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| Rank | Points | Intensity | Category | Topic | Description | Subtrends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14,583 |  |
Entertainment | Rebecca Black | Rebecca Black is a 13 year old singer from Orange County, California with a music video on You Tube that many people find amusing or annoying. Her video has been viewed 46 million times. | Rebecca Black, FUN FUN FUN, friday |
| 2 | 10,830 | |
Hashtag | #100FactsAboutMe | Twitter users are disclosing "facts" about themselves. | |
| 3 | 4,375 | |
Hashtag | #ThreeWordsToLiveBy | People are sharing 3 words they live by. | |
| 4 | 3,594 | |
Science | Full Moon | Dubbed the “Supermoon,” last Saturday's full moon appeared 14% bigger and up to 30% brighter than normal. | #supermoon, Lincoln Memorial |
| 5 | 3,199 | |
Hashtag | #ICantDateAGirl | Reasons why users wouldn't date a woman. | |
| 6 | 2,872 | |
Science | H1N1 | Eugenia Sader, the Venezuelan Minister of Health, confirmed that there are 100 cases of influenza AH1N1 nationwide. There are concerns about the virus in other Latin American countries. | |
| 7 | 2,565 | |
Entertainment | UK Comic Relief | Red Nose Day is part of the UK Comic Relief campaign, an annual charity fundraiser held each March by the BBC. Funds are raised by a telethon and also by various "fun" events by celebrities, businesses and members of the public across the UK. | #rnd, #R1MoreMoyles, Smithy, Michael Mcintyre, Moyles, #ComicRelief, Miranda Hart, Karl Pilkington, Bell End, Peter Kay, Fearne Cotton, Ruby Wax, Alan Partridge, Annie Lennox, Gary Barlow, Gareth Malone, Lenny Henry, Heather Small, Misery Bear, Davina McCall, Harry Hill, Susan Boyle, Tom Ellis, Keira Knightly, Catherine Tate, Jack Dee, Marília Pêra, Claudia Winkleman, Ruth Jones |
| 8 | 2,287 | |
Hashtag | #StopRightThere | One of BET's 106 & Park show's daily hashtag trends. | |
| 9 | 2,192 | |
Hashtag | #MoviesILove | People are sharing their favorite films. | |
| 10 | 2,161 | |
News | Knut | A Berlin zoo official says world-famous polar bear Knut has died. Bear keeper Heiner Kloes said that four-year-old Knut died last Saturday afternoon while alone in his compound and the cause is not yet clear | |
| 11 | 2,026 | |
Entertainment | Elizabeth Taylor | Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress, has died at the age 79 of heart failure. She was a tireless fundraiser for HIV/AIDS research. | RIP Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, National Velvet, White Diamonds, Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor, HIV/AIDS, Gift Aid |
| 12 | 1,899 | |
Politics | Libyan Conflict | French Rafale fighter jets are flying combat flights over Libya. Missiles were fired from US warships on targets in Libya and Operation Odyssey Dawn is the name for this operation. | Operation Odyssey Dawn, Tomahawk, #obamamissionnames, Rafale, Französische Kampfjets, Mohammed Nabbous, Times Journalists, Oscar Arias, Bengasi, Benghazi, Waffenstillstand, Libya Releases, Khamis Gaddafi, Libyan Foreign Minister, Waffenruhe, Libia, Mohammad Nabbous, William Hague, Mediterraneo, Hilary Clinton |
| 13 | 1,808 | |
Hashtag | #ChurchRealityShows | Reality shows, church-style. | #churchrealityshows, Everybody Hates Lucifer, Jerusalem Shore |
| 14 | 1,624 | |
Hashtag | White People Stink | A tweet that got posted as a joke & got hundreds of RTs. If people stopped talking about it, it would disappear. | |
| 15 | 1,524 | |
Hashtag | #UKnowUUgly | How people know they are ugly. | |
| 16 | 1,510 | |
Sports | Soccer/Football | Gilson Kleina will take over as interim coach with Fluminense. He was assistant coach Abel in Marseille, Atlétrico-MG, Coritiba and Botafogo. American international Stuart Holden was the victim of an awful two-footed tackle by Manchester United centre back Johnny Evans that saw the defender lunge for a 50-50 ball and dive straight onto the midfielder's knee. | Gilson Kleina, #adoaja, Cesar Farias, Stuart Holden, Inter-Schalke, #championsleaguedraw, Neil Etheridge, Caio Junior, Jay Spearing, Kidiaba, Robert Green, Eric Abidal, Johnny Evans, Gary Lineker, #enacional, Peric, América-MEX, #rodfey, Radovic, Shaktar Donetsk, Ramires, Barça-Shaktar, Cabofriense, Richard Paez, Vasco 2x0 Botafogo, Leandro Damião, Chiquimarco, Kelvin Etuhu, Benfica-PSV, David Luiz, Gazale, Esteban Vigo, Unicaja, Seamus Coleman, Eder Luiz, Terry Dunfield, Joel Santana, Shakthar, Ramón Aramayo, Esteban Vigo, Mike Dean, Vinicius Pacheco, Mario Balotelli, Michel Platini, Luiz Suarez, Charlie Adam, Dani Alves, Diego Souza, Cobresal, Deola, Gamberini, Immers, Verhoeven, Rogério Ceni, Carlton Cole, Odemwingie, Jeffren, Layun, Deco, Taison, Madrid-Barça, Getafe, Goian, Rafa, Kevin Phillips, Mensah, Rochela, FPV, Jim Gannon |
| 17 | 1,391 | |
Entertainment | Alexz Johnson | Alexz Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for her role as Jude Harrison in the CTV series Instant Star. | Alexz Johnson, Instant Star |
| 18 | 1,154 | |
Sports | UFC | Ultimate Fighting Championships 128 was held with many notable matches including Shogun v.s. Jones; Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub and Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland. | #ufc128, Bones Jones, Cro Cop, Schaub, Urijah Faber, Jim Miller, Shogun, Marquardt, Lyoto, Wineland, Luiz Cane, Rashad Evans, Shalorus, LHW, Eddie Wineland, Nate Marquardt, Kamal Shalorus, Bruce Buffer, Mirko, Eliot Marshall |
| 19 | 1,133 | |
Hashtag | #ThatWasAwkward | Awkward situations | |
| 20 | 1,070 | |
Meme | Perfect Couples | Perfect Couples is an NBC sitcom. But today, people are just mentioning people or things that are perfect together. |
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WTT 2010 Top 250 Twitter Topics/Trends ($75)
WTT 2010 Top Entertainment Twitter Topics/Trends ($25)
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