The three days of innovation and fun are over and here is the numerical breakdown of what happened in Dublin…
It’s sad faces all around in JOE this evening because Web Summit 2014 is over but it was a hell of a three days at the RDS. The event was a massive success with a gigantic 22,000 attendees from 109 countries getting involved in the tech summit.
To look a little further into the enormity of Web Summit, here are the important and quirky numbers after the three days.
Overall Summit by numbers:
- 120,000 tweets published
- Tweets have come from over 40,000 unique Twitter accounts
- Tweets per minute peaked between 11am and 2pm on Tuesday (coinciding with Eva Longoria’s Main Stage and Food Stage appearances).
- Longoria was the most-mentioned speaker at the Summit to date – appearing in almost 3,000 tweets.
- In addition to the 22,000 attendees, people tuning into the Livestream also got involved in the discussion – with ‘stream’ and ‘livestream’ appearing in over 1,500 tweets.
- Oculus Rift has been the most talked about technology so far – with the terms ‘Oculus’ and ‘Oculus Rift’ appearing in over 3,500 tweets.
- NightSummit has featured in over 2,500 tweets, together with ‘bar’ (900+) and (‘pub’ 700+).
- Speaking of drinks, Coffee (920) has been talked about more often than Beer (360), Pints (170) and Whiskey (52).
- Food has also been key with ‘Food’ (1,500), FoodSummit (830) and GoodFoodIreland (820) all featuring prominently.
- Despite the issues with WIFI, the term appeared in less than 2,000 tweets.
Food Summit by numbers:
- Some 50,500 people over three days got to taste and experience Irish food.
- There were…432,000 tastings of Irish beef, lamb, pork, duck, chicken, fish, seafood, fruit and vegetables.
- 12,000 tastings of Irish ciders, craft beers and fruit juices.
- 480,000 grams of Irish dairy desserts used.
- 35,000 slices of cooked beef, ham and charcuterie consumed.
- 10,000 packets of Tayto eaten.
- 50,000 Waterford Blaas, Ulster Soda Farls and Irish Traditional Soda and Sourdough Breads provided.
- 10,000 tubs of Ice Cream and sorbets handed out.
