Study Puts True Blood High In Content Power Rankings

According to a study released today, True Blood is one of the most powerful television shows in terms of total cross-platform audience size, advocacy and involvement. Optimedia goes beyond traditional Nielsen viewer ratings and ranks network and cable programs across TV, Web and mobile platforms. New to the study this year are two additional streams: Facebook fan count and Nielsen BuzzMetrics, both of which quantify unique aspects of digital activity: the number of “friends” TV shows have on Facebook, and the sentiment of conversations on blogs and chatrooms related to those shows. True Blood landed at #17 on their list, and is the first cable show to make the list.

In short: True Blood has one of the most vibrant, involved fanbases of all network and cable shows. Nice to have scientific proof of what we already knew!