Super Bowl Breaks Twitter Records

Super Bowl XLVI yesterday broke all records on Twitter as fans worldwide sent more than 10,000 tweets per second during the climax of the sport showpiece.

According to official statistics released by Twitter, the highest tweets per second came at the end of the NFL season finale, at a record-breaking 12,233.

During the final minutes of the game, which was won by the New York Giants over the New England Patriots, an average of 10,000 tweets per second were sent by fans, beating the previous record of 9,000 last August when Beyoncé announced her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards. 

Twitter’s previous record for a sporting event was 7,196 tweets per second at the final whistle of Japan’s shock victory against the United States in the women’s World Cup final in July 2011.

The glittering Super Bowl half-time show from Madonna saw an average of 8,000 tweets per second being sent for five minutes, although that peaked at a staggering 10,245.