Twitter has analyzed the 25 billion tweets sent in 2010 worldwide and published the list of top overall trends in the year as well as the top 10 trending topics in eight categories: News Events, People, Movies, Television, Technology, World Cup , Sports and Hashtags.
News Events
- Gulf Oil Spill
- Haiti Earthquake
- Pakistan Floods
- Koreas Conflict
- Chilean Miners Rescue
- Chavez Tas Ponchao
- Wikileaks Cablegate
- Hurricane Earl
- Prince Williams Engagement
- World Aids Day
People
- Justin Bieber
- Dilma Rouseff
- Lady Gaga
- Julian Assange
- Mel Gibson
- Lil Kim
- Zilda Arns
- Kate Middleton
- Kim Hee Chul
- Joannie Rochette
Movies
- Inception
- Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Despicable Me
- Karate Kid
- The Last Airbender
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- The Expendables
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Paranormal Activity 2
Television
- MTV Music Video Awards
- Pretty Little Liars
- True Blood
- Walking Dead
- Grammy Awards
- Glee
- Family Guy
- CSI
- MTV Movie Awards
- American Music Awards
Technology
- Apple iPad
- Google Android
- Apple iOS
- Apple iPhone
- Call of Duty Black Ops
- New Twitter
- HTC
- RockMelt
- MacBook Air
- Google Instant
World Cup
- FIFA World Cup
- Vuvuzela
- Pulpo Paul
- Dunga
- Diego Maradona
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Cala Boca Galvao
- Lionel Messi
- Oranje
- Felipe Melo
Sports
- Lebron James
- Wimbledon
- Manchester United
- Brock Lesnar
- Celtics
- Brett Favre
- Tony Parker
- Antonio Margarito
- Blake Griffin
- Mike Vick
- #rememberwhen
- #slapyourself
- #confessiontime
- #thingsimiss
- #ohjustlikeme
- #wheniwaslittle
- #haveuever
- #icantlivewithout
- #thankful
- #2010disappointments
Overall Top Trends
- Gulf Oil Spill
- FIFA World Cup
- Inception
- Haiti Earthquake
- Vuvuzela
- Apple iPad
- Google Android
- Justin Bieber
- Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
- Pulpo Paul
