This monitor highlights the key online discussions and drivers of excitement around the World Cup, which are collected via crawling social data using Ipsos’ Synthesio tool. As the countdown toward the FIFA World Cup ’22 advances, the spotlight shined on the national team kits, whereby fans all over the world ranked their favorite and most disappointing ones. Moreover, speculations and curiosity around the first-ever winter World Cup were circulating, highlighting both concerns and thrill.
Worldwide, more than two in ten respondents, who are aware of the FIFA World Cup 2018, believe that Germany will take home the Cup. Brazil, Spain and Argentina are also among the favourites. Overall, people have predominantly positive opinions about the games being held in Russia.
