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Top 10 Twitter trends of 2016

WTOP Staff

December 21, 2016, 3:25 PM

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#10 — #GameofThrones: The HBO series draws a vast audience that absolutely loves to live-tweet episodes, turning big moments into memes and gifs and hashing out the best and worst of the week. This season of course, saw the resurrection of Jon Snow and hardcore revenge for Cersei and Sansa.
#9 — #RIP: This year saw the loss of many transformational athletes — Muhammad Ali, Pat Summitt, and inspiring artists — David Bowie, Prince.
#8 — #Trump: Not surprisingly, Donald Trump, who spent the last year stumping on Twitter, while supporters and detractors alike took the idea of viral politics to new levels, is one of the top global trending topics of 2016. (Twittter)
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#7 — #BlackLivesMatter: The black activist movement, fueled by police shootings and social media communication, played a big role in election politics and was a huge trend on Twitter. (Twittter)
#6 — #Brexit: Thanks to errant polling, the UK vote to leave the European Union came as a big shock to much of the world and Twitter exploded with varying degrees of excitement, as a result. (Twittter)
#5 — #Oscars: The 2016 Academy Awards were highlighted by Leonardo DiCaprio’s first win for best actor for “The Revenant,” for which his congratulations from friend and co-star Kate Winslet went viral. (Twittter)
#4 — #EURO2016: The 2016 European Championship for men’s football in June of this year was easily one of the top social media trends on a worldwide scale. (Twittter)
#3 — #PokemonGO: This mobile game sensation had as many adults as kids running around town looking for the elusive Pokemon. No surprise it was wildly popular on Twitter, too. (Twittter)
#1 — #Election2016: Social media clearly came into its own during this election, with politicians using it to speak directly to voters, ideas and memes exploding within minutes to change minds, force people to retract statements, emboldening movements. Election Night on Twitter was a live event, with supporters of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump taking to the medium to express hope and elation, and for half of the country, loss. (Twittter)
#1 — #RIO2016: Two weeks of dramatic athletics feats, soap opera narratives and personal triumphs dominated Twitter during the July Olympic games, including the meme-worthy “Phelps face.” (Twittter)
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WASHINGTON — Whether it was the two-week excitement of the #RIO2016 games or the saga that became #Election 2016, Twitter was abuzz with these stories this year. Here are the Top 10 “global trends,” according to Twitter.

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