An increase of 14 times compared to the Qatar edition.

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced today, Saturday, that it has supervised more than 53 million posts and comments on social media platforms during the 2026 World Cup through its social media monitoring service. This tool has succeeded in providing digital protection available to all participating teams in identifying and removing more than 7 million potentially harmful or offensive posts and comments since the start of the tournament on June 11, equivalent to 14 times the number in the 2022 World Cup, which saw the removal of 470,000 posts.

FIFA also monitored and took action against 200,000 offensive or threatening posts and comments, compared to 19,600 posts in the Qatar 2022 edition.

FIFA's monitoring team reviewed and processed more than half a million messages detected by artificial intelligence targeting players, coaches, and officials. More than 15,000 reports were escalated for further action, and more than 1,000 serious threats were specifically reported to the competent authorities and law enforcement.

The tournament witnessed extensive campaigns against hate speech and racial discrimination under the slogan 'No to Racism' and the phrase 'Listen, Stand, Confront.' Their content on social media garnered more than one billion views, culminating in a leadership event titled 'Stop Hate, Protect Football' in Atlanta in collaboration with the social media platform TikTok.

This coincided with the 'Football Unites the World' campaign, which focused on the unifying power of the game and gave rise to the 'Unite for Peace' and 'Unite for Education' initiatives. The latter aims to raise $100 million for the FIFA Global Fund and Global Citizen Foundation for Education, with half of the proceeds directed to the Football for Schools program.

On the health front, FIFA launched the 'Be Active' campaign to encourage children to engage in physical activity for 60 minutes a day, in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organization. More than 1,100 children had the opportunity to participate in public field training workshops alongside players from 10 participating teams: Algeria, Austria, Colombia, Curaçao, France, Ghana, Haiti, Mexico, Uzbekistan, and Switzerland, with an audience of over 56,000 fans. In addition, 8,200 people benefited from the FIFA Arena in New York's Central Park, featuring the official mascots Mabel, Zayo, and Clutch.

As part of humanitarian initiatives, the FIFA Foundation pledged $1 million to help victims of the recent earthquakes in Venezuela, and highlighted its coach education program in Malawi in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. These various social campaigns reached more than 15 million visitors at stadiums and fan festivals before the tournament's final match between Spain and Argentina at the New York New Jersey Stadium.