Originally posted on May 9, 2019 @ 12:03 pm
NEW YORK — After the Royal Baby’s birth earlier this week, speculation about a name was rampant, but over the past 24 hours, more than 391,000 social posts have talked about what the name could be – and ultimately discussing the choice of Archie, according to international social media analytics firm Talkwalker.
Here is some data as provided by leading social listening firm Talkwalker from the past 24 hours, as reported at 7:45 p.m. EDT.
Total Buzz
391.1 K mentions
1.4 M engagements
Hash-tag mentions
| Hashtags | Mentions | |
| 1 | #RoyalBaby | 54.8K |
| 2 | #BabySussex | 49.7K |
| 3 | #Archie | 12.4K |
| 4 | #MeghanMarkle | 5.7K |
| 5 | #RoyalBabyName | 5.7K |
| 6 | #PrinceHarry | 5K |
| 7 | #StarWars | 2.4K |
| 8 | #Riverdale | 1.9K |
| 9 | #Meghan | 1,7K |
| 10 | #MeghanAndHarry | 1.6K |
Top news
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=5550296508&story_fbid=10159466899891509
101.K shares/likes
Top tweet
https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1126150763623976968
123.8K shares/likes
Some of the more interesting hashtags are a result of celebrity tweets and fan speculation
#StarWars is trending with 2.4K mentions as the seventh top hashtag after Mark Hammill tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1126208284246007808
The popular television show Riverdale is also trending – as the eighth top hashtag – as fans speculate if the royal baby was named after a certain red-haired lead character on the show. This is the top Riverdale related social post, with more than 4,800 engagements (likes/shares).
https://twitter.com/WriterRAS/status/1126174239567089674
