That means highlights, analysis, behind-the-scenes team, fan and player content, news, statistics - all of these and more are now the expectation, not the unique or the differentiation This peaked on 2 June, when it was number one in seven countries in the Google Play Store and in 14 countries on the App Store.Īarti Dabas, ICC Head of Media Rights and Digital said: “Fans want to be closer to the action and immersed in the sport. The official ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup tournament mobile app reached the number one position for sports apps in both the App Store and Google Play Store in various countries on numerous occasions throughout the event. More than 41 million fantasy teams were created throughout the event on the ICC app. There were 75 million unique users on the ICC website and app with 272 million page views of the official event website. The most watched video on ICC’s Twitter page was one of India captain Virat Kohli requesting Indian fans to show more respect to Australia batsman Steve Smith, an incident captured during a break between overs. This enabled us to anticipate and respond to the demands of cricket’s one billion plus fans around the world and make this World Cup the most digitally consumed ever.”” “The ICC’s focus on fan engagement, both in terms of deepening existing fan interaction with the sport and bringing new fans to the game has been driven by data and analytics. ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said: “The growth in consumption along with these record-breaking numbers demonstrate the power of cricket to bring together an enormous global audience as well as the increasing appetite of fans to engage with more than just match day content. Whilst on Facebook, there were over 1.2 billion minutes of content watched, over 10 billion impressions and over 68 million engagements. The official ICC YouTube channel saw 2.3 billion minutes of tournament content viewed. The event also saw record numbers on Twitter and Instagram with a number of videos reaching more than 3 million views.

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