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Rooney, Bale and Suarez dominate football conversations on Twitter

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By Ishbel Macleod, PR and social media consultant

August 16, 2013 | 1 min read

Rooney, Bale and Suarez dominate the conversation about football on Twitter ahead of the start of Premier League football, research from Crimson Hexagon’s ForSight tool has discovered.

The research, which looked at 62,510 Twitter posts, found that overall volumes up by 226 per cent across the time period – May 26 through August 13 – as momentum builds towards start of season and end of transfer window.

It was found that Suarez was mentioned in 30 per cent of conversations; while Rooney was mentioned in 25 per cent and Bale was mentioned in 22 per cent.

Research from RadiumOne suggested that Everton would win the Premier League if it was based on social media.

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