Welcome to 2016; we’ve finally made it to Election Year! The first debate of 2016 – hosted by Fox Business Network – was nothing short of entertaining. Seven Republican hopefuls came with their arguments ready for Thursday night’s GOP debate, and Yakkers were engaged in the showdown: 7.6% of all yaks during that time were about the debate. That was even higher than the 5% of all yaks that centered around the #SOTU during President Obama’s speech on Tuesday night! As punches were traded and candidates exchanged heated comments, who made the biggest impression according to Yik Yak?

Obama channeled Coach Taylor in his final State of the Union address last night, and Yakkers were into it. During the president’s speech, 5% of yaks post were about DC’s big night. On college campuses around the country, local feeds were full of Yakkers hyping campus watch parties and encouraging peers to tune in.