What was the world tweeting about this past week? In a word: sports. Four out of ten of this week’s top trends come from global athletics.
But all that sports chatter couldn’t top GaGa, whose 25th birthday and 9 million followers sent her name straight to the top of this week’s chart.
A rumor about the death of martial arts movie star Jackie Chan began to percolate and pick up steam on Twitter around the middle of the week. Despite obvious indications of it being a hoax, celeb death rumors move a lot of tweets, and the surge positioned the trend at number two. So much for Twitter being a reliable breaking news network.
And rounding out the top set, soccer makes its regular appearance in the number three slot, thanks to a few popular international friendlies.
To see the full list of trends, check out the chart below, compiled by our friends at What the Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. The aggregate is based on Twitter’s own trending algorithm, and does not necessarily reflect raw tweet volume.
You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section, and read more about this past week's trends on What The Trend.
Top Twitter Trends This Week: 3/25 – 4/1
GaGa
