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.@nyknicks in 5?
With the team one win away from their first NBA Championship in over 50 years, the energy in the city is unmatched. And social is the reason that this energy seems even more amplified around the #NBAFinals2026.
Hype builds more hype, and it creates a feedback
With 80% of consumers watching live events through social media, when a moment from the game or chant goes viral, it reverberates across feeds and puts more people under the Knicks' spell.
*The Q2 2026 Sprout Social Pulse Survey
So far, there have been 375 million engagements on posts about the Knicks' historic run across social networks, with interaction peaking on June 9 in anticipation of game four. The same game The New York Times reported "chaotic energy" from the fans.
As we head into end of the
It's not just your algorithm. @FreddyLA7 is taking over everyone's timeline during the #WorldCup, with his top post garnering more than 23.2M views.
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