Statistical Analysis: 5 World Cup 2014 facts from UC Browser that you need to know

During the FIFA World Cup 2014, UC Browser, the most popular mobile browser in India, provided comprehensive content and services, allowing millions of enthusiastic footballs fans to quickly and conveniently access the most complete and up-to-date FIFA World Cup information including live scores, text broadcast, stats, photos, videos and group updates. The huge traffic generated by these users allowed us to analyze the sports fever that swept across the world. Let’s take a look at some interesting findings based on the statistics gathered via UC Browser, and find out the answers.

1. Argentina has more “likes” than Germany

Germany is going home with the trophy after beating Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2014 Final. However, when it comes to popularity, Argentina is the winner. According to UC Browser, there are more “likes” for Argentina than that for Germany. In the final match, Argentina received around 1.35 million likes on UC Browser, while Germany got 1.26 million. Not only that Argentina was the preferred in all its matches.

Number of Likes: Argentina vs all their opponents

2. Most talked about matches in every stage

UC Browser also provided football fans from around the world a chance to connect and interact with each other during matches. Hence, we were able to see which match gained the most comments among fans in each round:

Most talked about match represented in numbers via UC browser

3. Neymar is the most searched football player followed by Suarez

Neymar was the most searched the player. The number of searches for Neymar peaked after the injury which forced him to leave the World Cup. Interestingly, Uruguayan striker Suarez also quickly gained momentum in the search trends after his notorious biting incident causing him to rank second to Neymar. Messi is the third most searched football player, followed by Ronaldo. Here are the top 5 most searched footballers.

Messi and Neymar – most searched players at the World Cup

4. In India, the IPL 2014 is three times as popular as the FIFA World Cup 2014

FIFA sites on UC Browser garnered hundreds of thousands daily Unique Visitors from India. However, it was interesting to note that more users visited UC Browser’s IPL sites during the IPL 2014 season. Based on the data garnered, we can conclude that in India, cricket is three times as popular as football.

IPL vs World Cup

5. Maharashtra has more football fans than any other states in India.

According to UC Browser’s internal data, Maharashtra has the most footballs fans among the 29 states and 7 union territories. Here is the FIFA traffic index ranking by state.

Maharashtra has the most number of World Cup football fans