The Most Popular Retweets, Hashtags and Users in SA During The World Cup
The Most Popular Retweets, Hashtags and Users in SA During The World Cup
Fuseware’s database systems are continuously scanning and indexing thousands of people and conversations, from where we can draw very interesting insights about what people really enjoy talking about, sharing and what their opinions are of certain brands and products.
Over the world cup, there was a massive spike in Twitter usage and our systems indexed over 100’000 tourists using the medium in South Africa. The following is a list of the most popular retweets of South Africans by South Africans on Twitter during the 2010 Soccer World Cup:
| Rank | Tweet | Number of retweets by SA |
| 1 | trevornoah: after 1 weekend europe wants to ban the vuvuzela- if only they acted this fast when banning slavery :-) | 124 |
| 2 | seppblatter: …i don’t see banning the music traditions of fans in their own country. would you want to see a ban on the fan traditions in your country? | 84 |
| 3 | trevornoah: of course we support you bafana. you think we bought these yellow jerseys cause they look cool? make us proud boys! | 70 |
| 4 | trevornoah: dear europe to show that we have no hard feelings over the vuvuzela we have decided to give u weather that reminds u of home. | 63 |
| 5 | garethcliff: http://yfrog.com/j3orukj >>>he looks happy | 60 |
| 6 | zodiacfacts: #zodiacfacts #pisces are considered to be too ephemeral and sensitive to lead a normal day to day life | 59 |
| 7 | skepticsheep: "i have no special talents. i am only passionately curious." ~albert einstein | 58 |
| 8 | lindsaybiz: uruguay staying at vineyard hotel, newlands. go there and bang some drums all night or just call 021 657-4500 at 3am & ask for suarez | 57 |
| 9 | gussilber: south africans, do not do the mexican wave at soccer city on friday! it’s a trick to get us to drop our vuvuzelas. | 54 |
| 10 | lance_peterson: @garethcliff “i’m surprised england fans booed. i thought they were asleep” – arsene wenger. legend. | 54 |
| 11 | seppblatter: to answer all your messages re the vuvuzelas. i have always said that africa has a different rhythm, a different sound.. | 53 |
| 12 | melanieminnaar: rt @jobvinesa: jobvine.co.za: restaurant manager – fourways, r11k p/m (johannesburg, south africa) apply now at http://tinyurl.com/34c6kxb | 52 |
| 13 | akianastasiou: google to employees: ‘mac or linux, but no more windows http://bit.ly/bhzvod | 49 |
| 14 | trevornoah: just saw a japanese supporter crying after the loss. his eyes were so small his tears were coming out as mist. | 44 |
| 15 | techcentral: techcentral latest, sa youngsters choose mxit over facebook – http://bit.ly/c3is2o | 42 |
| 16 | staffordmasie: just spoke 2 friend working @ twitter head office in usa. za definitely the reason they’re having capacity problems :) wow!!! viva vuvuzela! | 42 |
| 17 | jonathan_witt: @garethcliff who lives in a pineapple under the sea? spongebob squarepants! who died in the oil spill because of bp? spongebob squarepants. | 42 |
| 18 | trevornoah: bafana out of the world cup. look on the bright side. 23 more south africans to blow the vuvuzela! | 41 |
| 19 | leighannmol: this am near ct a white corsa bakkie hit a dog & carried on driving. plate: cy 289384. dog alive but injured, with the spca. name & sha | 41 |
| 20 | sinnsrestaurant: retweet this msg & u may win a dinner for 2 at sinn’s valued at r300! winner announced on twitter 20 july. @sinnsrestaurant | 41 |
We have appended this to a list of the most popular users in the world cup, in terms of how many people retweeted what they said. The numbers are limited to one retweet per person to remove spammers. Take a look below:
| Twitter Name | Number of retweets by SA followers | |
| 1 | garethcliff | 1075 |
| 2 | trevornoah | 906 |
| 3 | akianastasiou | 664 |
| 4 | khayadlanga | 411 |
| 5 | djfreshsa | 397 |
| 6 | gussilber | 318 |
| 7 | davidkau1 | 296 |
| 8 | timeslive | 288 |
| 9 | revrunwisdom | 221 |
| 10 | simondingle | 212 |
| 11 | ewnupdates | 207 |
| 12 | leighannmol | 206 |
| 13 | 2oceansvibe | 197 |
| 14 | heatsouthafrica | 194 |
| 15 | seppblatter | 185 |
| 16 | casperrasper | 183 |
| 17 | mailandguardian | 176 |
| 18 | ivovegter | 174 |
| 19 | comradesipho | 172 |
| 20 | lindsaybiz | 170 |
The following is a list of the most popular hashtags on Twitter during the same period. Almost all of them are world cup related.
