On the eve of the World Cup round of 16, Getty Images’ visual trends tool, VisualGPS garnered more than 2.7 billion searches and downloads on GettyImages.com. As a result, he was able to grasp who are the athletes that are being talked about in the media around the world. After the Argentine triumph against Mexico, which featured Lionel Messi, searches for the player skyrocketed and increased by 800% in just a couple of days.
However, by analyzing and comparing the visual representation of two of the most established players at this year’s World Cup, the tool found that in the last 7 days, searches for Cristiano Ronaldo images and videos grew by 500%, while searches for Cristiano Ronaldo grew by 500%. Lionel Messi searches only increased 270%.
In this same period, the most popular images and videos of both players show the passion behind the sport, from Messi’s moments of disappointment after losing to Saudi Arabia, to what looks like an emotional Cristiano Ronaldo singing the anthem. Portugal national in their match against Ghana, a match in which he became the first player to score in five different World Cups. Other popular images show official FIFA portraits taken by Getty Images’ expert photographers, as well as Messi and Cristiano celebrating after scoring for their teams.
According to the fastest rising VisualGPS Insights search trends in the last 30 days globally, Brazilian player Richarlison is the World Cup’s top star, scoring what has been described as the most outstanding goal of the tournament Until now. Richarlison is followed by Enner Valencia, who seems to be Ecuador’s new hero, and who has already scored 3 goals in two World Cup matches in Qatar.
Other players who are a visual trend are the Spanish Pablo Martín Páez Gavira better known as “Gavi”, the Dutchman Cody Gakpo and the Frenchman Lucas Hernández.
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