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World Cup 2026, watched closely.

Every narrative, sponsor, kit, meme and player moment shaping the tournament, tracked across social in real time. Built on dig, traceable to every source.

48
National teams tracked
120M+
Posts analyzed during tournament window
240+
Brands monitored (official + ambush)
95%
Accuracy on tagging, sentiment, narrative classification
Featured module

Who the world is talking about.

Mention volume for all 48 teams, mapped in real time. The teams driving the conversation, the ones flying under the radar, and the underdog moments spiking out of nowhere.

Live popularity heatmap · Updated 2 min ago

Group stage, day 4

Argentina pulling the loudest share of voice after the opener. Morocco mentions climbing fast on the back of the federation drama. Canada barely registering despite the host slot.

ARG
BRA
ESP
ENG
FRA
USA
MEX
POR
GER
ITA
NED
URU
JPN
KOR
CAN
MAR
SEN
CRO
BEL
SUI
QAT
AUS
DEN
POL
Mention volume least
most
Sponsor scoreboard

Who's winning the marketing tournament.

Share of voice across official sponsors and ambush brands. Including the kit war that nobody on the broadcast will mention.

01 Adidas Official
28.4%
02 Nike Ambush
24.1%
03 Coca-Cola Official
14.8%
04 Puma Ambush
11.2%
05 Visa Official
8.7%
06 New Balance Ambush
6.3%
Brand reaction tracker

Which brand moments are landing, which are bombing.

Sentiment per brand activation, broken out by generation and platform. Gen Z on TikTok pulls in a completely different direction than Gen X on Reddit, and the gap is wider than most brand teams assume.

Adidas, kit reveal drop +82
Gen Z +91 Millennial +78 Gen X +62
Budweiser, "King of nations" campaign +44
Gen Z +12 Millennial +51 Gen X +73
Pepsi, stadium activation -18
Gen Z -34 Millennial -22 Gen X +4
Lego, World Cup capsule launch +96
Gen Z +98 Millennial +97 Gen X +89
Player halo tracker

When a player moves, the brand chatter moves with them.

Halo and reverse-halo per sponsor relationship. Jersey resale chatter, search lift, and which brands ride which performances.

Kylian Mbappé
Hat trick vs. Mexico, group stage
Nike chatter+412%
Hublot chatter+88%
Dior chatter+31%
Vinícius Jr.
Red card vs. Cameroon, group stage
Pepsi chatter-22%
Nike chatter-8%
Jersey resale+140%
Jude Bellingham
Last-minute equalizer vs. Germany
Adidas chatter+264%
EA Sports chatter+71%
Lucozade chatter+42%
Christian Pulisic
Two assists, host-nation opener
Nike chatter+118%
Chipotle chatter+201%
Jersey resale+89%
Featured module · new for 2026

The AI flood watch.

AI-generated posts and fake engagement are entering World Cup discourse at scale for the first time. dig flags what's manufactured so the numbers in your dashboard reflect actual fans, not synthetic ones.

Authenticity signal · last 24 hours

What's actually real in the conversation right now.

14,208
AI-generated posts flagged across the tournament tag
2.1M
Fake engagements detected (likes, comments, reposts from inauthentic accounts)
11%
Of viral player content flagged synthetic or partially synthetic
Signal quality
22% of positive chatter around Player X in the last 6 hours is AI-driven. Raw sentiment looks bullish. Real fan sentiment is 14 points lower.
Fake engagement
One trending kit reveal post is sitting at 380K likes, 41% of them flagged inauthentic. Real engagement is closer to 224K. Worth knowing before you brief in a "viral" benchmark.
The power list

Who's actually calling the tournament.

The journalists, athletes, fancam editors and meme accounts whose posts are outrunning the official broadcast feed. Ranked by reach, engagement and narrative impact.

01
@meninblazers
Journalist · narrative shaper
14.2M reach
02
@theobaker
Journalist · breaking news
11.8M
03
@goalpoacher
Meme account · Gen Z driver
9.7M
04
@fancam_lina
Editor · TikTok native
8.4M
05
@kateabdo
Broadcaster · tactical analysis
7.1M
06
@offsidealert
Emerging · punching above
4.2M (+820%)
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