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Infograhics: How FIFA World Cup 2014 played out in Twitter

Tuesday, July 15th, 2014

Twitter recorded 672 million Tweets for the 32-day, 64-match World Cup, with Neymar, Messi, Suarez, Ronaldo, Robben and Oscar the most mentioned players around the world.

Most mentioned players on Twitter around the world.

Most mentioned players on Twitter around the world.

Fans shared the most during the Brazil vs Germany semi-final match.

Here are the top five most-tweeted matches from the #WorldCup:

  1. Brazil (@CBF_Futebol) vs. Germany (@DFB_Team) on July 8: 35.6 million Tweets.
  2. Germany (@DFB_Team) vs. Argentina (@Argentina) #WorldCupFinal on July 13: 32.1 million Tweets.
  3. Brazil (@CBF_Futebol) vs. Chile (@ANFPChile) on June 28: 16.4 million Tweets.
  4. Netherlands (@KNVB) vs. Argentina (@Argentina) on July 9: 14.2 million Tweets.
  5. Brazil (@CBF_Futebol) vs. Colombia (@FCFSeleccionCol) on July 4: 12.4 million Tweets.
Top mentioned players on Twitter in APAC.

Top mentioned players on Twitter in APAC.

Three of the top five most-tweeted moments occurred during Brazil’s devastating 7-1 semi-final loss to Germany on July 8, while the other top moments came in yesterday’s final match.

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Staying in tune with FIFA World Cup 2014 through Twitter

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014

So the much anticipated FIFA World Cup 2014 is happening in eight and all the paricipating nations have already announced their starting teams.

FIFA World Cup 2014 on Twittersphere. Click on image for full-sized inforgraphic.

FIFA World Cup 2014 on Twittersphere. Click on image for full-sized inforgraphic.

Here’s an infographic showing the buzz surrounding the tournament that’s happening on Twittersphere.

For Singapore fans, here are some of the stats based on research from @globalwebindex.

  • 81% of Twitter users in Singapore will be watching the World Cup.
  • 71% of Twitter users in APAC will be watching live matches on TV.
  • 76% of Singaporean users use Twitter for something related to football.
  • 36% of people on Twitter in Singapore follow football clubs.
  • Nearly half (45%) of football lovers in Singapore say that news breaks fastest on Twitter.
  • 45% of Singapore users tweet when there is a goal, and 56% tweet post-match.

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