Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on Twitter

What an awesome way to depict the game. I looked through it a few times, some of the highlights I noticed:

1. You could tell exactly when the commercials were playing and sometimes, which commercial (Hulu) for instance.

2. After the Cardinals 2nd touchdown, people were more interested in the commercials than the game.

3. You can definitely tell when half-time was, the whole country surges with "Springsteen"

4. The nation seemed much more "excited" when the Cardinals scored - virtually the entire country goes red. When Steelers score, those areas that were red from the start, stayed red.

5. You can almost sense the excitement at the end of the game, as Cardinals appears all of a sudden everywhere and then BAM! Steelers.

Doritos and CareerBuilder definitely won for best ads IMHO. The Budweiser ads were lackluster at best.

I also approved of Hulu's open plans to turn our brains to mush. Oddly appropriate considering they are backed by Fox and NBC. I still love them though.

I must say, NYT has had some awesome visualizations lately.