Twitter just released their top trends for this year, and it gives a very good idea of what happened in 2010. 25 Billion tweets were sent in 2010, and Twitter is nice enough to give us the categories on their #Hindsight2010 page. Looking at these, its pretty obvious that Twitter is becoming an excellent form of up to the minute news aggregation.
The World Cup was also a big deal on Twitter – with “Vuvuzela” featuring in the top trends. Sorry, no #Jujufriday!
Overall Top Trends
- Gulf Oil Spill
- FIFA World Cup
- Inception
- Haiti Earthquake
- Vuvuzela
- Apple iPad
- Google Android
- Justin Bieber
- Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
- Pulpo Paul
News Events
- Gulf Oil Spill
- Haiti Earthquake
- Pakistan Floods
- Koreas Conflict
- Chilean Miners Rescue
- Chavez Tas Ponchao
- Wikileaks Cablegate
- Hurricane Earl
- Prince Williams Engagement
- World Aids Day
People
- Justin Bieber
- Dilma Rouseff
- Lady Gaga
- Julian Assange
- Mel Gibson
- Lil Kim
- Zilda Arns
- Kate Middleton
- Kim Hee Chul
- Joannie Rochette
Movies
- Inception
- Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Despicable Me
- Karate Kid
- The Last Airbender
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- The Expendables
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Paranormal Activity 2
Television
- MTV Music Video Awards
- Pretty Little Liars
- True Blood
- Walking Dead
- Grammy Awards
- Glee
- Family Guy
- CSI
- MTV Movie Awards
- American Music Awards
Technology
- Apple iPad
- Google Android
- Apple iOS
- Apple iPhone
- Call of Duty Black Ops
- New Twitter
- HTC
- RockMelt
- MacBook Air
- Google Instant
World Cup
- FIFA World Cup
- Vuvuzela
- Pulpo Paul
- Dunga
- Diego Maradona
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Cala Boca Galvao
- Lionel Messi
- Oranje
- Felipe Melo
Hashtags
- #rememberwhen
- #slapyourself
- #confessiontime
- #thingsimiss
- #ohjustlikeme
- #wheniwaslittle
- #haveuever
- #icantlivewithout
- #thankful
- #2010disappointments
