Germany-Argentina World Cup final sets social media records

The World Cup final between Germany and Argentina set social media records on both Twitter and Facebook, according to the two sites

The World Cup final between Germany and Argentina set social media records on both Twitter and Facebook, according to the two sites.

Twitter reported there were 618,725 tweets per minute discussing the game.

#GER prevailing over #ARG in the #WorldCupFinal set a new Twitter record: 618,725 TPM discussing the match pic.twitter.com/Z2lQqUWjrp

— Data (@XData) July 14, 2014

Twitter also created a map showing how frequently users tweeted around the globe during the game:

#WorldCupFinal: replay #GER v #ARG again on Twitter with our #animap

LINK: http://t.co/MY2iwsQM7t pic.twitter.com/TJAWEhIfwG

— Data (@XData) July 14, 2014

Facebook also posted record engagement numbers during the final. It reported 88 million people combined for more than 280 million interactions during the game.

h/t CBS News

- Paul Palladino