{"id":26433,"date":"2016-07-20T11:25:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T16:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26433"},"modified":"2016-07-20T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T16:26:06","slug":"719-live-smackdownwwe-draft-social-media-huge-surge-near-wrestlemania-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/20\/719-live-smackdownwwe-draft-social-media-huge-surge-near-wrestlemania-level\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/19 Live Smackdown\/WWE Draft Social Media activity &#8211; Surge to near-WrestleMania level"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1603828775\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>With 59 WWE Draft picks to comment on, the new Raw and Smackdown rosters to evaluate, and the Live Smackdown premiere to discuss on Tuesday night, there was a huge surge in social media activity for Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown Social Media Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 19:\u00a0<\/strong>Smackdown registered social media activity just below\u00a0the level of post-WrestleMania Raw, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nielsensocial.com\/nielsentwittertvratings\/daily\/#SeriesSpecials\" target=\"_blank\">Nielsen&#8217;s Twitter TV Ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown generated 279,000 tweets from 49,000 unique authors, for a rate of 5.7 tweets per person.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, last week&#8217;s final Thursday Night Smackdown airing drew 42,000 tweets from 16,000 unique authors for a rate of 2.6 tweets per person.<\/p>\n<p>Overall on the night, Smackdown ranked #2 in social media activity behind TV-wide coverage of the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 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