Only 5% of social conversation supported black cab protest, while Uber saw 850% increase in sign-ups

The cabbies strike in London yesterday in protest of the Uber app was mentioned in 2,752 social media posts, but only five per cent of these mentions were positive, research from Crimson Hexagon has found.Over a fifth (22 per cent) of comments about the protest were negative, with general mentions of Uber accounting for 13 per cent of the conversation.The research from Crimson Hexagon discovered that 59 per cent of the conversation included images, with the @Standardnews photo round-up depicting central London gridlock was the most retweeted in terms of images.The protest led to an 850 per cent increase in sign-ups to Uber, a fact that was in itself retweeted multiple times.

Those Uber protest cabbies certainly know how to organise themselves. Logistics nightmare! pic.twitter.com/sfMV9wlC45

— Paul Fabretti (@paulfabretti) June 11, 2014

"@Austynzogs: Black cab drivers blockade Trafalgar Square in go-slow demonstration protest over the mobile app Uber pic.twitter.com/caEU4bKKJz

— GIDITRAFFIC (@Gidi_Traffic) June 12, 2014

Possible unintended result of Taxi Protest ovr Uber is when ppl cnt get cabs, they srt using Uber. #TaxicabwarsNYC pic.twitter.com/2w30lO7IHN

— Taxicab Wars NYC (@TaxicabWarsNYC) June 12, 2014