Yesterday, High Noon: As soon as our ticket sales started, the rush for Early Bird Tickets began – and then everything happened very quickly. Exactly 54 minutes later, the first 1 000 tickets were gone, and after another 50 minutes, all Early Bird Standard Tickets were sold out. First of all, a big thank-you to all of you for your support!

All other tickets are of course still available­ – so go get one!

We also noted a great deal of interest in the re:publica website: there were 18 425 visits from users from more than ten different countries. And just as many women as men bought tickets. All the commotion was visible on Twitter, too. The hashtag ‪#rp15 had made it the German Trending Topic Number 1 by 12:40pm.

Thank you for all your tweets about the #rp15 sales start – we’re looking forward to you! Some lovely tweets here:

it's booked! ;) #Berlin, see you in may. #rp15 #berlin #mediaconvention http://t.co/7lJBfNs7ZJ

— Mirna Saad (@saad_mirna) November 10, 2014

Keep calm and book a hotelroom in Berlin #rp15

— Sandra Bornand (@clipperli) November 10, 2014