Women’s World Cup final breaks Twitter record
Summary of story from Mercury News, July 19, 2011
The Women’s World Cup final on Sunday between Japan and the USA set the records for tweets per second
In fact, more people tweeted about the World Cup per second than the royal wedding and Osama Bin Laden’s death.
Japan rallied twice to tie the United States 2-2 after extra time before winning a penalty shootout on Sunday in Frankfurt, Germany (see WVoN story).
The final drew 7,196 tweets per second, according to Twitter. Paraguay’s penalty shootout win over Brazil in a Copa America quarterfinal later the same day came close to beating it with 7,166.
Spain’s World Cup win over the Netherlands in July 2010 managed a high of 3,051, although the record for the tournament (3,283) was set when Japan beat Denmark in the group stage—another statistic pointing to Twitter’s popularity in Japan.
For some reason I’m pleased about this, even though I am not a football fan.