Google search determines popular stadium

These in ranking order are Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg; Green Point Stadium, Cape Town; Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban; Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg; and Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane.

In terms of the geographical origins of the searches for the most popular stadiums, there have been some surprises.

In the graphic below, South Africa, UK, US, Zimbabwe and Zambia dominate the searches for the most popular stadium, Soccer City. Interestingly in Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Kenya lead the ticket sales across the continent but do not feature in the top ten of countries searching for key World Cup venues. The graphic shows that when the draw took place in December, searches for stadiums spiked as football fans from around the world looked for more information on where their favourite teams would be playing.