Social Media Predicts Oscar Winners

With the Oscars 2013 broadcast less than a day away, everyone's wondering who will win. Social media has an answer, and we've compiled the data into the infographic, below.

The Meltwater Group has been tracking social media for the past month, gathering information about the Oscar nominees from Twitter, Facebook, blogs, comments and YouTube videos. Researchers delivered data on the Oscars' top six categories.

While the actual names of the Oscar winners are safely sealed inside envelopes to be opened on Sunday night, the popularity contest that is social media offers hints at what might transpire.

During the collection of this social-media data, there's been one especially tight race…
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