of a link is not directly proportional to the overall impact of an online source. Often, links coming from local sources, or niche pages can get significantly more interactions than traditional media sources.

The analysis, data and images presented have been enhanced using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence tools.