Gymnastics and Boy Band Fever Set the VMAs on Fire Online [INFOGRAPHIC]

Despite competing with the Democratic National Convention for TV watchers' attention, the MTV Video Music Awards kept viewers' fingers racing online. Their chatter made the VMAs one of the top social TV events ever.

The VMAs attracted 12.8 million comments on Twitter and Facebook, positioning the broadcast at number two on Bluefin Labs's "Most Social TV Events" chart, just behind the 2012 Grammys and ahead of this year's Super Bowl. Throw in figures from other websites such as GetGlue and Viggle, and the VMAs shoot to number one with 19.1 social media interactions, reports Trendrr.

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