March 29. Viralized topics online in the last 24 hours

Today's analysis focuses on the thematic diversity and varied interests of the Romanian cyberspace audience, as evidenced by the top 100 viral links with a high volume of interactions on Facebook in the previous day.

Pre-electoral polemics have gained impact in the online space, with a message by Cristian Popescu Piedone, candidate for the general mayor of the capital, criticizing a PNL leader, being particularly visible. The article promoting this message was published by the alternative platform [60m.ro].

The opening event of the "Brâncuși Embassy" in Paris and the discussions about the great sculptor's cultural identity were covered by [republica.ro], in an article that stimulated the attention and interest of the Facebook audience.

Education and children's performances were in the foreground with news about the qualification of students to the national phases of the school Olympiads [reporterbuzoian.ro; puls24.ro], as well as the story of the 8-year-old child from Năvodari, champion in mental arithmetic [observatornews.ro].

Infrastructure and urban development receive a notable interest, reflected in the opening of the new road linking the Oradea ring road to the Transylvania Highway [ebihoreanul.ro], but also in other news about local transportation in Caracal [realitateaoltului.ro] or the new mall in Bacău [bacau.net].

TV entertainment was not neglected this time either, with articles about the new "chefi la cuțite" [timesnewroman.ro] and the discussions between contestants in a reality show [kfetele.ro, kanald.ro].

Sports news that generated engagement online concerned David Popovici, criticized by [aznews.ro] for what was considered extravagant requests, and the participation of Ovidiu Hulea, the 60-year-old athlete, in a European championship, where he came fifth in the long jump [alba24.ro].

TOP 10 VIRAL ARTICLES

1. Piedone, reply to Rareș Bogdan: I don't come with a handkerchief and pink lipstick on my lips! Let them laugh that I come with a wheelbarrow [60M.RO]
2. Five moments I experienced at the opening of the "Brancusi Embassy" in Paris. "- Brâncuși is not Romanian. He's not French either" "- Yes, he's Oltean!" [REPUBLICA.RO]
3. War veteran Pavel Huzmezan turned 102 [GLASULCETATII.RO]
4. Three students from the National Pedagogical College "Spiru Haret" Buzău, qualified for the national stages of the Romanian Language and Literature Olympiads [REPORTERBUZOIAN.RO]
5. VIDEO: The new road linking Oradea Ring Road to Transylvania Highway has been opened [EBIHOREANUL.RO]
6. The new chefs will start delivering for Glovo [TIMESNEWROMAN.RO]
7. Dinu Iancu Sălăjanu bought Easter eggs for 11,000 euros from a firm in Bihor - Sălajul liber [SALAJULLIBER.RO]
9. Giuly and Robert, discussion in the Red Room, related to the photos on the social media account. Being bothered by the pictures seen by the boys? Let's say that absurdly those pictures exist [KFETELE.RO]
10. Buzoianca Narcisa Laura Rusu and the story behind a successful business [REPORTERBUZOIAN.RO]
11. Giuly and Robert, big plans for the future! The two contestants want to live together: "We can go anywhere!" [KANALD.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.