January 31. Viralized topics online in the last 24 hours

Analyzing the top 100 viral links according to the volume of interactions generated on Facebook in the previous day, we can identify a greater diversity of topics compared to previous days and a strong presence of local publications.

A recurrent topic is that related to culture and personalities, exemplified by articles such as the one on the birth of the great playwright Ion Luca Caragiale, published by [Adevarul.ro], or evocations of other outstanding figures. In education, themes such as innovation and professional achievements are in the spotlight, with central characters such as the teacher from Tetchea who reached the final of the "Rural Teacher of the Year" award, which [alesdonline.ro] wrote about.

In the social and community field, local stories stand out, such as the one about the man who repairs the village road by himself, reported by [AgroIntel].

The local press also wrote about the death of Yogy, the oldest bear in Romania [sibiulinimagini.ro]

Religious and spiritual themes are also present, with articles about religious debates and celebrations or church events, such as those published by [aznews.ro], [glasulcetatii.ro] and [renasterea.ro]. They confirm the constant presence of interest in topics related to religion in the press, as well as the interest of the public in the social networking area.

In the sphere of politics, the viralized articles reflect efforts to promote the messages of political parties in the 2024 election year [ziaruldemaramures.ro], a commentary on pensions [epochtimes.ro] or revelations about media financing [Libertatea.ro]. The platform [60m.ro], close to populist political forces, stood out by publishing an alarmist headline article about the current account deficit and foreign debt.

TOP 10 VIRAL ARTICLES

1. January 30: the day the great playwright Ion Luca Caragiale was born [ADEVARUL.RO]
2. A teacher from Tetchea has reached the final of the Rural Teacher of the Year Gala [ALESDONLINE.RO]
3. The oldest bear in Romania has died. Yogy, resident at Sibiu Zoo for 30 years [SIBIULINIMAGINI.RO]
4. The letter that rocks the Orthodox Church: And Abbot Nectarios rejects ecumenical conjunction It qualifies him to be on the path of apostasy, betraying the truth of faith [AZNEWS.RO]
5. The former West Printing House in Oradea will be razed to the ground. What will be built in its place [EBIHOREANUL.RO]
6. Hot as incense! Obor's tiny smoke cured two more people of veganism [TIMESNEWROMAN.RO]
7. Radu Trufan, president of USR Maramureș: The United Right Alliance will be supported by responsible, honest and assumed electorate. We are building modern Romania [ZIARULDEMARAMURES.RO]
8. Journalist: Who are the donkeys, Mr. Ciolacu? Our grandparents have pensions of 1-2,000 lei and the specials of 30,000 lei [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
9. Don't compare Oradea with Cluj! [EBIHOREANUL.RO]
10. Back from abroad, a man started repairing the village road himself [AGROINTEL]

Newsbox Romania team, based on several online monitoring software. 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.