Damn Daniel over Kanye; a Spanish gamer over Harry Styles; Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead dominating the TV conversation. With another year of entertainment storylines in the books, the team at Twitter looked back at the top moments across the category. They also introduced a #ThisHappened campaign to get people to tweet their own favorite moments of 2016.
Below, some highlights from the entertainment category:
Here are the trending topics that people talked about on Twitter in 2016:
Rio2016
Election2016
PokemonGo
Euro2016
Oscars
Brexit
Blacklivesmatter
Trump
RIP
GameofThrones
Top Global Retweets:
LIMONADA
— elrubius (@Rubiu5) August 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/statuses/694229236677120000
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/statuses/796394920051441664
Top Trending TV Shows:
#GameOfThrones (Game of Thrones)
#TheWalkingDead (The Walking Dead)
#GreysAnatomy (Grey’s Anatomy)
#DescendantsOfTheSun (Descendants of the Sun)
#MasterChefbr (Masterchef Brasil)
#OITNB (Orange is the New Black)
#StrangerThings (Stranger Things)
#Empire (Empire)
#TheVoice (The Voice)
#Bbb16 (Big Brother Brasil)
Top Trending Movies:
#StarWars (Star Wars)
#SuicideSquad (Suicide Squad)
#Deadpool (Deadpool)
#HarryPotter (Harry Potter)
#Batmanvsuperman (Batman vs Superman)
#CaptainAmericaCivilWar (Captain America Civil War)
#FindingDory (Finding Dory)
#TheRevenant (The Revenant)
#Zootopia (Zootopia)
#Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters)
Most Retweets in Movie/TV:
Thank you to the Academy and the incredible cast & crew of #TheRevenant. #Oscars
— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) February 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/statuses/754818471465287680
https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/statuses/776160301225947137
Most Followed Celebrities:
Katy Perry
Justin Bieber
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Ellen DeGeneres
Justin Timberlake
Kim Kardashian West
Britney Spears
Selena Gomez
Top Trending Award Shows:
#Oscars
#Grammys
#VMAs
#TeenChoice
#Kca
#IHeartAwards
#GoldenGlobes
#Bbmas
#Emmys
#BetAwards
Top Trending Artists:
#Exo
#Jimin
#Prince
#JustinBieber
#DavidBowie
#OneDirection
#Bambam
#Beyonce
#Jin
#Jungkook
Top Trending Topics in Music:
#Grammys
#VMAs
#MannequinChallenge
#SoGoneChallenge
#FreeKesha
#Views
#IHeartAwards
#Lemonade
#RipChristina
#Exo
Most RTs (Music):
https://twitter.com/Harry_Styles/statuses/694229236677120000
https://twitter.com/Louis_Tomlinson/statuses/692558445262802945
https://twitter.com/Louis_Tomlinson/statuses/690859667224928256
Top Trending Challenges:
#MannequinChallenge
#SoGoneChallenge
#RunningManChallenge
#HuhChallenge
#TrustFallChallenge
Most Tweeted Videos (US):
Damn Daniel pic.twitter.com/Va10hmpePO
— Joshua Holz (@Josholzz) February 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/statuses/789586804450000896
https://twitter.com/chancetherapper/statuses/763459111610646528
https://twitter.com/itsrywoods/statuses/791783994891177984
https://twitter.com/madam_yvonne/statuses/776428193154600961
https://twitter.com/ItsSoccerVines/statuses/740264780385128448
https://twitter.com/NationalZoo/statuses/690915532539838464
https://twitter.com/adamcald11/statuses/785878268427644928
https://twitter.com/ThatShamuGuy/statuses/786046486970859520
https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/statuses/694472734085111808
Most Tweeted GIFs:
https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/statuses/746475768226713604
https://twitter.com/_gamemix_/statuses/705007896568795136
https://twitter.com/LiamPayne/statuses/707525301937512450
Top Trends in News and Politics:
Election2016
Brexit
Blacklivesmatter
LoveisLove
PrayforOrlando
AltonSterling
InternationalWomenDay
PanamaPapers
PrayforNice
Turkey