As the years go on, the tweets continue to flow. Twitter recently published its biggest trends of 2019 so we can relive the year in one fell swoop. Using the hashtag, #ThisHappened, Twitter is sharing all of the platform’s biggest hits for the last year of the decade.
The official rundown shares the most retweeted tweets, top TV shows, movies, actors, musicians, sports teams, female athletes, male athletes, international sports competition hashtags, news-related hashtags, politicians, and emojis. This data was gathered from worldwide users tweets.
Top TV Shows:
1. Game of Thrones
2. Stranger Things
3. The Simpsons
4. La Casa De Papal
5. Grey’s Anatomy
6. Love Island
7. Catfish: The TV Show
8. Family Guy
9. The Walking Dead
10. Narcos
Top Movies:
1. The Avengers: Endgame
2. Toy Story 4
3. Joker (2019)
4. Spider-Man: Far From Home
5. The Lion King (2019)
6. ???? (Weathering With You)
7. Captain Marvel
8. IT Chapter 2
9. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
10. Frozen 2
Top Actors:
1. Tom Holland
2. Chris Evans
3. Zendaya
4. Robert Downey Jr.
5. Cameron Boyce
6. Keanu Reeves
7. Chris Hemsworth
8. Kanna Hashimoto
9. Jennifer Lopez
10. Mark Ruffalo
Top Musicians:
1. BTS
2. Ariana Grande
3. Drake
4. Rihanna
5. Cardi B
6. Justin Bieber
7. Beyonce
8. Kanye West
9. Billie Eilish
10. Lady Gaga
Top Sports Teams:
1. FC Barcelona
2. Real Madrid C.F.
3. Manchester United F.C.
4. Liverpool F.C.
5. Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
6. Juventus F.C.
7. Manchester City F.C.
8. AFC Ajax
9. Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
10. Los Angeles Lakers
Top Female Athletes:
1. Megan Rapinoe
2. Serena Williams
3. Naomi Osaka
4. Alex Morgan
5. Simone Biles
6. Becky Lynch
7. Marta
8. Ronda Rousey
9. Maria Sharapova
10. Katelyn Ohashi
Top Male Athletes:
1. Neymar
2. Lionel Messi
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. LeBron James
5. Kawhi Leonard
6. Kobe Bryant
7. Tom Brady
8. Kylian Mbappe
9. Keisuke Honda
10. Antonio Brown
Top International Sports Competition Hashtags:
1. #UCL (UEFA Champion’s League)
2. #RWC2019 (Rugby World Cup)
3. #CWC19 (Cricket World Cup)
4. #CopaAmerica (CONMEBOL Copa America)
5. #FIFAWWC (FIFA Women’s World Cup)
Top News-Related Hashtags:
1. #NotreDame
2. Start of Reiwa Era
3. #Venezuela
4. #Brexit
5. Typhoon Hagibis
6. #PrayForAmazonia
7. #HongKong
8. #ClimateStrike
9. #Christchurch
10. #DemDebate
Top Politicians:
1. Donald Trump
2. Barack Obama
3. Narendra Modi
4. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
5. Jair Bolsonaro
6. Bernie Sanders
7. Hillary Clinton
8. Joe Biden
9. Emmanuel Macron
10. Vladimir Putin
Staff Writer, Taylor Leddin is a publicist and freelance writer for a number of national outlets. She was featured on Thrive Global as a successful woman in journalism, and is the editor-in-chief of The Tidbit. Taylor resides in Chicago and has a Bachelor in Communication Studies from Illinois State University.
