Game of Thrones generates huge reactions on social media and now Twitter has produced an interactive visualisation to show just how popular this iconic series is.
In the graphic, each episode depicts a tiny map, with characters names linked to one another and emoji representing sentiment towards each character.
In third-season episode, The Rains of Castamere, for example - featuring the famous 'Red Wedding' episode - Robb Stark's name is accompanied by sad emoji and the broken heart emoji.
Daenerys' name, which is prominent in each episode, is often accompanied by the dragon emoji.
The visualisation allows users to see "how popular each character was, with each circle representing a character with its size proportional to how often the character was mentioned".
Characters are also linked - when two characters are mentioned in the same tweet, the visualisation "infers there is a connection", with the thickness of the line connecting the two "indicating how often the two characters were mentioned together".
Other visualisations have mapped how Game of Thrones has had an impact on the British public – one ONS graphic even showed how GoT names have inspired baby names in the UK.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
