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# Germany break Twitter records during World Cup
- URL: https://www.theonlinerule.com/germany-break-twitter-records-world-cup/
- Published: 2014-07-11T08:36:02.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-11T13:04:59.000Z
- Author: Scott Goodacre
- Tags: brazil, Germany, records

Germany’s 7-1 hammering of hosts Brazil in the semi-final of this year’s World Cup has become the most Tweeted-about sporting event ever. Twitter reported that 35.6m Tweets were sent out about the match as it was played, knocking 2014’s Super Bowl – with a paltry 24.9m Tweets – into second place.

That wasn’t it for the all-encompassing Germans though, as when midfielder Sami Khedira scored the side’s fifth goal a record 580,166 Tweets per minute were recorded. Tweets per second, however, peaked after Germany’s fourth.

![Tweets about the match peaked when Germany scored their fifth goal](https://www.theonlinerule.com/wp-content/uploads/bsemvsrcqaarrfu.png-large.png)

**[The Guardian has a handy comparison of stats](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/09/germany-brazil-world-cup-twitter-sami-khedira?ref=theonlinerule.com)** which showcase Twitter’s growth over the past few years.

> In 2012, Usain Bolt’s gold-medal 200m sprint peaked at 80,000 tweets per minute, while Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention acceptance speech peaked at 52,756 tweets per minute. Beyoncé’s Super Bowl half-time show in 2013 peaked at 268,000 tweets per minute, while Miley Cyrus’ infamous MTV VMAs performance peaked at 360,000 tweets per minute.

We’ve previously covered [**the new features Twitter has implemented for the 2014 World Cup**](https://www.theonlinerule.com/news/1392-facebook-twitter-google-world-cup-hub/ "Facebook, Twitter and Google launch World Cup hubs"), and the figures above show that they’re definitely helping fans engage.