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Case Study: 2012 Cricket World Cup on Facebook

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The Study

The 2012 Cricket World Cup took place in Sri Lanka from

September 18 through October 7. The finals were held on

October 7 between West Indies and Sri Lanka. The

tournament champions were West Indies leaving Sri

Lanka in second place. During the event, Socialbakers

monitored the cricket teams’ performance both on the

field and Facebook (Official Facebook Pages only).

We paid particularly close attention to the Fan

Growth, Interactions and Response Rate of each

team. Were the champions on the field also the social

media champs? Socialbakers analyzes each team’s

statistics to find out!

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The Teams

On September 18, Australia had the largest Facebook fan community with 1,508,220

fans. However, as the tournament progressed, other team pages grew considerably.

Pakistan experienced a fan growth of 11,089 from September 18 through October 7.

This was the largest increase in absolute numbers. On the other hand, Bangladesh had a

decline in fan count by losing 4 fans for a total of 3,320.

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Fan Growth

» If we look at the percentage of increase throughout the entire time period, Pakistan still

wins with a 41% increase in fan growth. Next is Sri Lanka with a 20% increase

followed by West Indies with a growth of 9%.

» When we examine the very bottom of the list, we see there is a tie for last place between

Bangladesh and England. Both teams experienced an overall increase of 0%.

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Interactions

Interactions are an extremely important part of a Facebook page. These are the total

number of Likes, Shares and Comments on a post submitted from the brand itself. So,

which team had the most interactions during the tournament? The winner is, once again,

Pakistan with 102,848 total interactions. Pakistan saw the highest number of interactions

on the last day of the tournament with 18,208 fan interactions.

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Interactions

Next is Australia with 70,949 total interactions. Third place goes to West Indies with

42,649 interactions. The champions also received their highest number of interactions on

the last day of the tournament with 14,394 interactions when they posted their

championship photo. The photo received 1,561 Likes, 503 Shares and 138 Comments.

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The Most Engaging Post

The most engaging post during the tournament came from Pakistan. The team

posted a picture of a popular Pakistani player. The picture received 7,803 Likes, 246

Shares and 428 Comments, contributing drastically to their total interactions..

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Response Rates

When we examine response rates (how often teams respond to their fans), each

team fails miserably. As we have mentioned before, a successful brand responds to

their fans at least 65% of the time. During the Cricket World Cup, the highest response

rate came from England with 12.5%. Second place was West Indies with a .66%

response rate. Third place goes to South Africa with .53%. All of these numbers are

extremely low and send fans the wrong message.

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Summary

When a brand makes the choice to participate in social media, it must in

fact make the choice to be social. Creating a Facebook page for the sake of

having one is not enough. Pages are, in theory, a “hangout” for fans, a place to

feel connected with their favorite brands or products. One very important way

for fans to feel connected is to communicate and be social with the brand. Yes,

it may take more time for brands to commit to responding to 65% of fan

comments, but leaving fans satisfied and happy is worth more than any amount

of time.

In conclusion, while some teams excelled in interactions and fan growth,

all teams failed at response rate. West Indies may have won the World

Cup, but Pakistan takes 1st place in social media.

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