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| Rank | Points | Intensity | Category | Topic | Description | Subtrends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,333 |  |
Holiday or Date | Father's Day | Father's Day trended well ahead of Sunday due to hashtags like #BestDad, #ThatsMyDad and #DaddySays. | #bestdad, #thatsmydad, #daddysays, Daddys Little Girls |
| 2 | 4,451 | |
Hashtag | #BigMistake | Users are sharing theirs or others big mistakes! | |
| 4 | 3,121 | |
Hashtag | #YouDumbAsHell | Twitter users are tweeting #youdumbashell to people whom they think are dumb as hell. | |
| 5 | 2,993 | |
Social Media | My Space | This week, many Twitter users remembered the time when they had a MySpace account. | #whenihadamyspace, MySpace |
| 6 | 2,907 | |
Entertainment | Lil Wayne | Dear Anne (Stan Part II) is a leaked Lil Wayne song, the sequal to Eminem's "Stan." It won't be on Lil Wayne's 9th studio album, Tha Carter IV, due out in August. | Dear Anne, Lil Wayne Unplugged, Stan Part |
| 7 | 2,733 | |
Hashtag | #SmallButPowerful | People are talking about things & individuals who are small but powerful. | |
| 8 | 2,681 | |
Meme | ▶Music♩♪♫♬ Volume | Twitter users just discovered that Twitter supports unicode. The entire twitterverse is enamored. ♥ | |
| 9 | 2,670 | |
Sports | NHL Stanley Cup/Vancouver Riots | The Boston Bruins won the NHL Stanley Cup in Game 7 on June 15th! But hockey climbed into our weekly Top 10 because unhappy Vancouver Canucks fans rioted in downtown Vancouver and people, reportedly, are looting merchandise from The Bay and London Drugs. In response Twitter users want to give Vancouver some advice (Dear Vancouver) after losing in the Stanley Cup Finals. | #canucksriot, Dear Vancouver, Dear Hockey Gods, Stanley Cup Champions, #analstainofcanada, Congrats Boston, Rob Brown, Air Canada, London Drugs, Mason Raymond, Bobby Lou, Tanner Glass, Bittersweet Symphony, Watching Game, Canucks win, Darren Pang, Rogers Arena, VPD, HNIC, SHORT HANDED GOAL, Pat Quinn, Ron Maclean, Chelsea Dagger, FRAGILE BIRD, Henrik Sedin, Stanley Cup Game, Don Cherry, BRUINS SCORE, LaPierre, Conn Smythe |
| 10 | 2,595 | |
Hashtag | #MySuperPowerWouldBe | Users are sharing what their super power would be if they could have one. | |
| 11 | 2,564 | |
Hashtag | #ImHappiestWhen | People are tweeting about events that make them happy. | |
| 12 | 2,512 | |
Hashtag | #DontLookAtMeIf | Twitter users want to know when they don't want to look at you. | |
| 13 | 2,493 | |
Sports | NBA Finals | The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat to win the 2011 NBA Finals in Game 6 on June 12th. Dirk Nowitzki was named MVP. Twitters responded with a mix of admiration for Maverick players and even more digs at the Miami Heat. | Dear Dirk, #heatlockerroomplaylist, Congrats Mavs, NBA CHAMPS, NBA CHAMPIONS, Lebron & Wade, Eric Dampier, Bosh Spice, #jasonkidd, Old Lesson, ESPN First Take, Bill Russel, NBA Championship, Marc Cuban, Star Spangled Banner, Jose Barea, Jim Rome, DeShawn Stevenson, Skip Bayless, TNT, One Shining Moment, Robert Horry, Dwight Howard, Mavs/Heat, Wade & Lebron, Offensive Rebounds, Mario Chalmers |
| 14 | 2,470 | |
Hashtag | #WakeMeUp | People naming circumstances when they want to be woken up. | |
| 15 | 2,004 | |
Entertainment | Tupac Shakur | June 16, 2011 marked the 40th anniversary of rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur's birth. 2Pac was killed on September 13, 1996 but has sold over 75 million records. | Thug Life, Tupac Amaru Shakur, #tupac, Dexter Isaac, Tupac Shakur, 2pac |
| 16 | 1,996 | |
Sports | Soccer/Football | Football players, managers & owners trending this week include Michael Ballack, Kevin Nolan, Roberto Martinez, Mike Ashley, Kyle Walker, Lionel Marlos and Alex McLeish. | Michael Ballack, Kevin Nolan, #carlingcup, Roberto Martinez, Mike Ashley, Kyle Walker, Bronzetti, Lionel Marlos, Alex McLeish, Gano Panama, #guardado, Nasri, Wigan, Arandina, Fideleff, Granada-Elche, Alan Shearer, Gervinho, Márcio Araújo, Zaira, Vizcarrondo, Granada-Celta, Wellington Paulista, Daiane, Gallardón, Rosell, Rafael Cruz, Vinicius Pacheco, Danny Welbeck, KaKa, Javi Martínez, Cafu Arismendi, Velez Campeon, Jordi Hurtado, Francia, Arturo Alvarez, Gilmar Fubá, Colombia Campeón, GOL CTM, Phil Jones, Pablito Barrera, Notts County, Tano, Aston Villa, Justino, Replay, Thiago Silva, Guti, Cuca, Budweiser, #neymarcaicai, Panama, Nederland, Futbol Americano, Jason Byrne, Deivid, Lavolpe, Peñarol 0x0 Santos, Marco Fabián, Carlo Costly, Carling Cup, Palermo, GOAL USA, Marlos, Alfredo Mejía, Cereceda, Peñarol, Benfica, Neto Berola, Radovic, Cibeles, Ney Franco, Rogério Ceni, Bandeirinha, Cafu, Hank Rhon, Amsterdam ArenA, Casemiro, Montillo, Marco Gonzalez, Airton, Alex Sandro, Dani Hernandez, Dagoberto, Mancienne, Wondo, Tinga, Modric, Teofilo Gutierrez |
| 17 | 1,938 | |
Entertainment | Justin Bieber | Justin Bieber trended this week just because his fans wanted to thank him for, well, just being him (#ThanksJustin) | #thanksjustin, #happybirthdayalfredo, #verifystudiomama, JustinMeetLizzie, Jinsu, Forever Alone, NIIICCEEE, #justinmeetlizzie, McLeish, Eliana |
| 18 | 1,837 | |
Politics | Venezuelan Politics | Although "Maldito Chavez" (Damn Chavez) has trended several times over the past year, this week it (and mentions of officials Alí Rodríguez Araque, Cilia Flores, Iris Valera & Elias Jaua) was high enough to push Venezuelans' discussion of national politics in into the Top 10. | Maldito Chavez, Alí Rodríguez Araque, Rodríguez Araque, Zulia, Cilia Flores, Iris Valera, Elias Jaua |
| 19 | 1,817 | |
Hashtag | #MyFavouriteCaptains | Users are naming their favorite "captains" and @RealCapnCrunch is responding to some who say "Captain Crunch." But the Pirates of the Caribbean's Captain Jack Sparrow is many people's "favorite captain." | #myfavouritecaptains, Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Kirk |
| 20 | 1,514 | Entertainment | Selena Gomez | Fans are sending good wishes to Selena Gomez who had a small health scare late last week. | #GetWellSelena, Whiplash, Selena Gomez |
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