Indian Women Athletes Are Leading The Way On Twitter

New Delhi: The first full week of the Tokyo Olympics is now in the books. Here are some fresh insights about the topics, trends and talents that have kept Indian audiences on Twitter talking over the past week. 

The biggest trend we’re seeing is that women athletes are leading the way, led by Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu), P V Sindhu (@Pvsindhu1) and other top names. This Tweet from Mirabai Chanu has been the most Retweeted Tweet of the Games by the Indian audiences thus far. While P V Sindhu is the athlete with the most India mentions during the Games. 

Here are some additional insights, drawn from all India Tweets about the Tokyo Olympics sent between July 23-30, 2021. 

Team India Athletes - Most Mentions

1. P V Sindhu (@Pvsindhu1)
2. Lovlina Borgohain (@LovlinaBorgohai)
3. Mary Kom (@MangteC)
4. Deepika Kumari (@ImDeepikaK)
5. Atanu Das (@ArcherAtanu)

Sports - Most Mentions

1. Boxing
2. Olympic Weightlifting
3. Badminton
4. Olympic Field Hockey
5. Tennis

Top Hashtags

1. #Tokyo2020
2. #Olympics
3. #Cheer4India
4. #TokyoOlympics
5. #TeamIndia

Emojis - Most Tweeted

1.  (clapping hands emoji)
2.  (second place medal emoji)
3.  (first place medal emoji)
4.  (Thumbs up emoji)
5.  (sports medal emoji)

Most Liked Tweets

1. https://twitter.com/mirabai_chanu/status/1418856186980470794
2. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1418823182702694400
3. https://twitter.com/mirabai_chanu/status/1418912588000337930
4. https://twitter.com/mirabai_chanu/status/1419471081740529666
5. https://twitter.com/IamBhavaniDevi/status/1419538366123503619

Most Watched Videos:

1. https://twitter.com/KirenRijiju/status/1418823547812724740
2. https://twitter.com/DDNational/status/1418553651006631948
3. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1418833399301672963

Women athletes are topping the Twitter charts globally too. The three athletes with the most global mentions on Olympics conversations are: 

1. Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal
2. American gymnast Simone Biles 
3. Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade .