Viral velocity

Crest

How long the loudest African posts took to hit peak impressions and likes.

Africa desk · Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, SA

Africa

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TG OMORI

@boy_directorCultureNigeria

It breaks my heart to hear poco Lee in this sort of mess. That’s the purest soul I have ever met. The devil really works overtime.

Aug 24, 2026 · text

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Time to peak impressions

4.2h

4h 12m

Time to peak likes

8.5h

8h 30m

Peak impressions

3.4M

813.8K / hour

Peak likes

30.7K

3.6K / hour

Quote-storm. Controversy compresses time-to-peak on Nigerian X.

Rise to peak

Share of eventual total, by hours after posting

ImpressionsLikes

Hourly velocity

New impressions and likes added each step — the crest is the spike

Cohort map

Upper-left is the apex: huge, and fast. Click a dot to inspect.

Live X view and like counts. Hourly curves are a logistic diffusion model calibrated to those totals and post age — peak is the hour the metric first reaches 95% of its eventual total. The Africa desk is a curated cut of Nigerian and continental posts; all-time likes are public records. Not an official X analytics product.