Social Media analytics provider, Socialbakers, has analysed the social media rankings of the 32 participating teams in the World Cup, as well as top players, and ranked them based on their total interactions on three key social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Here are some interesting findings :
- While Belgium has currently scored the most goals in the World Cup, the country only comes in at #20 on social media
- On the flip side, Panama has come in last on the Top Goals chart, but ranks #22 on social media, only 2 spots after Belgium
- Mexico is winning the game on social media, coming in at #1 with a total of over 12 million interactions
- Saudi Arabia has a fair bit of catching up to – both on social (ranked last) and in the World Cup (#31)
- When it comes to consistency, Cristiano Ronaldo takes the cake, and the third ranking on both social media and the World Cup
- Harry Kane may be ahead in the championship, but has some way to go on social media, coming in at #6 with 4.1 million interactions
