The top trends on Twitter in 2010; World Cup, Bieber and oil spills

Ajit Jain
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:25:39 +0000
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Justin Bieber just about managed to beat Paul, the Magic Octopus, to be the most tweeted celebrity of 2010 according to Twtter’s list of the top tweets of 2010.

The annual list, which was released today, aggregates the most montioned events celebrities and topics on Twitter over the past year.

Reflecting the social network’s male-centric audience, the top 10 tweets of 2010 include trends for “FIFA World Cup”, Vuvuzela, “Pulpo Paul” (the talking octopus) and Inception. For the nerds in the audience Apple iPad, Google Android and “Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows” also did well. “Haiti Earthquake” was the most tweeted world event, save for the World Cup, while Justin Bieber was the most tweeted celebrity.

The mention nearest Ireland get in the top tweets for 2010 at number 5 in the Sports category with the term “Celtics.” Although this is a reference to the Boston Celtics Basketball team it postion was probably helped by the Scottish Football club.

The full lists, by category, are,

Top Trends for 2010

1. Gulf Oil Spill

2. FIFA World Cup

3. Inception

4. Haiti Earthquake

5. Vuvuzela

6. Apple iPad

7. Google Android

8. Justin Bieber

9. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows

10. Pulpo Paul

News Events

1. Gulf Oil Spill

2. Haiti Earthquake

3. Pakistan Floods

4. Koreas Conflict

5. Chilean Miners Rescue

6. Chavez Tas Ponchao

7. Wikileaks Cablegate

8. Hurricane Earl

9. Prince Williams Engagement

10. World Aids Day

People

1. Justin Bieber

2. Dilma Rouseff

3. Lady Gaga

4. Julian Assange

5. Mel Gibson

6. Lil Kim

7. Zilda Arns

8. Kate Middleton

9. Kim Hee Chul

10. Joannie Rochette

Movies

1. Inception

2. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows

3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

4. Despicable Me

5. Karate Kid

6. The Last Airbender

7. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

8. The Expendables

9. The Chronicles of Narnia

10. Paranormal Activity 2

Television

1. MTV Video Music Awards

2. Pretty Little Liars

3. True Blood

4. Walking Dead

5. Grammy Awards

6. Glee

7. Family Guy

8. CSI

9. MTV Movie Awards

10. American Music Awards

Technology

1. Apple iPad

2. Google Android

3. Apple iOS

4. Apple iPhone

5. Call of Duty Black Ops

6. New Twitter

7. HTC

8. RockMelt

9. MacBook Air

10. Google Instant

World Cup

1. FIFA World Cup

2. Vuvuzela

3. Pulpo Paul

4. Dunga

5. Diego Maradona

6. Cristiano Ronaldo

7. Cala Boca Galvao

8. Lionel Messi

9. Oranje

10. Felipe Melo

Sport

1. Lebron James

2. Wimbledon

3. Manchester United

4. Brock Lesnar

5. Celtics

6. Brett Favre

7. Tony Parker

8. Antonio Margarito

9. Blake Griffin

10. Mike Vick

#hastags

1. #rememberwhen

2. #slapyourself

3. #confessiontime

4. #thingsimiss

5. #ohjustlikeme

6. #wheniwaslittle

7. #haveuever

8. #icantlivewithout

9. #thankful

10. #2010disappointments