Twitter has revealed the top 10 trending hashtags of 2016, showing that the Rio Olympics, Us Elections and Pokemon Go were the most Tweeted topics of the year.
To celebrate highlights throughout the year, Twitter is launching the #ThisHappened hashtag.
“What a year! From news and entertainment to sports and politics, around the world or around the block; it all happened on Twitter,” a statement from the microblog read.
2016.#ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/dyBWDvQjtj
— Twitter (@twitter) December 6, 2016
The #ThisHappened hashtag is coupled with a custom Twitter 2016 emoji.
The social media platform has collected the top ten most used hashtags of the year to highlight the events and trends that defined 2016.
Unsurprisingly, the list for 2016 is dominated by political hashtags, but there’s also a smattering of big entertainment milestones in there. Take a look at the top ten hashtags of 2016 below.
1. #Rio2016
2. #Election2016
3. #PokemonGo
4. #Euro2016
5. #Oscars
6. #Brexit
7. #BlackLivesMatter
8. #Trump
9. #RIP
10. #GameofThrones
Twitter had a rough 2016 with job cuts and shares plummeting after buyouts by large suitors such as Google and Walt Disney faded.
This year the company also shut down Vine, the three-year-old app that rose to popularity for its six-second video clips, which they had acquired in 2012 before the app had even launched.
https://t.co/cNXwQjXI4k pic.twitter.com/RgCtk9QVW1
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/INLGumBRrJ pic.twitter.com/qB5bUo6GrZ
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/OzuxDAk0Wm pic.twitter.com/H0HRxbYH30
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/u1KTvfum78 pic.twitter.com/6MPFJuuVR1
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/YuKArENJ7c pic.twitter.com/t78s5tMWBQ
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/HLCkbDcQIb pic.twitter.com/DOd7RmXsxe
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/g2haZS7fyj pic.twitter.com/mHhqQ2CvB5
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/02OxYkE7VL pic.twitter.com/lGkiXmmD2g
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/urMsfdQvty pic.twitter.com/2H7Vqi9yyr
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
https://t.co/cmFF6nvU7y pic.twitter.com/HgYc4Rau5t
— Twitter (@twitter) December 5, 2016
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