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		<title>USA World Cup Fans on Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From June 11 to July 11, World Cup mania consumed the hearts, minds, and TV screens of billions of soccer fans across the world. Given how popular Twitter has been as a communication platform for World Cup fans, we thought it would be interesting to study U.S. fans on Twitter and see how they compared to Twitter users [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From June 11 to July 11, World Cup mania consumed the hearts, minds, and TV screens of billions of soccer fans across the world. Given how popular Twitter has been as a communication platform for World Cup fans, we thought it would be interesting to study U.S. fans on Twitter and see how they compared to Twitter users overall. Here’s what we found after researching over 80,000 Twitter users that tweeted using the hashtags <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">#worldcup</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">#USA</span></strong> over the last three weeks of the international tournament (click for larger image):</p>
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