How 'Game of Thrones' Slayed on Social Media

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Sam Laird
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How 'Game of Thrones' Slayed on Social Media

By now you've already survived one Sunday night without Game of Thrones, dear devoted fan of all things Westoros.

GoT's epic third season is behind us now, and the wait for season four is sure to feel oh-so-long. But lost amid season three's deliciously gruesome bloodletting, plot twists and betrayals was this: The show dominated social media in a major way over the past few months.

Perhaps that's not so surprising -- after all, both GoT and social media boast nerd-centric fan bases -- but the impressive numbers are worth going over.

The show currently has more than 6.3 million Facebook fans and 875,000 Twitter followers. Just a third of those fans come from the United States, according to a report from analytics firm SocialBakers. Brazil, at 8%, and the United Kingdom, at 5%, account for GoT's next-strongest social followings.

On Twitter, the U.S. accounted for 20% of the show's buzz, with Canada at 16%, the U.K. at 8% and Brazil at 4%. Ecuador, somewhat surprisingly, accounted for 5% of GoT's season-three Twitter buzz.

For more of SocialBakers' season-three social recap, check out the infographic, below.

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