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These were the biggest conversation starters on Twitter in 2016

These were the biggest conversation starters on Twitter in 2016

2927 days ago

These were the biggest conversation starters on Twitter in 2016

2927 days ago


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

Team GB squad group (Steve Parsons/PA)
(Steve Parsons/PA)

1. Rio2016

2. Election2016

3. PokemonGo

4. Euro2016

5. Oscars

6. Brexit

7. BlackLivesMatter

8. Trump

9. RIP

10. GameofThrones

Top trends in politics

Protesters outside the Supreme Court (Victoria Jones/PA)
(Victoria Jones/PA)

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

mary berry and paul hollywood with a union jack cake (Mark Bourdillon/BBC/PA)
(Mark Bourdillon/BBC/PA)

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

Adele singing on stage (Yui Mok/PA)
(Yui Mok/PA)

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)


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