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2025-06-26 05:06:01 564 views 7523 comments

Unless you've been living with the faceless men in Braavos,Nanda van Bergen it's no surprise that Game of Thrones was the most-tweeted show of 2016.

As Season 7 approaches, the show has already been tweeted about 13.8 million times in 2017. Wednesday morning, Twitter shared rankings of the show's most talked-about episodes, characters, and emoji. Now that winter is here, you can expect those numbers to soar.

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As Thronesfever rises over time, four of the five most-tweeted episodes ever were from Season 6, including the premiere, the finale, Jon's infamous resurrection, and the rigorous "Battle of the Bastards."

  1. The Winds of Winter(Jun 26, 2016) - Season 6

  2. The Red Woman(Apr 24, 2016) - Season 6

  3. Battle of the Bastards(Jun 19, 2016) - Season 6

  4. Mother's Mercy (Jun 14, 2015) - Season 5

  5. Home(May 01, 2016) - Season 6

Top 10 trending emojis when tweeting about Game of Thrones reflect the imminence of winter and dragon fire, as well as wolves, destruction, and, inexplicably, a camera:

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  1. 🐉

  2. 🐲

  3. 🔔

  4. 🐺

  5. 💥

  6. 📷

  7. 👑

  8. 😱

  9. 😢

The most-tweeted Game of Thronescharacters from Season 6 were mostly of Stark blood, with the Dragon Queen coming in second and Hodor fifth, likely when we learned his tragic backstory:

  1. Jon Snow

  2. Daenerys Targaryen

  3. Sansa Stark

  4. Arya Stark

  5. Hodor

And these were the most-tweeted hashtags from Season 6, which reflect general enthusiasm for the show and Jon Snow's pivotal resurrection:

  1. #GameofThrones

  2. #GoT

  3. #GoTSeason6

  4. #DemThrones

  5. #JonSnow

The three most followed "cast members" (you'll see why it's in quotes) on Twitter are:

  1. Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) - @Maisie_Williams

  2. Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) - @SophieT

  3. George R.R. Martin (not a cast member!) - @GRRMspeaking

And if you're of the rare breed who don't care for Game of Thronesand would rather it not cloud your Twitter timeline on Sundays, Twitter has a handy little hack to mute words:

Game of Thronesreturns July 16 to turn Twitter into a glorious mess.


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