Sergio Aguero lifts Lionel Messi on his shoulders with the World Cup, Argentina celebrates winning, World Cup 2022 (Photo: Reuters)
The 2022 World Cup final caused the majority of Israelis to leave their smartphones aside and stay at home - according to Pelephone data published this morning (Monday).
About 41% decrease in Wiz usage was recorded during the game compared to the same hours last week.
The public transport did work, but apparently far fewer passengers used it.
The Mobit application saw a 35% decrease in usage compared to the same hours last week.
In WhatsApp, there were fluctuations in usage compared to last week depending on the peak moments of the game: an increase of between 25%-32% in the use of WhatsApp in the minutes after the goals, an average decrease of 28% during the game (between the goals) and at the end there was a jump of no less than 105% in the use of the application .
The calls also "suffered" from excessive fluctuations during the game: about an hour before the start of the game, there was a 17% increase in the number of calls, while during the game, excluding halftime, there was a decrease of about 30% in the number of calls compared to the average number of calls on Sundays during these hours.
The final that left the people of Israel at home.
World Cup 2022 (Photo: Reuters)
During the break between the first half and the second, the calls returned to their normal level, and during the supply time between the second half and overtime there was a 12% increase in the number of calls.
During the tense overtime there was a 45% drop and during the penalties there was a record drop of 51%.
Immediately after the game there was a 16% jump in making calls to exchange experiences.
The social networks, on the other hand, lost big and their use decreased throughout the game: Facebook with a decrease of about 20% in use, Instagram with a decrease of about 27%, Tik Tok with a decrease of about 40% and YouTube with a decrease of about 26%.
At the same time, the HOT mobile company also reported a record consumption of data traffic during the World Cup final: a 41% increase towards the end of the penalty shootout compared to a normal day.
In addition, an increase of hundreds of percent was observed in the consumption of video for direct viewing and with an emphasis on the "Kan" application that broadcast the games.
According to HOT, throughout the entire period of the World Cup there was an increase in data consumption with each match creating a new record (21% in the semi-finals).
At the opening of the World Cup, on 20.11, demand was recorded 28% higher than a normal day when games played during the day had a greater impact on mobile network traffic compared to the evening games, most of which were watched at home via the wired network.
The Partner company reported last night a record television viewing during the broadcast of the World Cup final game.
"This is a viewing record since the launch of the TV service of the media group Partner, which was established in 2017," the company said.
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