While you were watching (and Brazilians were crying about) Germany’s 7-1 victory over Brazil in the World Cup semi-final, a huge chunk of Twitter users were busy sending out a storm of tweets — 35.6 million tweets, to be exact.
The match set a Twitter record as the most-discussed single sports game ever on Twitter. The match beats the 2014 Super Bowl’s previous record of 24.9 million tweets.
The match also set a tweets per minute record as Khedira’s 29′ goal generated 580,166 tweets per minute. That tops Miley Cyrus’ MTV VMA performance, which topped 360,000 tweets per minute and Beyonce’s 2013 Super Bowl half-time show, which generated 268,000 tweets per minute.
Brazil had a 35% chance of losing to Germany in the match, according to . The 7-1 scoreline was shocking, he wrote.
Which players are Twitter users most interested in?
And it wasn’t just Twitter talking. The game broke Google records too.
Missed the match? Watch how it played out on Twitter.
–Sally French (MarketWatch)
