Twitter Year in Review: Top People, Trends & Events of 2012

Twitter has released their annual “Year on Twitter” collection of the hottest trends, topics, and people across five different categories. President Obama’s tweet, “Four more years,” was Twitter’s Golden Tweet of 2012, earning more retweets than any other. Obama’s November 6 celebratory tweet after winning the election had over 810,000 retweets and was marked a favorite by more than 300,000 Twitter users. The second most popular tweet in terms of sharing was Justin Bieber’s tribute to a young fan who had passed away. Six-year old Avalanna Routh lost her battle with a rare form of brain cancer in September. Bieber’s tweet, “RIP Avalanna. i love you” was retweeted over 220,000 times and favorited by 100,000 people. Pulse of the Planet - Biggest Conversations on Twitter Twitter’s Pulse of the Planet category tracks the biggest conversations on their social web, based on the n...

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@reddoor » 18 Dec '12, 2am
RT @calebkeiter: The most interesting trends, topics and people of Twitter in 2012. Obama had the popular Tweet. #rdiexpert [link]
@calebkeiter » 18 Dec '12, 1am
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@jc1000000 » 14 Dec '12, 6pm
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