They made the biggest splash on Twitter this year.<\/p>\n
Twitter on Tuesday released its top trending people and topics for 2017, ranging from sports to politics to Korean boy bands. It was a year in which almost every sector of society was mashed together or clashing on social media, with the \u201cTweeter in Chief,\u201d President Donald Trump, leading the way.<\/p>\n
Half of the top 10 tweets reveal a year marked by tragedy and sorrow, from a Houston submerged in water, to a concert in Manchester, England, where a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including children.<\/p>\n
Others, including the most shared tweet of the year, expose social media\u2019s other-side-of-the-looking-glass panorama.<\/p>\n
It came from fast food lover Carter Wilkerson , who, on a quest for a year\u2019s worth of free chicken nuggets, pleaded with the world to retweet: \u201cHELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS.\u201d He fell short of the 18-million retweet bar set by Wendy\u2019s, the purveyor of Wikerson\u2019s obsession, but the fast-food chain gave Wilkerson his nuggets anyway for the effort.<\/p>\n
President Barack Obama , with 1.7 million retweets in August, was second, posting, \u201cNo one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion\u2026\u201d It is a quote from Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n
Obama took three of the top 10 spots on the list.<\/p>\n
The blasting by Cleveland Cavaliers star Lebron James of President Donald Trump rocketed around the world after he \u201crescinded\u201d Stephen Curry\u2019s invitation to the White House to celebrate the Golden State Warrior\u2019s NBA championship.<\/p>\n
Curry, like other prominent players on the team, said that he didn\u2019t want to visit Trump in the White House.<\/p>\n
While he did not make the most retweeted list, Trump took the top spot for the most tweeted about an elected world leader. He also came in No. 1 for top tweeted U.S. elected officials, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan taking second and third. PBS\u2019 special live coverage of Trump\u2019s inauguration day was the most viewed live stream broadcast of the year.<\/p>\n
With the media in Trump\u2019s crosshairs, it was also in the sights of Twitter users. The top three tweeted news outlets were Fox News , CNN and The New York Times .<\/p>\n
Some other highlights: #halamadrid was the top sports hashtag, @NFL was the top sports handle and the most tweeted musicians was for the Korean boy band BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys.<\/p>\n
Of course, the political atmosphere in America, activism and hashtags ruled Twitter, with #Resist the most used. That was followed by #MAGA, #ImpeachTrump, #TrumpTrain, \u201cWomensMarch and #NotMyPresident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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