The death of Jon Snow shocked the Game of Thrones community searches for his character revealed how each state tried to make sense of this event. Misc: All other search terms, with no clear affinity toward other categories.Theories: searches for news, theories and spoilers related to Snow.Love: terms related to love interests in the show, like “girlfriend,” “romance” and “Ygritte”.Lineage: words that indicated interest in familial relationships, like “mother,” “father,” “sister” and “brother”.Death: words related to death, like “stabbing” and “murder”.Books: terms related to the books or the author’s name.Alive: phrases related to Snow’s possibly being alive like “resurrected” and “survived”.Martin.įollowing are the types of terms and phrases included in each of the search categories: As the season about to begin is the first not based on one of the published novels in the GoT series, we were not surprised to see high interest (mainly from California, Colorado, Massachusetts and Georgia) in how the show will diverge from the books by George R.
Pockets of optimism for resurrection were clustered around Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina, while Illinois and Indiana focused on the character’s love story with wildling Ygritte. were focused on details of his death, family lineage and theories or spoilers. Aside from those seeking general information about Snow, searches across the U.S. Given the massive number of Jon Snow-related searches, we were curious as to what, in particular, people were looking for.
Perhaps it was Sansa’s escape from Ramsay and flight to the North that made her the third most popular character, followed by Arya and intrigue surrounding her induction into the guild of the Faceless Men. The next most highly searched character, Daenerys Targaryen, came in at only one sixth of Snow’s volume. Jon Snow dominated in search volume compared to other Game of Thrones characters, making up over half of all GoT character searches. The results give a glimpse into the American psyche - perhaps one with implications (and applications) even beyond Game of Thrones. Using Quantcast data, we looked at how people are searching for Jon Snow by state and found some popular themes. From fan theories of Melisandre’s resurrecting him to reported sightings of Kit Harington on set for the sixth season, the internet has been obsessed with Jon Snow. Is he dead or alive? Fans have been dying to know the fate of Game of Thrones character Jon Snow since the end of last season. This blog was originally posted on The Drum’s Found Remote section here.
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