#ThisHappened: The Twitter Year in Review 2016
Global top 3 tweets with the most retweetsHillary Clinton may have lost the battle for the US presidency in 2016, but her compassionate appeal for women's rights on Twitter won her a lot of sympathy. The former First Lady's tweet is ranked third in the global top 3 tweets with the most retweets. The tweet with the most retweets in 2016 was posted by the Spanish YouTube star elrubius with a fan campaign. He even had to admit defeat to Harry Styles from One Direction.These are the top global trends discussed on Twitter in 20161. Rio20162. Election20163. PokemonGo4. Euro20165. Oscars6. Brexit7. Blacklivesmatter8. Trump9. RIP10. GameofThronesThe most moving hashtags of the year on TwitterMany events moved the Twitter community in 2016. In a grand gesture, the residents of Munich offered their home as a shelter under #OffeneTür after the first shots were fired in a shooting rampage in a shopping center in the city. Twitter users also showed great commitment after the events on New Year's Eve in Cologne: countless users called for more prevention against sexual assault under #ausnahlos. Under the hashtag #CuteSolidarity, German Twitter users showed solidarity with children with a migration background by tweeting photos of children and thus sending a signal against Pegida's xenophobia.TwitterOnly: Something like this only exists on TwitterFrom the sweetest to the most hilarious - many stories can only be found on Twitter! One worried father launched an appeal to find a special cup that is no longer manufactured. Because his autistic son would only drink from it. The response was huge: under #CupForBen, the whole of Twitter went on the search. And then there was the grandson who tweeted a photo of his grandparents, who have been married for 52 years and have only ever left the house in their partner look. How Twitter can change lives was also demonstrated by an English couple who met on Twitter and have since married.Top trends worldwide in news and politics1st Election20162. Brexit3. Blacklivesmatter4. LoveisLove5. PrayforOrlando6. AltonSterling7. InternationalWomenDay8. PanamaPapers9. PrayforNice10. TurkeyThe world's most popular challenges on Twitter1. mannequin challenge2. Sogonechallenge3. Runningmanchallenge4. Huhchallenge5. TrustfallchallengeGlobal top trending TV shows1. gameofthrones (Game of Thrones)2. thewalkingdead (The Walking Dead)3. greysanatomy (Grey's Anatomy)4. descendantsofthesun (Descendants of the Sun)5. masterchefbr (Masterchef Brasil)6. oitnb (Orange is the New Black)7. strangerthings (Stranger Things)8. empire (Empire)9. thevoice (The Voice)10. bbb16 (Big Brother Brasil)Global top films of the year on Twitter1. starwars (Star Wars)2. suicidesquad (Suicide Squad)3. deadpool (Deadpool)4. harrypotter (Harry Potter)5. batmanvsuperman (Batman v Superman)
