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08-22-2016, 09:40 PM
Facebook touts 1.5 billion interactions for its Rio Olympics coverage with Michael Phelps video as the crown jewel
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While athletes went for the gold, Facebook achieved a new record of views and clicks for its own coverage of the Rio Olympics 2016.*
Facebook saw more than 1.5 billion interactions — likes, posts, comments and shares — related to the Olympics throughout the games. From Aug. 5 to 21, 277 million people participated in the conversation around the world, meaning Facebook users, on average, interacted with Olympics-related stories 5 times.*
The social networking giant did **t provide an apples-to-apples comparison from the previous summer games in London. Back in 2012, Facebook an**unced 116 million posts and comments and 12.2 million likes to athletes’ pages, **t on posts.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/facebook-olympics-stats/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Michael Phelps (http://mashable.com/category/michael-phelps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook Video (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rio 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/rio-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Olympics 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/olympics-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Pz2lbY1s84o
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While athletes went for the gold, Facebook achieved a new record of views and clicks for its own coverage of the Rio Olympics 2016.*
Facebook saw more than 1.5 billion interactions — likes, posts, comments and shares — related to the Olympics throughout the games. From Aug. 5 to 21, 277 million people participated in the conversation around the world, meaning Facebook users, on average, interacted with Olympics-related stories 5 times.*
The social networking giant did **t provide an apples-to-apples comparison from the previous summer games in London. Back in 2012, Facebook an**unced 116 million posts and comments and 12.2 million likes to athletes’ pages, **t on posts.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/facebook-olympics-stats/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Michael Phelps (http://mashable.com/category/michael-phelps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook Video (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rio 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/rio-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Olympics 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/olympics-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Pz2lbY1s84o