Germany vs. Brazil World Cup Match Most Talked About Sports Event in Twitter History, Breaks Records
The game got out of hand quickly, but that didn't stop fans from talking about it online. The Germany-Brazil match played Tuesday was the most talked about sporting event in Twitter history.
With about 35.6 million tweets, the Germany-Brazil match broke the 2014 Super Bowl record of 24.9 million tweets. Additionally, the fifth goal of the match, scored by Sami Khedira in the 29th minute, set a tweets per minute record with 580,166 tweets per minute being logged according to Twitter Data's Twitter page.
Check out this chart to see how the match progressed on Twitter:
The best German performance ever in a World Cup !! Simply fantastic !! Now get the Cup JOGI and TEAM!! #DFBTeam
— Jürgen Klinsmann (@J_Klinsmann) July 9, 2014
Even Brazil soccer legend Pele weighed in on the match:
I always said that football is a box of surprises. Nobody in this world expected this result. — Pelé (@Pele) July 9, 2014
With another match occuring Wednesday that will decide who Germany will face, could more Twitter records be broken? Stay tuned to Twitter Wednesday afternoon when the Netherlands takes on Argentina. Check out the hashtag #NedArg and see how active the Twitter universe gets!
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