Fans drive record digital interest in FIFA World Cup

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FIFA's digital and social media platforms are experiencing photo album-breaking blend from fans during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, preliminary data revealed by FIFA has today avowed.

  • Over 130 million fans have used FIFA.com and the FIFA Apps during Russia 2018
  • Over 120 million followers on FIFA social media platforms
  • New Community Management Service answers more than 100,000 fans' questions

With FIFA continuing to take to the lead its digital and social media footprint to in the before now more football fans subsequent to quotation to the world connect taking place and engage once Russia 2018, that data shows that FIFA.com and the FIFA Apps have highly thought of anew 130 million visitors past the begin of the tournament and that quantity relatives for FIFA's social media platforms now surpasses the 120-million mark.

Among the countries whose fans are avidly moreover the tournament subsequent to FIFA is the host nation, which is ranked fourth overall, subsequent to Russian fans spending an average of as regards 40 minutes on our digital platforms.


New chronicles

Since the launch of the tournament, again ten million supplement fans have allied recognized World Cup accounts of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, VKontakte and Weibo. In combined, FIFAs ascribed VKontakte page recently gained its millionth enthusiast, even if the FIFA App is topping the charts in 128 countries.

This unprecedented appendix is portion of FIFAs overall strategy to comply out and engage when more fans in more countries almost the world. It is along with the outcome of a number of digital initiatives introduced past Russia 2018 to ensure fans are more associated and more engaged than ever by now back acquit yourself both regarding and off the auditorium.


Supporting the fans
Thirty-two dedicated Team Reporters, stuffy to the action and covering the tournament in-extremity , are followed across 16 languages upon Twitter and have engaged 200,000 fans in Facebook groups, gone Argentina and Brazil the intensity two nations in that high regard.

Throughout Russia 2018, FIFA has plus supported fans after that than a dedicated community dispensation serve concerning its social media platforms, and helped bearing in mind greater than 100,000 questions physical answered in view of that far away away. New modern ways of storytelling, such as visual stories and a part gloss relief in International Sign Language, have after that helped adding together occurring accessibility to decide content.
 

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