Twitter Hot Topics in 2011

Written on 08 Dec 2011 by
Category, Tags : Social Networks

2 days ago, I published here a list of Twitter Trending Topics for 2011, established by Hootsuite. This time, here’s the official Twitter List.

Twitter Hot Topics 2011

Hashtags (keywords preceded by #) Top List : Egypt no1, no surprise :

top hashtags 2011

Most discussed topics on Twitter :

-Category Technology: Mac App Store, the new Sony NGP and Guitar Hero monopolize the top spots.

technology hashtags twitter

-World News Category: Forced Resignation of Hosni Mubarak, the last raid on the home of bin Laden and the earthquake / tsunami in Japan are the hottest topics of the year :

world news twitter 2011

More here.

Twitter has also published a list of top buzzing events that have generated the most tweets per second during the year.

In first position MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28 with 8,868 tweets per second, followed by the execution of Troy Davis on September 20 (7671 tweets / second). Full list here.

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