FIFA World Cup traffic hit almost 20,000 tweets per second, says Elon Musk

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup 2022 has taken Twitter activity to a new high, as the company's new boss Elon Musk claimed that the micro-blogging platform's World Cup traffic has reached almost 20,000 tweets per second. 

Musk tweeted, 'World Cup traffic reached almost 20,000 tweets per second today. Great work by the Twitter team managing Twitter's record usage. In another tweet, he said, 'To be honest, there are many people working late nights on Twitter, for whom I have a lot of respect.' 

Musk claimed in a tweet two days ago that Twitter had added 1.6 million daily active users in the past week. He said that this is an all-time high for the micro-blogging platform. The daily active users showed a spike in late October, when Musk took over the helm of the platform. After this, it increased to a peak of 259.4 million. In comparison, the number at the beginning of October was around 250 million. 

In the same thread, Elon Musk also said that Twitter will soon compete with YouTube in terms of video streaming services. Musk had claimed that Twitter could soon introduce video service with 'higher compensation for creators'. 

Also, after sacking almost 50% of its 7,500 employees, Musk now seemed to appreciate the team working at Twitter. He said, “To be fair, there are many people at Twitter working late into the night, for whom I have great respect.” 

The tweet was in response to a question posed about Musk working on a new book on '40-hour work week'. Elon Musk share an image of a T-shirt with 'Stay @work' written on it. He took a dig at Twitter before the takeover. Musk reportedly found a bunch of t-shirts at the company's HQ saying #StayWoke. 

Before the start of the FIFA World Cup, Elon Musk, who calls himself a soccer fan known for his affinity towards Manchester United tweeted, 'The first match of the World Cup is on Sunday. Watch the best coverage and real-time commentary on Twitter. 

Thirty-two teams from across the world are competing for the most prestigious trophy in international football. The final match of the FIFA World Cup will be held on 18 December.