Germany-Brazil breaks records with 35.6m tweets

The Brazilians may have faced one of the most humiliating defeats in recent times, but their consolation prize comes as a new record, with Twitter revealing last night’s Fifa World Cup match has become the most-discussed single sports game on the micro blogging site.

According to Twitter Data, the over 35.6 million Tweets involving the Germany-Brazil match was the most-talked about sports game on the social media site. Here’s an animated graphic showing just how intense the Tweeting got as the match evolved:

The previous record was held by Super Bowl XLVII between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks when 24.9 million Tweets were sent.

Twitter also noted that when Sami Khedira scored Germany’s fifth goal, a record 580,166 Tweets were sent in the following minute, surpassing the moment just after Chile’s Gonzalo Jara’s missed penalty kick against Brazil in the Round of 16.

Agencies/Canadajournal