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Social Media Is ‘Buzzing With Olympic Spirit’

  • by Gemma Joyce
  • August 15, 2016
  • in Homepage, News

Cross-posted from Brandwatch.

The Olympics is well underway with medals being handed out left, right and centre. But what role is social playing so far?

From awe-inspiring performances to green swimming pools, the online conversation is absolutely buzzing with Olympic spirit.

We took a look at mentions across social between August 5th – 11th to see how things have gone down on social so far.

One man takes over the conversation

Looking at the keywords jumping out of the conversation, teams (USA and TeamGB) and the official hashtags are certainly some of the most used, alongside the expected “gold medal” and “congrats”.

Only one athlete made it into the topic cloud but they are absolutely dominating the conversation.

Topics olympics

Michael Phelps is without a doubt the king of the Olympics on social so far – he’s generated an approximate 400k mentions within the overall Olympic conversation. This quote, retweeted nearly 50k times at the time of writing, has propelled him into the newsfeeds of people who might not even care about the Games.

My favorite quote on display in one picture: “Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners.” #Rio2016 #Phelps pic.twitter.com/Iv8uDVLxOr

— Simone Eli (@SimoneEli_) August 10, 2016

In other conversations, seeing 16-year-olds compete in the Olympics has definitely put life into perspective for some tweeters. 

there are 16 year olds competing at the olympics and i still push on pull doors & struggle getting through the whole day without a nap lmao

— Tori Relates (@ToriRelates) August 9, 2016

While these are the top mentioned words, it’s worth noting that the official sponsors are nowhere to be seen. Taking a look at the volumes we’ve seen McDonalds and Coca-Cola and Samsung race ahead of the others, claiming huge chunks of the sponsor related conversation.

Getting sporty on social

Not all of the different disciplines are underway just yet but these are the top ten that have got people talking on social media. Gymnastics and swimming have definitely captured our attention, with around 200k mentions of each sport.

Olympics sports

Within the gymnastics conversation, Simone Biles is the athlete being mentioned most. She’s definitely one of the standout stars of this year’s Olympics so far.

August 11, 2016. Olympic Champion pic.twitter.com/d8VXRQ7vC5

— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) August 12, 2016

Breaking down sport related mentions by gender there are some interesting differences – women are more likely to tweet about gymnastics, while men are tweeting much more about basketball.

Olympics gender breakdown sports

The wider Olympics conversation is a little more balanced than the above chart suggests. While it may appear that men are tweeting more about the different sports we’ve found a 49% female, 51% male split for gender-categorized authors talking about the Games in general.

From BMX to equestrian sports there’s something for everyone, and there’s a lot more to come.

One important question remains, though.

When will #PokémonGo be an Olympic sport? #Rio2016

— Gemma Joyce (@GLJoyce) August 12, 2016

Cross-posted from Brandwatch.

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