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Who’s winning in the World Cup? There are plenty of scores and stats for that. Which teams and players are winning the hearts and minds of the Twitterverse? That’s another matter entirely.
With 32 national teams, 736 players, and 32 coaches, there are so many mentions to track. Every single national team appeared in Twitter’s Trending Topics this week, as well as the names of 99 individual players.
If that’s not enough Twitter-footy excitement for you, consider that certain goals have triggered surges of nearly 3,000 tweets per second, which is enormous when compared to the average of 750.
Below is the breakdown of the most-tweeted teams and players this week, graciously compiled by Liz Pullen of What The Trend.
Remember, these rankings are not about team and player abilities, but reflect an aggregation of hotly discussed topics related to them.
Most-Tweeted World Cup Teams
|
Rank
|
National Team
|
Points
|
|
1
|
Mexico
|
1771
|
|
2
|
Argentina
|
1407
|
|
3
|
Portugal
|
1140
|
|
4
|
Netherlands
|
1107
|
|
5
|
Spain
|
1089
|
|
6
|
Ivory Coast
|
939
|
|
7
|
Uruguay
|
906
|
|
8
|
Germany
|
828
|
|
9
|
South Korea
|
819
|
|
10
|
Paraguay
|
636
|
Most-Tweeted World Cup Players
|
Rank
|
Player
|
Team
|
Points
|
|
1
|
Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Portugal
|
1140
|
|
2
|
Lionel Messi
|
Argentina
|
768
|
|
3
|
Gonzalo Higuain
|
Argentina
|
528
|
|
4
|
Lukas Podolski
|
Germany
|
303
|
|
5
|
Xabi Alonso
|
Spain
|
291
|
|
6
|
Vincent Enyeama
|
Nigeria
|
285
|
|
7
|
Diego Forlan
|
Uruguay
|
270
|
|
8
|
Thierry Henry
|
France
|
259
|
|
9
|
Javier Hernandez
|
Mexico
|
247
|
|
10
|
Didier Drogba
|
Ivory Coast
|
219
|
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