*** Promise – no spoilers! ***
It was a day preceded by the utmost anticipation for Netflix subscribers (including Mr. President). On February 14th, Netflix unveiled its second season of House of Cards – and, oh my, an exciting season it is. Netflix saw a record high of subscribers, 16%, streaming at least one episode of House of Cards within the first 24 hours that it went live. And more than two percent of viewers finished the entire season (13 episodes!) by the end of the weekend. And for good reason!
Episode one pulled no punches, with surprises abound. I actually gasped aloud during certain scenes. This easily led me to hitting play on the second, third, and fourth episodes. Good thing it was a long weekend! While I wasn’t an ultimate binger on #HoC (my husband’s aversion to the show prevents this), I did watch the episodes in long spurts, my longest binge being this Wednesday night, five hours in a row – I wear this as a badge of honor.
I still have two more episodes to watch before I complete the season, and that is slated for my lazy Saturday afternoon. In the meantime, I thought it would be interesting to see some numbers on who is posting, how many are posting, and other fun stuff about House of Cards from VI.
In the past seven days, there have been over 6k blog posts on “House of Cards”, 1800 Facebook posts, and 1200 Twitter posts.
While most popular in the US (+13k posts), #HOC also has a good group of fans in the UK (422 posts), Canada (157), Germany (86), and Ireland (75).
And sentiment on “House of Cards” overall is consistently more positive (7%) than negative (3%).
It’s pretty awesome to see that so many people are just as crazy about the series as I am. It’s like a special kind of camaraderie. The #HOC troupe!
This girl says it best.
Funnily enough, in looking for negative sentiment about the series, many of the negative posts are technically that, but only in the way that mentions how the series made the posters pathetic blobs of flesh on their couches the entire weekend.
And finally, a REAL negative #HOC post.
But you can’t really expect a 16 year old Lebanese to understand the amazing talent of Kevin Spacey, and be able to follow the intricacies of the underbelly of the US government.
And with that, I bid you adieu. House of Cards FTW!
