MANILA, Philippines – AlDub Nation, celebrate!

The viral tandem of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza, popularly known as AlDub, was once again recognized abroad, this time by Twitter Asia Pacific and Middle East Vice President Rishi Jaitly who called it a “global phenomenon.” (READ: ‘#AlDub: The fun tandem of Alden Richards and ‘Yaya Dub”)

“Aldub is a global phenomenon on Twitter and shows how our platform as the social soundtrack to TV has really connected Filipinos who love a good love story,” said Jaitly in a joint press statement from Twitter and Talk ‘N Text.

“We can’t wait to see if the live, public Aldub conversation can set global records by uniting their passionate fans, the nation, and the world on Twitter,” he added.

On Saturday, September 26, 2015, the Kalyeserye’s official hashtag #ALDubEBforLOVE pulled in record 26 million tweets – just a couple of million short of the Twitter record of 28.4 million global Tweets for Super Bowl XLIX in February 2015. 

The most shared Tweet for #ALDubEBForLove came from Maine Mendoza a.k.a. Yaya Dub which was viewed almost 4.8 million times on Twitter and re-tweeted over 64,000 times.

Aldub you all! #ALDubEBforLOVE pic.twitter.com/ZiVtnYeXeN

— Maine Mendoza (@mainedcm) September 26, 2015

Other top tweets came from his on-screen partner Alden Richards, Eat Bulaga host Joey de Leon,  and the official Eat Bulaga Twitter account.

Always keep in mind #ALDUBnation "WE ARE ONE". Let's do this!!! #ALDubEBforLOVE

— Alden Richards (@aldenrichards02) September 25, 2015

Wow, three million plus fantastweet baby! #ALDubEBforLOVE pic.twitter.com/xkyW1YVw3e

— Joey de Leon (@AngPoetNyo) September 25, 2015

ALDUB's first official photo together! Happy National Pabebe Wave Day ALDUBNATION! #ALDubEBforLOVE pic.twitter.com/DhT6boVTdo

— Eat Bulaga (@EatBulaga) September 26, 2015

Other top tweets:

I love this @huggable_me Love to all of you!!! @aldenrichards02 @mainedcm #ALDubEBforLOVE pic.twitter.com/QhlydTdzSd

— bryan_white (@bryan_white) September 25, 2015

Here's my #PabebeWave! Love to you all! #ALDubEBforLOVE #GGMY #PabebeWaveDay @aldenrichards02 @mainedcm @bryan_white pic.twitter.com/n2E8JB4WFf

— Erika Page White (@ErikaPageWhite) September 25, 2015

angkan ni DUBs. #ALDubEBforLOVE pic.twitter.com/UcIjI0JM0R

— HeNrY ©️aPiLi (@henryter) September 26, 2015

In their press release, TNT also announced the launch of their Unli Twitter promo in support of the craze, giving its subscribers unlimited Twitter access valid for one whole day for only P2 ($0.04).

“With this special promo, TNT and Twitter will enable more fans to join the social TV conversation and show their support for TNT endorsers Alden and Maine – in another big Twitter celebration this weekend,” said Evelyn Jimenez, Prepaid Marketing Head of Smart Communications. 

“It is amazing how the Aldub story on TV has become a shared experience that spills over to Twitter on a daily basis, where passionate fans converge and express their sentiments in real time,” JImenez added.

AlDub is expected to sweep the Internet again this weekend, when the tandem meet at the Eat Bulaga studio on Saturday, October 3.

As of 2 am October 3, the hashtag #ALDUBmeetsTVJ is already trending on Twitter with 1.8 million tweets. – Rappler.com