In Asia, India is most excited about Game Of Thrones, on Instagram at least

With much-awaited Season 8 dropping on us on Sunday, people clearly cannot wait

The whole world is probably excited about Game of Thrones Season 8 and that’s more than obvious. And what excites us in life also reflects on social media. Take Instagram for example. Game of Thrones (GoT) and its related hashtags have been trending for a while and Instagram tracked these trends with some rather interesting results.

According to internal data at Instagram, India has emerged as the 4th country globally where users are most excited about the show – this is only preceded by USA, Brazil and Great Britain and India is the only Asian country to feature in top 5.

And here’s a deeper dive:

Top countries who are most excited for GoT on Instagram

1. USA

2. Brazil

3. Great Britain

4. India

5. Germany

Top Indian cities who are most excited for GoT (based on the volume of conversations)

1. Mumbai

2. Delhi

3. Bangalore

4. Hyderabad

5. Chennai

Most talked GoT characters across India

1. Jon Snow

2. Daenery Stargaryen

3. Aarya Stark

4. Sansa Stark

5. Tyrion Lannister

Top 10 hashtags used across India (based on the volume of conversations)

1. #gameofthrones

2. #got

3. #jonsnow

4. #forthethrone

5. #aryastark

6. #sansastark

7. #winteriscoming

8. #daenerystargaryen

9. #tyrionlannister

10. #winterishere

Well, here’s waiting for Sunday.