Sunday, October 10, 2010

Top Twitter Trends This Week

I don't personally Tweet but I often wonder about what I would say if I had a Twitter account. Here's a look at what people are actually tweeting about. (Courtesy of Mashable)

Top Twitter Trends This Week: 10/2 – 10/8

Rank
Topic
Top Index This Week
Intensity
Description
#1
Brazilian Election
3
1
The Brazilian general election was held Oct 3, 2010. Marina Silva, the Green Party candidate running for the presidency, had her own hashtag (#marina43) and was the most popular by tweet volume. Dilma Rousseff took over 46% of the actual votes cast, Social Democrat Jose Serra got 32%, and Marina Silva scored 19%. Since no one candidate garnered above 50% of the vote, there will be a run-off election at the end of the month.
#2
Glee (TV Show)
1
2
The character Finn, on the TV show Glee, saw a Jesus impression burnt into his grilled cheese on the October 5th episode, thus the episode name "Grilled Cheesus."
#3
NFL
1
2
The most discussed news from the world of Major League Football was Randy Moss being traded from the New England Patriots to the Minnesota Vikings.
#4
Nobel Prize
1
2
The 2010 Nobel Prizes were announced this week. People most discussed Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer, who won in the field of Literature, and British physiologist Robert Edwards, who won the Nobel Prize for medicine for his work on the development of human in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
#5
Dutch Politics
1
1
The Dutch Christian Democrats (CDA) formed a coalition with the Dutch Liberals (VVD) and with formal support of the Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) in an effort to form a minority government.
#6
Fan of a Fan Remix
1
1
People discussed a leaked remix (featuring Drake, T.I., Fabulous, Kanye West, Andre 3000 and Rick Ross) of Chris Brown’s hit song "Deuces," from the Fan of a Fan mixtape.
#7
MLB
1
1
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter against the Reds in the National League playoffs.
#8
Twitter
2
1
People continued to tweet about Twitter.com’s new design.
#9
106 & Park (TV Show)
1
1
The BET live music show 106 & Park celebrated 10 years on the air this week with an anniversary special.
#10
NBA 2K11
4
1
2K Sports’ latest title NBA 2K11 was released this week, with people lining up at Gamestop to grab the game at midnight.

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