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by chrisseaton 1309 days ago
Are football fans really a big part of the Twitter user base?
6 comments
rhino369 1309 days ago
I don't know about soccer, but American sports news is hugely tied up with twitter. It's replaced the sports page of the news paper, ESPN, and even sports radio. I imagine it's the same for international football.
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partiallypro 1309 days ago
Football Twitter is pretty big, but I don't think it's big enough to cause a big dent.
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jacquesc 1309 days ago
I can't actually imagine watching NFL without using Twitter during commercials (or after something crazy happens). It's actually quite spectacular

World Cup is definitely going to surge traffic

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spookie 1309 days ago
I would guess so. As long as you are doing business outside North America, this is a fair concern to have.
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chrisseaton 1309 days ago
At least in the UK Twitter was mostly politicians, journalists, and tech.
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crooked-v 1309 days ago
Twitter experiences massive usage surges every year during the World Cup.
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Beldin 1309 days ago
Which sport? Football's world cup is once every 4 years...
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chrisseaton 1309 days ago
> every year during the World Cup

Wat?

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acomms 1309 days ago
Every month in fact!
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hfbff 1309 days ago
Football fans are a sizable group in pretty much in every social network
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