The World Cup final breaks the historical record of Google searches

The final between Argentina and France could be the most spectacular in World Cup history. Millions of people all over the planet were glued to their televisions watching the event. But millions were also stuck to Google.

According to the Technological giant, during the last game of the World Cup its search engine (Chrome) reached the maximum traffic peak in its 25-year history.

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Although Google has not yet revealed specific figures in this regard, the data was confirmed by the CEO of the company, Sundar Pichai.

“The search engine recorded its highest traffic in 25 years during the final [del Mundial de Qatar]it was like everyone was looking for just one thing!”commented the executive on Twitter.

Search recorded its highest ever traffic in 25 years during the final of #FIFAWorldCup it was like the entire world was searching about one thing!

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) December 19, 2022

For the World Cup in Qatar, Google launched a set of options dedicated to the biggest sporting event in the world. In this way, when entering terms such as “world cup” or “copa del mundo”, the first thing that was displayed was the monitoring of the matches, with quick access to videos, news, statistics and even the results of the matches in real time.

Other data has been provided by Elon Musk, current CEO of Twitter. During the World Cup final, he claimed that France’s goal caused more than 24,400 tweets per second, the highest record during the World Cup in Qatar.

Source: Elcomercio

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