'Game of Thrones' season 7 finale tops social media ratings
Updated | By Jacatainment
Game of Thrones was the most talked about TV topic on social media at the weekend.
The popular series dethroned the MTV VMAs and Big Brother in the United States.
According to data from Nielsen Social, 'Game of Thrones' drew 4.175 million social interactions in the US on Sunday night.
#GOT @GameOfThrones season finale topped #SocialTV series Sunday with 4M social interactions from 2.2M people https://t.co/5Dh8zN8RHt
— Nielsen Social (@NielsenSocial) August 29, 2017
The data shows that of that social interactions, 3.093 million were on Facebook and 1.082 million were on Twitter.
The VMAs, which was also on Sunday night, came in at second with 3.961 million social interactions - 1.702 million on Facebook and 2.259 million on Twitter.
The season 7 finale also set another rating high with 16.5 million viewers on Sunday night, according to Nielsen data.
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That number includes people who watched the episode as it aired and night-of streams.
Here are some of the most popular tweets from Sunday night.
If you're not watching #GoT tonight stay off social media until you do. This is our super bowl. Fans will be tweeting about it.
— CHiCA (@oCHiCAx) August 27, 2017
When you wake up and realize the finale of GOT is tonite and you aren't prepared for it to end!!! #GOT #ThronesYall #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/amlJkTNnzW
— Kara Dixon (@kara_r_dixon) August 27, 2017
Let's. Go. #GoT ???? pic.twitter.com/YWBGRuiS3t
— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) August 27, 2017
He is not Sand, he is Targaryen #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/iIDnZXKJpM
— Suhaib (@TheSolankeRole) August 28, 2017
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