Most popular topics on Twitter in 2009

Here's a list of the top 10 trending topics in several categories tweeted about on Twitter in 2009. The most popular topic overall was the Iran elections. It's interesting to take a look back at 2009 through the filter of Twitter to see what was important (or at least what we tweeted about most.)



Here are the lists from Twitter blog:

News Events
1. #iranelection
2. Swine Flu
3. Gaza
4. Iran
5. Tehran
6. #swineflu
7. AIG
8. #uksnow
9. Earth Hour
10. #inaug09

People
1. Michael Jackson
2. Susan Boyle
3. Adam Lambert
4. Kobe (Bryant)
5. Chris Brown
6. Chuck Norris
7. Joe Wilson
8. Tiger Woods
9. Christian Bale
10. A-Rod (Alex Rodriguez)

Movies
1. Harry Potter
2. New Moon
3. District 9
4. Paranormal Activity
5. Star Trek
6. True Blood
7. Transformers 2
8. Watchmen
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. G.I. Joe

Story:http://www.gather.com/
Main source:http://blog.twitter.com/2009/12/top-twitter-trends-of-2009.html