Obama’s speech Tuesday night peaked at 28,003 tweets per minute. | John Shinkle/POLITICO Twitter: Michelle speech tops Mitt's

First Lady Michelle Obama garnered nearly double the tweets-per-minute during her speech than GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Obama’s speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte peaked at 28,003 tweets per minute while Romney’s peaked at 14,289 TPM, according to Twitter.


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San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro averaged 11,503 TPM during his keynote speech, bestingNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s GOP keynote speech average of 6,079 TPM last week in Tampa.

Michelle’s Twindex, a measure of favorability on Twitter, rose from 71 before her speech to 84 after. Romney’s wife Ann’s Twindex increased more dramatically after her own speech in Tampa, from 45 to 83.

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During the first night of the RNC last week, tweets per minute peaked at 6,195 — the moment Mitt Romney joined his wife onstage after her speech.

The first lady didn’t just beat Romney; she beat her husband’s 2012 State of the Union address, which peaked at 14,131 TPM.