These were the biggest conversation starters on Twitter in 2016

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Twitter’s biggest global trends of 2016 have revealed social media’s obsession with the Olympics, politics and Pokemon Go.

While #Rio2016 was the biggest of the year, the US election, Oscars, Brexit and Donald Trump also featured in the top 10 as politics dominated many conversations.

These are the top topics people tweeted about over the year…

Top global trends

1. Rio2016

2. Election2016

3. PokemonGo

4. Euro2016

5. Oscars

6. Brexit

7. BlackLivesMatter

8. Trump

9. RIP

10. GameofThrones

Top trends in politics

1. Brexit

2. Trump

3. Election2016

4. Turkey

5. iVoted

6. PanamaPapers

7. JuniorDoctors

8. Budget2016

9. Labour

10. Chilcot

Top trending TV shows in the UK

1. CBB

2. GBBO

3. LoveIsland

4. XFactor

5. Eurovision

6. GameofThrones

7. BBCQT

8. SSNHQ

9. PMQs

10. BRITs2016

Most followed celebrities in the UK

1. Harry Styles (29.5m)

2. Adele (27.5m)

3. Louis Tomlinson (23.5m)

4. Liam Payne (23.5m)

5. Emma Watson (23.4m)

6. Zayn Malik (20.4m)

7. Ed Sheeran (16.6m)

8. Wayne Rooney (14.1m)

9. Simon Cowell (12.7m)

10. Stephen Fry (12.3m)