February 2. Viralized topics online in the last 24 hours

Analyzing the top 100 viral links on social networks in Romania in the previous day, it can be seen that the dominant topics no longer include political developments or commentary, but more emphasis is placed on life stories and the focus on education continues.

First, several tragic events have captured the public's attention, such as the story of the Romanian woman who died in Italy [rotalianul.com] and the tragedy of the parents in Odobești [ziaruldevrancea.ro]. Also in the realm of individual stories, an article published by [republica.ro] focused the public's attention with an emotional commentary on family relationships.

Educational topics were also in the spotlight, with discussions about the new draft amendment to the Pupil's Statute aimed at limiting the number of school hours, the weight of schoolbags or proposals for teachers to justify grades [edupedu.ro].

In the sports sphere, the performances of the U-BT Cluj-Napoca team in the EuroCup [baschet.ro] and other sporting events generated interest.

In the cultural and spiritual field, the comments on IL Caragiale [ziaruldevrancea.ro] and religious themes, such as the inclusion of St. Dimitrie the New on the coat of arms of the Capital [basilica.ro], were also worth mentioning.

The local economy and local business were also hot topics, with a focus on important acquisitions, such as the takeover of Automecanica Medias by German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall [adevarul.ro], [profit.ro].

TOP 10 VIRAL ARTICLES

1. Romanian woman died in Italy on the street on her way to work. She suddenly fell off her feet [ROTALIANUL.COM]
2. After I went to Switzerland when I was 18, I got a letter from mommy: "Mihaela, I dreamed of you a month ago, you were in a beautiful valley, all flowers, and I was calling you to come home. You were younger, not like you are now. So I would like to dream of you always [REPUBLICA.RO]
3. Approved: St. Dimitrios the New, the patron saint of Bucharest, will be represented on the coat of arms of the capital [BASILICA.RO]
4. The tragedy of parents from Odobești who, instead of rejoicing at the birth of their daughter, have to prepare to bury her! [ZIARUL DE VRANCEA]
5. A maximum of 5 hours a day of school for secondary school students and 6 hours for high school students, says a draft amendment to the Student Statute [EDUPEDU.RO]
6. German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has taken over 72.5% of the vehicle factory Automecanica Mediaș [ADEVĂRUL]
7. Deliveryman who was bringing lunch to Sosoaca fell on his back and can't get up [TIMESNEWROMAN.RO]
8. PROJECT Teachers would be able to justify students' grades in written work within 15 days of communication, at the request of the child or parent [EDUPEDU.RO]
9. Lovitură dură pentru Adi Popa. A fost dat afară de Chiajna [PLAYSPORT.RO]
10. U-BT Cluj-Napoca wins dramatically on the EuroCup defending champion [BASCHET.RO]

***Summary realized with the help of a monitoring feed provided by Newsbox Romania, 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.