From the Twitter Blog, this graphic charts fans’ use of hashflags (like #esp or #usa) during the World Cup with a background of tweets per second (TPS) over the same period.
2010 World Cup: a Twitter timeline
A few more interesting tidbits:
- The World Cup final represented the largest period of sustained activity for an event in Twitter’s history.
- Throughout the match, Tweets-per-second (TPS) were much higher than average; during the game’s final 15 minutes, this jumped to more than 2,000 TPS. (Spain’s winning goal in the final scored a 3,051 TPS.)
- During the final, people from 172 countries tweeted in 27 different languages.
- At the moment of the winning goal, people from 81 countries tweeted in 23 different languages.
Whether you love it or not, Twitter is a force to be reckoned with.
Image created by @miguelrios
