Dogecoin (DOGE), a meme money created as a joke, has seen a groundswell of Twitter activity in the past 24 hours after attention was thrown on the money past the now-infamous Reddit group responsible for pumping the share price of GameStop.

Dogecoin's Twitter volume — the number of daily tweets versus the 30-day average — skyrocketed 1,787% on Thursday, co-ordinate to crypto information provider The Necktie. In total, in that location were 89,991 tweets virtually DOGE over a 24-hour flow.

In fact, The Necktie's data suggests it'due south the outset time any altcoin has surpassed Bitcoin in terms of book.

The Tie highlighted Dogecoin'south toll appreciation, Twitter volume and trading book in the following epitome:

DOGE tops the table, according to The Necktie

In addition to seeing a spike in Twitter activity, Dogecoin experienced a similar surge in trading volume. The digital currency's price appreciated 223% over the 24-hour menstruum.

The DOGE toll appears to have spiked due to worldwide attention on r/WallStreetBets, the Reddit grouping that successfully caught Wall Street sellers in a short squeeze by gobbling up shares of GameStop and AMC. Although the subreddit's moderators take attempted to remove whatever attempts to pump the DOGE price, Reddit users on other channels have left subtle hints to invest in the cryptocurrency.

A Twitter account called "WSB Chairman" (albeit with the disclaimer "NOT ASSOCIATED WITH r/WSB") also left a not-so-subtle hint just after midnight on Thursday:

At the time of writing, DOGE was valued at $0.024 for a total marketplace capitalization of just under $3.one billion. It has surpassed cryptocurrencies Tezos, Monero and EOS post-obit its latest spike.