June 14, 2024. Viralized topics online in the last 24 hours

A music event held in Bucharest received a wave of media commentary and massive attention from the public on social networks, eclipsing the echoes of last Sunday's elections - is the main conclusion derived from the analysis of the top 100 viral links in terms of volume of interactions generated on Facebook the previous day.

One of the central topics was the Coldplay concert at the National Arena, which generated multiple reactions and controversy. The incident that attracted the most attention was when a young Romanian artist, Babasha, performed a manea on stage and was booed by the audience. Reactions ranged from harsh criticism to the artist's defense, with the topic being intensely discussed on various mainstream media platforms [HotNews.ro, republica.ro, Digi 24]. Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin commented on the incident, expressing his disappointment at the public's reactions, but also his gratitude for the support he eventually received at the second concert [HotNews.ro]. Babasha's sister and music personalities such as Adi Despot have also spoken out in his favor [Digi 24].

Another visible theme, but at an undeniably reduced pace compared to previous days, was related to Romanian politics and the performance in the elections of parties such as AUR, SOS and USR. Several articles published by alternative platforms discussed possible electoral fraud and the strategies of different political parties; thus, Diana Șoșoacă and SOS Romania were mentioned as beneficiaries of the decline of other parties [ecopolitic.ro], while AUR's strategy was considered a successful one [60m.ro].

The recent incidents involving Diana Sošoaca have also captured public interest. After clashes with gendarmes after she challenged a vote-counting process, she ended up in hospital, an event that generated numerous reactions and comments [News on sources, Adevarul].

Education and academic performance were also topics of interest. Various articles presented remarkable cases, such as the students from Brasov who obtained top grades [Brasov Romania] and the performance of Olympians from rural areas [stiri.botosani.ro]. At the same time, the proposed changes in the ROFUIP 2024 school regulation and the legality of service per school were debated in the context of the proposed educational reforms [portalinvatamant.ro].

In the sports sphere, the focus was on transfers and acquisitions made by football clubs such as FCSB and Dinamo. The acquisition of player Cătălin Cîrjan by Dinamo was intensely publicized, reflecting the public's interest in the dynamics of Liga 1 teams [digisport.ro, playsport.ro], as was the transfer of Ștefănescu to FCSB [orangesport.ro].

TOP 10 VIRAL ARTICLES

1. PHOTO Diana Șoșoaca, at Floreasca Hospital after incidents with gendarmes [NEWS SOURCES]
2. C Coldplay fans. How I saw the "scandalous moment" at the National Arena [REPUBLICA.RO]
3. Millions of music fans boast they've been Coldplay fans since they were little [TIMESNEWROMAN.RO]
4. Coldplay artists 'extremely upset' after whistles in Bucharest at young Romanian man who sang a manea. Thursday night is the second concert at the National Arena [HOTNEWS.RO]
5. But maybe it's also a bit our fault [INVESTIGATORIA.RO]
6. Babasha's sister, message for those who booed him at the Coldplay concert: "Vlad Babasa is an artist! What have you achieved in life?" [DIGI 24]
7. The audience in tears at Coldplay! Thousands remembered how much they paid for tickets [TIMESNEWROMAN.RO]
8. The collapse of AUR and USR will benefit SOS Romania, which is coming strongly on the turn; if Diana Șoșoaca and SOS got more than 5%, given that they had no people in the polling stations, so they could have been robbed at the polls, I think the score of this party was much higher, says analyst Dan Diaconu [ECOPOLITIC.RO]
9. George Simion's strategy worked, while USR capsized! PSD and PNL massively rigged the elections [60M.RO]
10. LIVE VIDEO Coldplay's Chris Martin: 'I was shocked, sad and upset'. The artist asked the audience to boo him for 5 seconds. Then he joked: "Today's boo was better than yesterday's" [HOTNEWS.RO]

***** Synthesis realized with the help of a monitoring feed provided by the NewsVibe 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.