React: Twitter Reacts to Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 4

Game of Thrones Season 6 episode 4 has hit screens and we’ve got some fiery data on it.

In many ways, episode 4 has broken with the trends we were beginning to see in tweeting patterns for season 6 so far.

**Mild spoiler warning** We won’t tell you what happened, but we will be showing you which characters got the biggest mention spikes and at which points. If you don’t want your expectations shattered, perhaps wait til you’ve seen the episode to read this.

The Book of the Stranger

To start with, it’s been the lowest performing show so far in terms of mention volume (when looking at Game of Thrones mentions between 9-10pm EST for the last four Sundays).

That’s not to say it did badly, with just under 60k tweets, but whatever drama has been thrown out in the previous two episodes hasn’t been enough to get people excited enough to tweet as much as they did during the premiere or second episode.

Also, unlike any other episode, the largest mention spike didn’t occur in the last ten minutes. Instead, it was in the first.

There was still a significant mention spike in the final minute, with over 2.2k tweets registered, but it couldn’t topple the big moment that occurred in the beginning.

Jon Snow knocked off his Twitter perch

Jon Snow has finally been toppled as king of social mentions as Sansa Stark got an influx of tweets this episode.

Tyrion Lannister maintained his continued place in the top five, while Lord Baelish made his first appearance after hardly registering any mentions in previous shows.

Ramsay Bolton edged worryingly close to second place which could have seen Jon Snow’s status as King of Twitter thrown to the birds.