Germany-Brazil World Cup Match Was Bigger Than Super Bowl on Twitter
July 9, 2014
The World Cup semifinal between Germany and Brazil became the most discussed sporting event ever on Twitter.
The match's 35.6 million tweets, peaking at 580,166 tweets per minute, were the most ever for a sporting event on Twitter, per the San Francisco-based company. The 2014 Super Bowl, for the sake of comparison, generated 24.9 million tweets.
Germany-Brazil World Cup Match Was Bigger Than Super Bowl on Twitter