Cory Monteith tribute spurs strong social media traffic

Some social media numbers are coming in from Fox’s tribute to Cory Monteith on Glee. Fox included during Glee a promo to drive fans to his favorite charities and to a site helping seeking help for addiction issues. Not only did the episode rank as Glee‘s biggest in a year, the outpouring of fan emotion online resulted in…

– The episode generating more than 822,000 mentions across Twitter and public Facebook data.
– There were more than 350k uses of #rememberingcory, the hashtag that populated Fox’s tribute site.
– There were also nearly 10,000 referrals from the site to Cory’s charities (Project Limelight, Virgin Unite &Chrysalis).
– At one point during the East Coast telecast last night, seven of the Top 10 trending topics on Twitter were related to Glee.

Thursday’s heartfelt tribute to the fallen Glee co-star delivered 7.4 million viewers  Credit

Caught him sleeping on the job. #RememberingCory pic.twitter.com/51n7s38V1Q
— Jared Baral (@JaredBaral) October 11, 2013

Thanks for all of the beautiful messages about #TheQuarterback. He touched all of our hearts! I miss him... pic.twitter.com/mirUMUvWi9
— Matthew Morrison (@Matt_Morrison) October 11, 2013

ThankU all from the bottom of my heart for watching our Tribute 2 the sweetest guy ever lived. I am so Touched by all your tweets. Much Love
— iqbal theba (@iqbaltheba) October 11, 2013

thanks to everyone who has bought #TheQuarterback EP. A lot of tears and love went into it. Hope you enjoy the music and this week's episode
— Adam Anders (@AdamAnders) October 9, 2013

I'm so proud of the #glee cast & crew for their strength & love in creating such a beautiful episode for Cory (and Finn). Love you all.
— Kalen G (@KalanaFalana) October 10, 2013

Tune in with all of us tonight to say goodbye to our friend Cory and our quarterback, Finn.
— Jenna Ushkowitz (@JennaUshkowitz) October 10, 2013

Forever in our hearts. #finnhudson http://t.co/dYRwLBwiu5
— Harry Shum Jr (@iharryshum) October 11, 2013

Tonights Glee was made out of a lot of love & a lot of tears by our incredible crew, cast & creators for our friend Cory. We miss you Cory
— Kevin McHale (@druidDUDE) October 11, 2013

Tonight we said goodbye to Finn. We all poured our hearts into this episode because we love and miss you Cory.
— Alex Anders (@alxanders) October 11, 2013

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Thanks to everyone who bought "The Quarterback" soundtrack.100% of profits will be donated to Project Limelight,one of Cory's fav charities.
— Kevin McHale (@druidDUDE) October 11, 2013

If you want to buy the EP and support Project Limelight go to KLICK