Social media erupts when Gabby Douglas makes history

By Cory Bergman 

Despite happening hours earlier, Gabby Douglas’ history-making Olympics performance on Thursday still sparked a huge social spike during NBC primetime. Bluefin Labs measured just over 34K social comments per minute during the big moment, surpassing Michael Phelps’ gold medal win in the 200m IM, which clocked in at 20K social comments per minute. Here’s the infographic:

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