Hashtags Are Coming: who's talking about Game of Thrones?

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The final season of Game of Thrones is upon us and the first episode aired over the weekend. Viewers around the world have taken to social media to post their reactions and discuss fan theories, many of which are tagged with the popular #GameofThrones and #GoT hashtags.

We’ve analyzed this hashtag data to bring you a ranking of brands, influencers and media sites based on their platform interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Content interactions are summarized from all likes, shares, comments and reactions earned by trending articles.

The Top 3 overall online profiles who earned the most total social media interactions for using Game of Thrones hashtags are 9GAG, E! Online and Priyanka Chopra. See who else is currently talking about Game of Thrones and made it onto our global list, ranked according to social media performance (below the ranking, you’ll find our overview as organized by category).

Note: You can switch between the different content-types in the section Top Posts. You can also click on the posts to view them.

Media

9GAG led not only the media but the entire ranking, earning more than 2.5 million interactions for posts hashtagged with #GameofThrones and #GoT. Their Instagram picture depicting a funny conversation about the hype behind Game of Thrones pulled in +546.000 interactions. Respectively, E! Online and BuzzFeed ranked 2nd and 4th place overall, receiving a combined 2.7 million interactions between them both.

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and Jamie Lannister is in both.⠀ #shrek #gameofthrones #9gag
A post shared by 9GAG: Go Fun The World (@9gag) on Apr 10, 2019 at 2:00pm PDT

Influencers

Priyanka Chopra led all influencers in the ranking, placing 3rd overall. Her Instagram post wishing Sophie Turner the best of luck with the premiere gained over 1.3 million interactions, easily making it the most successful Top Post in the entire list. Jimmy Fallon and Chrissy Teigen also had Top Posts that earned roughly 330.000 interactions each—check out their posts below!

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Good luck @sophiet you are a boss babe. And are very loved.. #jsister #gameofthrones tonight
A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) on Apr 14, 2019 at 4:36pm PDT

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Even direwolves were once puppies. #gameofthrones
A post shared by Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon) on Apr 14, 2019 at 3:09pm PDT

you guys really fucking love game of thrones. which is great. it is great to love things. I honestly thought it was the last episode ever or something, I’ve never seen humans so collectively excited. i am happy for you I really am. excited to find my game of thrones one day
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 15, 2019

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