‘Game of Thrones’ Premiere Engages Nearly 3 Million Facebook Fans (Exclusive)

“Two Swords” had many young fans talking on social media

The Season 4 premiere for HBO’s “Game of Thrones” had fans talking on Facebook. A lot of them.

“Two Swords” brought 1.9 million users to the social media site, which lead to 2.8 million “interactions” — Likes, Mentions and Shares — about the very bloody episode.

By comparison, the now-infamous “Red Wedding” episode garnered 1.5 million U.S. Mentions on Facebook.

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Perhaps not surprisingly, the top demos on Sunday were lead by men 18-34, with women 18-34 in the runner-up slot. Women 35-49 topped men 35-49 for third and fourth place, respectively, according to the social media giant.

The data was measured over a 24-hour period on premiere Sunday, from midnight to midnight PST.

As of press time, “Game of Thrones” was the fifth top-trending topic on Facebook.

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