Twitter was used by 59 percent of soccer fans during the World Cup opening match, according to a Global Web Index study. All the 32 national squads had accounts active as the World Cup started, including Iran, a country notoriously restrictive in terms of social media use.
During the Brazil and Chile match, 16.4 million tweets sent during one game, making it the largest sporting event ever commented on the social network. The missed Chilean penalty kick earned 389 thousand tweets per minute, surpassing the last Superbowl event by 7,000 posts over the same period.
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