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    Olympic Popularity: Starcount Reveals Which Olympic Athletes are Trending

    As you watch the Olympics, you can plainly see who wins at the various events, but who's #winning in the world of social media? That's where Starcount can help, showing you who are the most talked-about athletes on social media.

    According to Starcount's Emma Wallace, "Starcount ranks the social media popularity of the most famous people from the top 11 global social networks," which she says provides "a well-rounded, unique global social perspective." She says the company is charting 9,000 Olympians this year.

    [More from Mashable: Why the London 2012 Olympics Is the First Real-Time Games]

    We particularly like the way you can discover overall popularity and trending of athletes, or you can narrow it down to a country's Olympic team, or even a specific sport. If you want to spread this information around, the charts are embeddable, like so:

    [More from Mashable: Mr. Bean Gets Carried Away During Olympics Appearance]

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    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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