Theres no better place to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication ofHarry Potter and the Philosophers Stonethan the closest social gathering place we have that resembles the Leaky Cauldron (or at least, an Owl Post filled entirely with Errols): Twitter!
The social media site is going big for the 20th anniversary with an exclusive emoji that will commemorate the anniversary as well as a cauldron-load of data about how Harry has fared online.
Twitter teamed with Pottermore and Bloomsbury to create the events official emoji, which you’ve got the option to summon with the hashtag #HarryPotter20 for this dapper minimalist result:
The real juice is buried in the implications of the data-driven lists that reflect what the Harry Potter experience has been like on Twitter (aside from J.K. Rowlings now-simmered trend of revealing things about tertiary characters at Hogwarts like, congrats on your peanut allergy, Ernie Macmillan).
According to Twitters data masters, here are a variety of intriguing points about how the famous Boy Who Lived became the Boy Who Was Subtweeted.
The six most-used emoji in Harry Potter-related tweets:
The books, as organized by most tweets:
The most-discussed Hogwarts houses:
The most-tweeted characters:
The most-discussed spells:
And, rounding out the list of data, Twitter gathered the 10 most retweeted J.K. Rowling tweets.
The all-time biggest…
Happy anniversary!
