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For every 1 hour people spent watching “Game of Thrones” on live TV last summer, there were 30 minutes of watch time for “Game of Thrones”-related videos on YouTube during the same period.

Google Data, U.S., Classification as "Game of Thrones" videos was based on public data such as headlines, tags, etc., and may not account for every such video available on YouTube. TV watch time based on first run/original broadcast of Season 7 episodes. Audiences for live TV and YouTube are different, not all people who watched Game of Thrones on live TV also watched related videos on YouTube/not all people who watched related videos on YouTube also watched Game of Thrones on live TV, Jul.–Aug. 2017.

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