Facebook released its numbers for the first presidential debate, showing a staggering 55 million people watched debate-related live videos.
On Tuesday morning, the social media website revealed that nearly 19 million people on Facebook in the United States generated 73.8 million likes, posts, comments, and shares related to the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Facebook didn’t reveal how long people spent viewing the videos.
Trump dominated the conversation, taking about 79 percent, while 21 percent were focused on Clinton.
The discussions centered around taxes, ISIS, racial issues, and the U.S. economy.
On Twitter, the debate was the most-tweeted ever. The social media platform hasn’t released its official numbers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The top moment, according to the report, occurred when Trump said he had a good temperament, and his comments on stop-and-frisk also garnered significant buzz. Next were candidates’ exchanges on how they'd defeat the ISIS terrorist group.
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