Published on August 11th, 2017 | by Landon Buford
0Twitter’s Greatest Of All Time Campaign
The ????#TomBrady
— Brendan Gallagher (@BGALLY17) February 6, 2017
From one ???? to another, @KingJames salutes Tom Brady on his 5th championship with the @Patriots. #SB51 #Respect pic.twitter.com/agdJkWsVhe
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) February 6, 2017
Earlier this summer Twitter kicked off its #SeeEverySide brand campaign with a new ad spot titled GOAT is Happening, depicting the never-ending sports debate on the platform.
Twitter decided to take a closer look at who sports fans on Twitter most often see the greatest of all time in today’s sports landscape. Since January 1, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady was most often considered the GOAT with over 112K Tweets mentioning him as the superlative of all time.
In addition to Brady, below are the other top athletes mentioned in relation to any Tweets that used GOAT terms, #Goat, and the Goat Emoji (). (1/1/17-8/1/17)
Athlete | Mentions |
Tom Brady (@Patriots) | 112K |
Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) | 71K |
LeBron James (@KingJames) | 68K |
Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) | 18K |
Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) | 12K |
Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) | 10K |
And here is a sampling of the top Tweets proclaiming these stars the greatest of all time:
Congrats 12. ????.#NoTime2Sleep
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) February 6, 2017
Legend ???? #TomBrady #SuperBowl#GOAT ???? pic.twitter.com/trIqpD8QiF
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) February 6, 2017
TweetLast night, Tom Brady was named the No. 1 ranked player in the @NFL. #GOAT #GoBlue #ProBlue #NFLTop100 pic.twitter.com/t6VyKFnuJD
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) June 27, 2017