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"As a quick look at your Twitter timeline on Wednesday night indicated, a ton of people Tweeted about Sharknado 2. But now we have solid proof that they took a bite out of the competition.\nThe TV movie \u2014 about a tornado of sharks, in case you weren't familiar \u2014 generated an estimated 67 million Twitter impressions \u2014 a fancy way of saying how many times every Sharknado-related Tweet was seen \u2014 in the period three hours before and after its airing, according to social numbers from Nielsen. That's really big \u2014 and ahead of the night's second most social show, America's Got Talent, by about 65 million impressions. \nSee also: It's a Twitter Feeding Frenzy: Internet Reacts to 'Sharknado 2'\nStill, the figure is a little more conservative than the number released by Syfy, which put impressions at 1 billion. With a \"b.\" That discrepancy is likely due to differing methods of measure. The network also boasted about holding all 10 Twitter trending topics at points during the evening and having more mentions than Miley Cyrus did during the 2013 VMAs.\nRatings wise, there's no debate: Sharknado 2: The Second One was even bigger than the first. It was the channel's most-watched original movie ever with 3.9 million total viewers, 1.6 million of which were in the coveted 18-49 demographic. That's up 183 percent compared to the first movie, which became the cult hit of summer 2013.\nCreatively, the movie, starring Ian Ziering, was just as awful as everyone had hoped. You can read our painfully thorough review here.\nCorrection, July 31, 5:35 p.m. ET: An earlier tweet from @mashable that linked to this article incorrectly implied that up to 1 billion people had tweeted about Sharknado, when we were citing Syfy's claim of 1 billion Twitter impressions. We later clarified the tweet.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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