Imran Khan's Twitter Space session breaks global records

Over 446,000 people globally tuned in to interact with the former premier ahead of the Lahore rally

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan broke a global record on Wednesday, as he spoke during a live session on Twitter Space ahead of his party’s rally in Lahore.

A relatively new feature of the social media platform, Twitter Space allows live conversations and unfiltered discussions. During the former premier's session, over 446,000 people tuned from around the world to interact with Imran. The session was curated and hosted by Dr. Arslan Khan and Jibran Ilyas on Wednesday night at 10 pm local time.

Thank you all for attending the historic #ImranKhanLIVE Twitter Space. Thanks to @TwitterSpaces for increasing limits, we were able to get to 164K+. The previous record was around 57K, we beat that by 100,000+. Loved the heartfelt questions & responses!#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/uzZVQ8Aeva

— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) April 20, 2022

It was reported that approximately half a million users interacted with Imran Khan with an average of 165,000 users listening at a given time. The record was previously held by K-POP Lyrical Space with over 44,000 listeners.

PTI is well known as the first mainstream political party to utilise social media effectively by formulating innovative campaigns. The party’s focus on robust social media strategies has successfully allowed it to garner support globally. Since the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan through a vote of no-confidence in the National Assembly, his party has popularised the hashtag “Imported Hakumat Na-Manzoor”, the largest trend in Pakistan’s social media history as it has been tweeted over 7 million times.

Congrats Pakistan! Chairman PTI @ImranKhanPTI’s space session is the top space in terms of participants in Twitter’s history! #امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/L76GkQEum6

— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 20, 2022

PTI's official account congratulated Pakistan, as the ex-PM's session broke the record.

جو مرضی ہو جائے میں کل مینار پاکستان جا رہا ہوں اور پاکستان کی حقیقی آزادی کی تحریک کا آغاز اسی مقام سے کروں گا جہاں قرارداد پاکستان منظور ہوئی تھی، ان شاء اللہ کل کے جلسے میں ریکارڈ کراؤڈ آئے گا۔ عمران خان
#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/W8x81UMX7R

— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 20, 2022

 

This Twitter Space with @PTIofficial @ImranKhanPTI currently has 164k+ live listeners

A new @TwitterSpaces record ?https://t.co/pjjeF1oFUo pic.twitter.com/RZ2TISNxqm

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) April 20, 2022

Matt Navara, a social media consultant based in the United Kingdom tweeted, "a new @TwitterSpaces record?"

social audio will be huge for politics

the former prime minister of pakistan goes live on spaces:

446K listen live
165K peak
20K set reminders

total stage following: ~23 million pic.twitter.com/o1a7Iau2V3

— Morgan Evetts (@morqon) April 20, 2022

Another user highlighted that the historic session would serve as a reminder of the importance of social media in politics. "Social audio will be huge for politics," he wrote.

This is history! Seems like an IK wave, they like it or not pic.twitter.com/QXfQKA5YmX

— Kamran Khan (@AajKamranKhan) April 20, 2022

"This is history!" a PTI supporter tweeted.