Twitter Becomes The Platform Of Choice For Football Fans During The 2022 World Cup

The 2022 World Cup has 147 billion views and conversations on Twitter (photo: Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The 2022 World Cup which took place in Qatar has finished. With 64 matches and closed with an epic final between France and the 2022 champion, Argentina, the 2022 World Final has managed to become a trending topic on any social media, including Twitter.

During the 2022 World Cup since November 20, Twitter has become one of the platforms of choice for sharing and searching for joyous and emotional moments.

Stats on Twitter World Cuphttps://t.co/y91SB99eKZ

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2022

"There is one universal truth that drives the #WorldCup on Twitter: fans love the tournament and are showing up to talk about all aspects of the game," Twitter said in a shared caption.

Because of this, Twitter has finally shared its numbers and visualizations to illustrate the huge role Twitter has played for football fans since the 2022 World Cup.

According to the data obtained, there are around 147 billion views of #WC2022 conversations globally. This number surpasses the number of chat views of the 2018 World Cup or #WC2018, and more than double the number of views of the #Tokyo2020 Olympics.

Of that number, the audience came to Twitter to discuss all aspects. But some of the most talked about are reactions to big goals, watching highlights, predicting results for upcoming matches and celebrating the players' wins.

Meanwhile, the dramatic moment in the 2022 World Cup final on December 18 between France and world champion Argentina became the most discussed match on Twitter.

During that final, Twitter found 24,400 tweets per second, and it's arguably the best tournament final of all time.

24,400 tweets per second for France’s goal, highest ever for World Cup!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

"We saw most of the conversation during the live matches, including the dramatic final match between France and Argentina in arguably the best tournament final of all time," concluded the Elon Musk-owned company.