*SPOILERS AHEAD*
After 8 seasons, Game of Thrones has finally come to an end, as fans got to see who end up on the Iron Throne. And it seems as though people aren’t happy with how things turned out. As of Tuesday morning, the season 8 finale was the worst rated episode in the show’s history, with an IMDb rating of just 4.4 out of 10.
Love it or hate it, fans couldn’t stop talking about it. ‘The Iron Throne’ was the second most talked about Game of Thrones episode ever, with fans sharing 4,607,632 tweets about the finale, according to research from musicMagpie – https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/most-talked-about-tv/#gameofthrones
(The only episode to create more conversation was S8 E3, ‘The Long Night’, which received 4,825,691 tweets.)
Despite the poor reviews, the conversation surrounding the season 8 finale wasn’t all negative. In fact, 23% of the conversation was positive, which is the same as the season 8 premiere.
However, Twitter wasn’t happy with who ended up sitting on the Iron Throne. There were 287,985 tweets posted about Bran, with 72% of them being sad and only 17% being joyous. Not that surprising, considering he was one of the most hated characters according to Twitter – https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/most-talked-about-tv/#gameofthrones
Here’s the full week-by-week breakdown of season 8:
| Episode | Posts | Positive | Negative | Joy | Sadness | Anger | Fear |
| S8 E1 | 3,857,823 | 23% | 6% | 38% | 42% | 11% | 5% |
| S8 E2 | 1,943,312 | 18% | 8% | 31% | 48% | 9% | 6% |
| S8 E3 | 4,825,691 | 20% | 11% | 32% | 44% | 10% | 6% |
| S8 E4 | 2,097,047 | 19% | 18% | 20% | 60% | 11% | 4% |
| S8 E5 | 3,800,847 | 18% | 18% | 21% | 60% | 10% | 2% |
| S8 E6 | 4,607,632 | 23% | 16% | 31% | 55% | 9% | 1% |
In the run-up to the series returning to our screens, musicMagpie analysed over 131 million tweets about the show to see which characters the public love, which they hate and who they can’t stop talking about.
Who are the most loved characters?
Internet favourites Tormund Giantsbane and Brienne of Tarth have been making fans the happiest, with 57% and 49% of the tweets about these 2 characters being joyous.
- Tormund Giantsbane – 57% joy
- Brienne of Tarth – 49% joy
- Samwell Tarly – 42% joy
- Tyrion Lannister – 42% joy
- Ygritte – 37% joy
Who are the most hated characters?
Bronn comes out on top as the most hated character on Twitter, with 24% of all tweets about him being angry. Theon Greyjoy, Bran Stark and Joffrey Baratheon share the number two spot, with 17% of their tweets being angry.
- Bronn – 24% anger
- Theon Greyjoy – 17% anger
- Bran Stark – 17% anger
- Joffrey Baratheon – 17% anger
- Jaime Lannister – 16% anger
Want to know more? Head over to the musicMagpie website to see the complete set of results – https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/most-talked-about-tv/#gameofthrones
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