An egg dominated Twitter in 2019
President Donald Trump, Neymar, BTS and the face with tears of joy emoji have one thing in common: They were the most tweeted-about in their respective categories in 2019. Twitter has just released a roundup of what was most popular in the Twittersphere this year.
It won’t come as a surprise to the many thousands who helped achieve this record, but the most retweeted tweet of 2019 belongs to the World Record Egg.
At the start of the year, the egg was on a mission to set a world record for the most retweeted tweet on Twitter, and while it did not crack that goal, with just under a million retweets, it did poach the title for the most retweeted tweet of 2019.
Last year’s chart topper, K-Pop sensation BTS, nabbed a close second place for the most retweeted tweet with a video showcasing band member Jungkook’s dance skills in a hotel room.
Despite a disappointing final season, leading over one million to sign a petition calling for the remake of season eight, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was the most talked-about TV show on Twitter this year. Streaming giant Netflix’s “Stranger Things” followed.
Football players Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were the most tweeted male athletes and American athletes Megan Rapinoe (football) and Serena Williams (tennis) and Japanese-Haitian tennis player Naomi Osaka in the female category.
Back in May, Marvel’s “The Avengers: Endgame” shattered records for the biggest opening weekend and the movie also proved popular on Twitter — it was the most tweetedabout movie in 2019.
BTS made another appearance on Twitter’s year-end roundup as the most tweeted-about musicians. The Korean boy band, whose first album debuted in 2013, is a global phenomenon with over 23 million followers on Twitter alone.
US President Donald Trump, whose Twitter use is legendary, was the most tweeted-about politician of 2019. Coming in second was his predecessor at the White House, former President Barack Obama.