Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady Was the Topic of Over 1M Tweets Sunday

The goat emoji was used the most following his name

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl 2021, and there were more than 1 million tweets about him Sunday, with the goat emoji representing the most used one after his name.

The social network said the most mentioned players during the game were:

  1. Tom Brady
  2. Bucs tight end Rob Gronkowski
  3. Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes
  4. Bucs wide receiver Antonio Brown
  5. Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu

Twitter also shared examples of confetti

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