Maxus maps social trends of FIFA World Cup 2014 in India

The Maxus Insights team will be providing a weekly roundup of social media statistics and insights around the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The attached infographic and insights have been put together by, in partnership with Radian6

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | June 27, 2014

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The Maxus Insights team will be providing a weekly roundup of social media statistics and insights around the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The infographic and insights are being put together in partnership with Radian6.

• FIFA World Cup 2014 seems not only an interesting contest between countries, matches, teams and players but also a contest of audience viewership and engagement numbers. This quadrennial edition of the beautiful game is slated to reach 100 million viewers in the country and burgeoning social buzz builds the testimony for it. The inaugural week of the game garnered a cumulative social conversation buzz of approx 4.75 Lakh plus mentions, with Twitter emerging as a Numero uno social platform to broadcast, trend & share information. (Estimation based on trackable sources)

• Interestingly, the Social Buzz volumes were highest across late evening (2000-2359) and early morning hours (0000-0359). These time stamps reflected that in GEC dominant households' football enthusiasts were consuming live match streams during the prime time band and this consumption stretched onto odd hours. This gives an indication of the dual screen or multi-screen scenario and an opportunity for marketers to harness this evolving consumption pattern.

• A moderate yet a significant amount of social buzz volumes were tracked across Noon or mid-day hours. Delving into the social buzz we figured that a sizeable amount of audience followed Match Highlights and some even record odd hour matches to view it in day time. With convergence of multiple mediums and formats of feed, the line between online & on-tv viewership seems to be blurring.

• During the week, highly engaging & conversing matches were Brazil vs Croatia, Spain vs Netherlands and Germany vs Portugal. Neymar, the Brazilian forward striker emerged as a popular and resonating player among FIFA enthusiasts in the country. Looking at the Match trends & Hashtags (#) associations, it is evident that certain teams, players and brands have higher equity in the tournament across all the participants. A point crucial for marketers focusing on Football advertising & looking forward to execute mid-course strategy corrections.

• The official Facebook Handle of FIFA World Cup 2014 garnered overwhelming response with fan base growth of approx 36% & conversing rate of 28% during the tracked week. Above all number the most engaged nation on the page was India followed by Indonesia on number 2 and United States on number 3.  Beyond the FIFA World Cup, some of flourishing Facebook brand pages from India were:  Nokia India (+ 120k New likes), XOLO Mobiles (+106K New likes), Reliance Industries (+150K New likes), Sunsilk (+400K New likes), Aircel India (+120k New likes), etc.

Match highlights in Week 1 on social platforms:

Derivative of Selfie---#SHOEFIE seems to be gaining steam. From aligning contest to sharing limited edition

FIFA sportswear, the idea of clicking Footwear can turn out to be a cult in forthcoming days of the tournament.Day 3Spain & Netherlands hog conversationBuzz surrounding dramatic match between Spain and Netherlands sustained itself for an extended 12 hours over the next day; an early indication that certain teams, players and matches will rule the audience mindshare across the tournament.Day 4Sponsor plug takes precedence#OpenHappiness (Coca-Cola) resonated strongly amongst people following FIFA matches online & on-ground. Exhilarating & popular match movements were highlighted using the Hashtag.Day 5Social sentiment around players as fans show support on Hashtags

Bollywood buzz reacts to FIFA 2014Buzz around hashtags such as “#Messi”, “#Ronaldo”, “#Muller”, “#Pepe” showed that conversations not only hover around teams as a whole but, activities & match events around SPECIFIC players draws a large amount of engagement plus talkability in the social universe.

Bollywood riding on the FIFA fervor! Substantial Social Buzz sparked off around #RanbirVsArmaan, endorsing an upcoming Bollywood flick-Lekar Hum Deewana Dil corroborated that the Bollywood sphere holds a firm presence amongst the Indian football community online.Day 6Interesting Contest Seeding @FIFA2014

FIFA Supporters STUMPED..!!!a) #WorldCupOnBRAVIA, Join the FIFA Carnival with Sony India and Win Big!

b) #VibeTheGoal movement initiated by Viber India to provide support to YUWA (NGO for helping young girls in Jharkhand through football received great response amongst online crowd.

Scheduled Cricket match between India & Bangladesh gathered Social BUZZ (#IndVsBan) and interesting live match proceedings were being related to the FIFA on-ground fervor.Day 7The Best of Both Worlds!!#ClingOnToFootball by Castrol Activ gained social buzz by uniting Bollywood & Football through their online show.  Celebrity Football Fans like Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham actively participated with the most diehard Indian Football aficionados in discussing the tournament and the sport at large.

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