Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has attracted major attention on social media following the second GOP debate.

The former Hewlett Packard CEO was the second most searched candidate, followed by Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio after the Wednesday televised event.

She was also the most searched candidate in the US states of North Dakota, Kentucky, Virginia, New York and a number of other northeastern states.

Fiorina had two most tweeted moments during the debate; one of them was when she responded to Trump about her looks and the other when she fiercely opposed Planned Parenthood, where she dared President Barack Obama to watch videos of "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.'"

However, according to the Washington Post's Fact Checker, no such video has surfaced showing the scene Fiorina described.

On Facebook, Fiorina became the second most talked about candidate, followed by Carson, Bush and Ted Cruz.

In a post-debate interview on Thursday, Fiorina said that she “was very satisfied” with her performance.

"When I went in, half the audience had never heard my name and they didn't know I was running for president," she said. "I think I successfully introduced myself to those who did not know me and demonstrated once again that I am the most qualified candidate on that stage to win the job and do the job."

Rather unsurprisingly, it was Trump who led fellow Republican hopefuls in almost all fronts.

The real estate magnate kept his edge over other candidates and dominated Twitter and Facebook as expected. However, Fiorina was able to attract more new followers on Twitter during the debate, although she is still behind Trump in terms of total number of followers.

Social media and other tech companies have been increasingly active in releasing debate statistics, and candidates have apparently taken note of that as Ben Carson, for example, wrote a letter to his supporters prior to the event and asked them to search his name during key moments.