June 25 – Media tracker Moreover Technologies has come up with a number of data sets around how the media worldwide is covering the World Cup and what is trending in terms of stories. While doubtless Luis Suarez’s bite night last night will be the current most covered story globally (stats still to be released), the data throws up interesting information on what is capturing the world’s imagination.
Up until the Suarez incident last night the most chewed over players in the media were those with American accents and of course, Cristiano Ronaldo, in advance of tomorrow’s Group G elimination matches.
The map below details the amount of coverage that each part of the globe is giving to the FIFA World Cup, with the UK and the USA as forerunners, predictably so from their status as media powerhouses. This would also account for the focus on the group the US are in.
Total media coverage by country
On an individual player front, Mexico’s goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, who pulled off a heroic display to deny Brazil and earn a draw June 17, was the most talked about player within the 24 hours proceeding their game, taking an enormous 20% share of traffic.
On June 16 the world’s media paid most attention to the USA v Ghana match, which took a lion-share 40% of the coverage of games that day. Similarly, on June 19, England’s game against Uruguay dominated coverage with more than 80% of articles published taking interest in the affair.
England again featured heavily in the media compared to Costa Rica before last night’s match – as the pie below shows. But Moreover calculated overall article sentiment for Costa Rica is 11.3% positive, while England’s coverage is 12.6% positive. So roughly a draw.
By June 24 World Cup coverage has reached over 470,000 articles published, with more than 20,000 in the previous 24 hours alone. The US team had dominating coverage among the 32 teams, mentioned in nearly 10% of all articles. Below shows a timeline for the US team’s coverage over the past week.
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