‘AlDub’ makes Twitter history

MANILA, Philippines - What is it about AlDub, or is it MaiDen, that continues to make hearts go a-flutter?

Even Twitter’s, it seems.

Before midnight Saturday, a new record of 6.37 million tweets around the #AldubTheAbduction series was set.

Netizens were glued to the latest episode of the KalyeSerye story, around the kidnapping and eventual rescue of Yaya Dub.

On Saturday, Yaya Dub, who had been kidnapped a week before, was not yet rescued. Making matters worse, Alden was also kidnapped on Sept. 10.

So what was to happen to AlDub, the fans wondered?

The excitement builds, perhaps because it is becoming more real that there is an ever-developing feeling for each other between Alden and YayaDub (in real? and reel life).

These have been sending the netizen fans of AlDub to their computers, cell phones or whatever they use to get online and tweet on “beastmode” as they like to call it.

For the last eight weeks, we have been witness to a sweet love unfolding — for 30 minutes, from Monday to Saturday, on Eat Bulaga’s KalyeSerye.

The fan-nomenon around the Aldub loveteam between GMA 7 talent Alden Richards and YouTube sensation Maine Mendoza, aka Yaya Dub, has seen no equal to date.

In the Twitter universe, their netizen followers make each daily hashtag not only trend, but aim to make it No. 1 nationwide and worldwide for the day.

Already, tweets reached 5.7 million during the Sept. 5 first meeting – in the flesh – between Alden and YayaDub.

Before that, 3.5 million tweets went around on Aug. 29, as Twitter was set ablaze.

That was the day when the wedding between Yaya Dub and Frankie Arinoli (Jose Manalo) was declared fake because the pastor was an impostor. The fans loved it — and made sure they tweeted about it.

The 3.5 million tweets were more than the 3.3 million sent around Pope Francis’ visit to Manila in January.