Rio 2016 Tops Twitter in 2016
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games was the most-discussed topic on Twitter during 2016.
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games was the most-discussed topic on Twitter during 2016.
Chief marketing officer Leslie Berland delivered the social network’s wrap-up of 2016 in a blog post, saying that the top 10 global trends on Twitter for 2016 were:
- 2016 Summer Olympic Games
- U.S. presidential election
- Pokemon Go
- Euro 2016
- Academy Awards
- Brexit
- Black Lives Matter
- Donald Trump
- R.I.P.
- Game of Thrones
2016.#ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/dyBWDvQjtj
— Twitter (@twitter) December 6, 2016
The Top 10 Global Conversations of 2016
The three most retweeted tweets of 2016 came from:
- Gamer Rubén Doblas Gundersen, best known under his pseudonym, El Rubius
- Harry Styles (quoting Taylor Swift)
- Hillary Clinton
LIMONADA 🗿
— elrubius (@Rubiu5) August
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