Frozen – the box office leading animation and Game of Thrones – the mythical battle of several great houses, scored as the most discussed titles on Facebook in the U.S.A. of this year, and each got the crowning position in their categories: the first was the most debated in the Movie category and the latter the most wanted subject in the TV Show category. Facebook has revealed numerous rankings of such sort, on different categories and it followed the example of Youtube, which released their Top 10 video and music video lists.
It is no wonder that Frozen hit first place in the race for the most debated movie. Animations are by definition family friendly productions, so the range of those interested in the subject is widened in comparison to movies pertaining to a more ‘’demanding’’ genre and without any doubt, Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee’s Frozen was a box office friendly animation as well. Winner of two Oscars and a 7.7 at IMDb, Elsa’s story impressed and fascinated the audience. To all this, we add recent news of a Frozen sequel/ spin off and numbers increase indubitably.
As for the ‘’Most Talked-About TV Show in the U.S.’’, Game of Thrones deserves its leading position and more. Although some are great productions of their genre, the following titles do not have a say in it if competition means Game of Thrones. The answer to the riddle is as simple as it gets: more than a great fictional TV Series, Game of Thrones means great George R. R. Martin literature, Dothraki language as a variant of Tolkien’s Elvish language, personality quizzes for fans to find out which family best suites them, great actors behind outstanding characters, plot twist-twists and last but not least, Dragons.
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Somehow misleading, but accurate enough, Variety states: ‘’Facebook is not disclosing the actual data behind its top 10 lists for 2014.’’ Does this mean that the lists are a forgery? No! ‘’The company compiled the rankings based on how frequently a topic was mentioned in Facebook posts made between January and December 2014.’’
Most Talked-About Movies in the U.S.
1. Frozen
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4. Maleficent
5. The Lego Movie
6. The Fault in Our Stars
7. Transformers: Age of Extinction
8. Gone Girl
9. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
10. The Purge: Anarchy
Most Talked-About TV Shows in the U.S.
1. Game of Thrones
2. Orange Is the New Black
3. The Walking Dead
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Downton Abbey
6. American Horror Story
7. Sons of Anarchy
8. True Detective
9. How I Met Your Mother
10. Scandal
Most Talked-About Entertainers in the U.S.
1. Beyoncé
2. Pharrell Williams
3. Nicki Minaj
4. Taylor Swift
5. Jimmy Fallon
6. Iggy Azalea
7. Katy Perry
8. Pitbull
9. John Legend
10. Kim Kardashian
Most Talked-About Topics in the U.S.
1. Ebola virus outbreak
2. Ice Bucket Challenge
3. Robin Williams
4. Super Bowl
5. Michael Brown/Ferguson
6. World Cup
7. Israel-Gaza conflict
8. U.S. midterm elections
9. Malaysia Airlines
10. ISIS
Top Global Topics of 2014
1. World Cup
2. Ebola virus outbreak
3. Elections in Brazil
4. Robin Williams
5. Ice Bucket Challenge
6. Gaza Conflict
7. Malaysia Airlines
8. Super Bowl
9. Michael Brown/Ferguson
10. Sochi Winter Olympics