Euro 2012 Final Sets New Twitter Record [STATS]

Did you watch Spain thrash Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012? Well, you’re not alone, of course – an estimated 250 million people from around the world tuned in to watch the game, and this army of football fans helped to trigger a new sporting tweets per second (TPS) record on Twitter.

In total, the match generated some 16.5 million tweets from all corners of the globe, culminating in a 15,358 TPS peak when the fourth goal was scored, a new sporting high for Twitter.

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