Germany's World Cup Victory Sets Twitter Record
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) -- Germany's 7-1 World Cup semifinal win over Brazil was record setting. So was the response on Twitter.
Tuesday's semifinal is the most tweeted-about sports event in Twitter history.
The social media company says there were 35.6 million tweets sent out during Germany's 7-1 demolition of Brazil on Tuesday afternoon. That easily beat Twitter's previous record of 24.9 million set during the Super Bowl in February.
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The most tweets came when shots were whipping by the Brazilian goaltender. Twitter says there was a flurry of more than 580,000 tweets per minute right after Germany's goal made it 5-0, the last of four goals to come in quick succession.
The #BRA v #GER match also set a TPM record: Khedira's 29' goal (0-5) saw 580,166 TPM. #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/188YGgrgZg
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) July 9, 2014
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