By Tony Connelly

The surprise release of One Direction’s new single this morning saw twitter erupt with an incredible 23 thousand tweets every minute relating the pop band.

Band member Liam Payne announced the surprise release of the new song called Drag Me Down at 06:12GMT this morning which resulted in 1.6 million tweets in the preceding hours as fans around the world spread the news.

The hysteria peaked at 06:38am with figures showing 23K tweets per minute. The interactive visualisation shows how the announcement unfolded on Twitter over the course of the morning, including the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum