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Twitter traffic peaks at 15,358 tweets per second as Spain defeats Italy to win Euro 2012

By: Sahil Bones Gupta |Jul 2nd, 2012 at 12:32PM
Filed Under: News, Twitter

As Spain completed its hat-trick of consecutive European and World cup victories, Twitter traffic spiked to unprecedented levels as Juan Mata pummeled the fourth goal in the Euro 2012 final.  During the match, there were over 16.5 million tweets and global traffic peaked at 15,358 tweets per second at the time of the fourth goal which is the highest for any sporting event. (more…)Google+