The 2014 world championship organized by Brazil is marked by several events and numbers such as demonstrations against the championship due to the amount of monetary values higher than expected, arrests because of illegal sale of game tickets and also as the average goals being scored per game. Not to mention the incredible 7 - 1 on Brazil imposed by Germany.
The Brazil vs Germany match has become the most discussed game ever on Twitter, with 35,6 millions of tweets who dethroned the record of 24,9 million tweets because of the Super Bowl later this year. But the record does not end there, during the game, the fifth goal scored by Sami Khedira also broke a record that provided the game 580.166 tweets per minute.
For Brazil is a sadness, but for Twitter this is a sign of growth since the numbers indicate that the network has hit more people.
In 2012, 80.000 tweets per minute generated because of Usain Bolt who won the gold medal in the sprint of 200 meters, Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention generated 52.756 tweets per minute, in 2013 Beyoncé's performance in the Super Bowl range generated 268.000 tweets and the 360.000 tweets because of the performance of Miley Cyrus in the VMAs. Twitter has announced the tweets per minute record by tweeting the following:
The #BRA v #GER match also set a TPM record: Khedira's 29 'goal (0-5) saw 580,166 TPM. #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/188YGgrgZg
- Twitter Data (@TwitterData) July 9, 2014
These figures show the growth of Twitter users and also clearly demonstrate the preference of people to comment on events, games and other events, whether watched on television or in real life.
[Source]: The Guardian
