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These Are The 10 Most Shared Brands OnFacebook Right Now

LAURA STAMPLERNOV. 30, 2012, 9:00 AM

In honor of the holiday "season forsharing," Track Social decided to take apeek at the most shared brand pageson Facebook over the last 45 days.

Track Social is an analytic firm thatmonitors 10,000 brands' social mediaactivity daily.

This list shows which brands areengaging with their fans right, andrepresents the brands whose Facebookposts are getting the most shares.

While some brands were expected —news sites definitely had an advantageduring the election — others came as asurprise. Who knew, for example, thatGrandparents.com even existed, letalone that it was getting shared 3,432 times a day?

10. BMW gets shared 3,288 times a day — that's quite the stockingstuffer.

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9. NPR gets shared 3,425 times a day — NPR regularly updates withbreaking news and think pieces.

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8. Grandparents.com gets shared 3,432 times a day — Who knew thiseven existed? My grandma still calls the social network FaceSpace.

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7. ABC News gets shared 4,864 times a day — It wants you and yourfriends to "See the whole picture."

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6. Red Bull gets shared 4,905 times a day — Jumping out of a planefrom outer space gets your brand lots of Facebook action.

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5. Fox News gets shared 5,870 times a day — There was an election inNovember, after all.

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4. Cheezburger gets shared 6,409 times a day — I can haz social clout!

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3. National Geographic gets shared 7,151 times a day — Cute animalsdo pretty well on Facebook.

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2. The Huffington Post is getting shared 7,996 times a day – For thosewho didn't share Fox News' page ...

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1. Disney's getting shared 12,713 per day — the togetherness-themedcartoon posts do well with the holiday crowd.

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