While everyone has been talking about USA advancing in the World Cup or Luis Suarez and bite-gate, it’s been Argentina’s Lionel Messi generating the most buzz on social media.
Twitter has been big with the World Cup this year, and they released some interesting statistics.
Everything you need to know about Twitter data and the #WorldCup group stage https://t.co/an9JA6aBfr
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) June 27, 2014
During the group stage, Twitter revealed that there were over 300 million tweets.
There have been 300m Tweets about the #WorldCup group stage pic.twitter.com/VfZNTBpiCl
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) June 27, 2014
The most mentioned player is Messi, since he’s regarded as the world’s best player. Followed by Messi is Neymar of Brazil, Luis Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo.
These were the most-mentioned players on Twitter during the #WorldCup group stage pic.twitter.com/V2V3o9sazU
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) June 27, 2014
Interesting stuff.