#HarryPotterAtHome

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Narimana @slytherinus don't mind me, just crying tears of joy over Daniel Radcliffe himself narrating the first chapter of "The Philosopher's Stone" #HarryPotterAtHome Daniel Radcliffe 9:55 AM - May 5, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone

robi @ravenclawblake #HarryPotterAtHome ..i think there are tears in my eyes Hello everyone. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 11:42 AM - May 5, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

El Profeta @EiProfeta La página oficial de "Wizarding World" ha anunciado un evento especial llamado #HarryPotterAtHome en el cual famosos, actores y actrices de la saga leeran por capítulos "Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal". Daniel Radcliffe ha sido el encargado de leer "El niño que viviό". Translate Tweet 10:22 AM - May 5, 2020 - Twitter Web App

@christiannilsen me falling asleep to daniel radcliffe reading the first chapter of harry potter and the philosopher's stone every night from now on 10:59 AM · May 5, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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#HarryPotterAtHome is a hashtag referring to a series of videos featuring actors from the Harry Potter film series each reading a chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling. The videos, beginning with Daniel Radcliff reading chapter one from his home, were released by The Wizarding World^[5] in May 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.

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On May 5th, 2020, The Twitter account @wizardingworld shared a promo clip of various celebrities from Harry Potter with the caption, "Surprise! We've got a treat for you…From today, amazing friends of the Wizarding World are going to take turns reading Harry Potter book one. And to start us off with Chapter 1, we think you’ll agree we have the perfect narrator… #HarryPotterAtHome" (shown below). The tweet gained over 1.8 million views, 68,200 likes and 25,100 retweets in a day.

Surprise! We've got a treat for you…From today, amazing friends of the Wizarding World are going to take turns reading Harry Potter book one.And to start us off with Chapter 1, we think you’ll agree we have the perfect narrator…⚡️ #HarryPotterAtHome https://t.co/w9K77akbou pic.twitter.com/Q03PmjeD5d
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 5, 2020

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On May 5th, 2020, Twitter user @PopCraveMusic^[1] shared a clip of Daniel Radcliffe reading with the caption, "Daniel Radcliffe narrated the first chapter of ‘Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone’ for the Wizarding World." The tweet garnered over 482,100 views and 4,900 likes in a day. That same day, Twitter user @syahrisiddiq_ ^[2]posted an image of Radcliffe reading in 2010 and in 2020 using the hashtag (shown below, left). The tweet received over 4,900 likes and 1,600 retweets in a day. Twitter user @uncleofthunder^[3] posted an image of a person crying captioned, "daniel radcliffe: 'he couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: 'to harry potter, the boy who lived'' me:" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 6,400 likes and 1,600 retweets in a day.

Syahri Siddiq @syahrisiddiq_ #HarryPotterAtHome Harry Potter reading Harry Potter 2010 2020 9:33 AM May 5, 2020 · Twitter Web App

stef @uncleofthunder daniel radcliffe: "he couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: 'to harry potter, the boy who lived" me: 10:45 AM · May 5, 2020 · Twitter for Android

That day, Twitter users continued to praise the series. Twitter user @staircasebaIlet tweet a video of a boy happy listening to music in his room with the caption "me listening to daniel radcliffe read the first chapter of philosopher’s stone" (shown below). The post accumulated over 600 likes in a day. StayHipp^[4] published an article on the hashtag.