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| Rank | Points | Intensity | Category | Topic | Description | Subtrends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5991 |  |
Meme | #ConfessionTime | Users are confessing something someone has done or is doing. | |
| 2 | 4521 | |
Entertainment | Jonas Brothers | A "war" erupted with fans of both the Jonas Brothers and Justin Bieber each claiming they were more "likeable." In other news, people are celebrated Paul Kevin Jonas II's 23rd birthday. | Jonas fans, #Happy23rdBdayKevinJ, #favoritejbmoment, BrazilThanksJonas, JonasinBrazil2011 |
| 3 | 4017 | |
Gaming | Call of Duty (Game) | The latest edition of the popular first-person shooter series, titled Call of Duty: Black Ops released this week. | COD Black, #BlackOps |
| 4 | 3847 | |
Meme | #icantlivewithout | People are posting items that they can't live without. | |
| 5 | 3240 | |
Meme | #ThingsThatPissMeOff | People are tweeting what just sets them off. | |
| 6 | 3132 | |
Meme | #WhatDoWomenWant | Male (and some female) Twitter users are asking their followers the question "What do women want?" and are using the answers their followers give them for real-world advice. | |
| 7 | 3114 | |
Meme | #ThingsBlackGirlsDo | An hashtag trying to explain trends and actions that only African-American females do. | |
| 8 | 2799 | |
Meme | Super Junior | Super Junior celebrate their 5 anniversary today. | #5yearswithsuju, BANGSIN |
| 9 | 2678 | |
Sports | Soccer/Football | First-round groups were announced this week in the Copa América South American football championship to be held in Argentina in 2011. Also trending: Owen Hargreaves, a Manchester United player, came back this week, but limped off after only 6 minutes of play and has been sidelined with a hamstring injury. | Copa América, Hargreaves, Didier Drogba, Ceuta, Joey Barton, Barça-Madrid, Wilkins, Frank Lampard, #ajaado, Milton Leite, Granero, Molde, Cesena, Leoz, Gaal, Nolito, Southport, Gladbach, Blankemeijer, Ebanks-Blake, Ituiutaba, Persie, Brescia, Carrol, Manchester Derby, Gyan, Koscielny, Ilsinho, Femenil, Flamini, Ngog, Balotelli, Pedrito, Verhoek, Bernabeu, Heracles, Simek |
| 10 | 2482 | |
Entertainment | MTV European Music Awards | The MTV Europe Music Awards, hosted by Eva Longoria Parker, were broadcast live from Madrid Spain. Bands Tokio Hotel, and Thirty Seconds to Mars both won awards. | #30secondstomars, #EMA, Europe Music, MTV Europe, #mtvema, #emaaskbieber, Europe Music Awards, World Stage, Thirty Seconds, Pretty Reckless, Global Icon, Push Act |
| 11 | 2383 | |
Charity or Cause | Teleton (TV Show) | Brazilian station SBT aired a show (with a lot of artists) to raise funds to AACD, a charity foundation that treats children with physical defficiencies. | #Teleton, AACD, Hipercard, Portiolli |
| 12 | 2374 | |
Entertainment | Justin Bieber | Justin Bieber claimed 6 million "Beliebers." Lady Gaga remains unimpressed. | #6millionbeliebers, #WorldLovesBiebs, LatinAmerica♥Biebs, GOT BIEBER |
| 13 | 2288 | |
Meme | #AwwHellNo | Every week, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon plays the "hashtag game," where people tweet responses to a question and add a specified hashtag. One favorite response from @hamburgrhelpstr: "playing tetris and then out comes one of those l-shaped bitches, I was like #awwhellno" | |
| 14 | 1968 | |
Politics | Keith Olbermann | Keith Olbermann, host of Countdown on MSNBC, has been suspended indefinitely without pay for donating money to political campaigns this past election. | Keith Olbermann, Phil Griffin, Indefinitely |
| 15 | 1955 | |
Meme | #WeCantBeFriends | People are tweeting reasons why you might not be able to be friends with them. | |
| 16 | 1899 | |
Entertainment | CMA Awards (TV Show) | The 44th Annual Country Music Awards were held this week in Nashville, TN. Brad Paisley won Entertainer of the Year and 27-year-old Miranda Lambert won best female vocalist, album of the year for her album “Revolution,” and won in the video category for “The House That Built Me.” | cma awards, Miranda Lambert, #cmas, Loretta Lynn, CMAs, Blake Shelton, Sugarland, Zac Brown, Aldean, Keith Urban, Chesney, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Vince Gill |
| 17 | 1847 | |
Sports | NFL | Top topics: Jason Garrett was named interim head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and people discussed Chad Pennington as the new starting QB for the Miami Dolphins. | Jason Garrett, Pennington, Jerry Rice, Austin Collie, Clay Matthews, Tim Tebow, Mike Vick, Arian Foster, Welker, Peyton Hillis, Hines Ward, Jacoby Ford, Wade Philips, Mike Wallace, RAIDERS WIN, Ndamukong Suh, OchoCinco, NFL Countdown, Calvin Johnson, Terrell Owens, Percy Harvin, Collinsworth, Polamalu, Randle, Chad Henne, Jim Brown, Gus Johnson, Jason Campbell, Gruden |
| 18 | 1786 | |
Holiday or Date | Guy Fawkes Day | Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in UK and it's celebrated in UK on Bonfire Night, November 5th. | |
| 19 | 1777 | |
Meme | #BoringMovies | People are rewording movie titles to make them sound like boring movies. | |
| 20 | 1689 | |
Entertainment | Conan (TV Show) | Conan O'Brien returned to the airwaves this week with his new show on TBS titled simply "Conan." Tom Hanks and Jack White were popular guests. | #Teamcoco, Jack White, Hanks, #conanreturns, Soundgarden, Watching Conan, Rogen, Seth Rogan |
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WTT 2010 Top 250 Twitter Topics/Trends ($75)
WTT 2010 Top Entertainment Twitter Topics/Trends ($25)
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