| Hashtag | Mentions in SA |
| #worldcup | 127215 |
| #wc2010 | 36988 |
| #kakabadboy | 21470 |
| #ger | 20924 |
| #esp | 18678 |
| #bra | 15448 |
| #ned | 14759 |
| #por | 13094 |
| #rsa | 12898 |
| #nowplaying | 12270 |
| #ff | 10817 |
| #arg | 8312 |
| #fb | 8076 |
| #fifa | 7990 |
| #gha | 7956 |
| #uru | 7905 |
| #bafana | 7404 |
| #eng | 6901 |
| #usa | 6100 |
| #vuvuzela | 5979 |
| #mundial | 4890 |
| #mostpopularlies | 4715 |
| #design | 4684 |
| #south | 4594 |
| #diasemglobo | 4540 |
| #fra | 4459 |
| #mex | 4370 |
| #web | 4057 |
| #par | 3986 |
| #inspiration | 3961 |
| #soccer | 3950 |
| #ita | 3888 |
| #worldcup2010 | 3676 |
| #prk | 3537 |
| #civ | 3507 |
| #zimbabwe | 3479 |
| #chi | 3269 |
| #teamfollowback | 3254 |
| #southafrica | 3156 |
| #ghana | 3008 |
| #aus | 3006 |
| #jpn | 2970 |
| #kor | 2532 |
| #np | 2501 |
| #swc | 2436 |
| #fail | 2412 |
| #den | 2370 |
| #thingsilove | 2320 |
| #cmr | 2250 |
| #capetown | 2188 |
| #wc | 2139 |
| #srb | 2049 |
| #live | 1995 |
| #2010wc | 1986 |
| #generations | 1932 |
| #svk | 1916 |
| #south-africa | 1905 |
| #hon | 1873 |
| #justsaying | 1835 |
| #twibbon | 1804 |
| #nzl | 1782 |
| #football | 1765 |
| #bafanabafana | 1704 |
| #gre | 1656 |
| #africa | 1632 |
| #nga | 1622 |
| #svn | 1602 |
| #forçadunga | 1587 |
| #alg | 1564 |
| #world | 1554 |
| #1 | 1527 |
| #spain | 1485 |
| #of | 1476 |
| #iconfess | 1462 |
| #sui | 1425 |
| #fashion | 1412 |
| #followfriday | 1382 |
| #germany | 1354 |
| #1goal | 1345 |
| #portfolio | 1317 |
| #wavingflag | 1300 |
| #theresalwaysthat1 | 1195 |
| #bestseller | 1189 |
| #nowwatching | 1178 |
| #swc2010 | 1155 |
| #tophit | 1130 |
| #quote | 1112 |
| #wimbledon | 1098 |
| #ihatequotes | 1096 |
| #cup | 1067 |
| #afrihost | 1059 |
| #listeningto | 1057 |
| #football-http | 1036 |
| #randomtweet | 1020 |
| #shoutout | 1018 |
| #nãotempreço | 974 |
| #f1 | 938 |
| 927 | |
| #earring | 926 |
| #ifhiphopwashighschool | 913 |
| #kickoffconcert | 888 |
| #eclipse | 884 |
| #wk2010 | 883 |
| #england | 877 |
| #truestory | 869 |
| #book | 850 |
| #follow | 837 |
| #cricket | 821 |
| #proudlysouthafrican | 819 |
| #brazil | 813 |
| #scores | 793 |
| #selebi | 791 |
| #bb11 | 787 |
| #necklace | 784 |
| #twitterafterdark | 775 |
| #rugby | 748 |
| #epicfail | 739 |
| #free | 716 |
| #vuvuzelas | 715 |
| #thatisall | 707 |
| #gardening | 694 |
| #lastfm | 691 |
| #life | 691 |
| #music | 687 |
| #asyouwere | 679 |
| #gautrain | 678 |
| #fifaworldcup | 665 |
| #random | 663 |
| #botswana | 655 |
| #sa | 643 |
| #ibb | 642 |
| #2010 | 641 |
| #yournotmytype | 632 |
| #iphone | 626 |
| #paulogier | 617 |
| #inhighschool | 610 |
| #love | 609 |
| #blackstars | 593 |
| #wm2010 | 581 |
| #twittersongs | 579 |
| #oilspill | 560 |
| #news | 554 |
| #worldcupnews | 542 |
| #travel | 536 |
| #wakawaka | 535 |
| #tel4rent | 529 |
| #smh | 526 |
| #fact | 524 |
| #tinychat | 522 |
| #bp | 516 |
As you can see, all the information is very World Cup-centric. Many businesses have utilized Twitter to expand their online offering, such as MTN, Vodacom, IOL and Freight Quote.
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