Top Tweets of 2012
By: Big 2 News Staff
Updated: December 12, 2012
President Obama has the golden touch...on Twitter. The social networking site is out with the most retweeted tweets for 20-12. President Obama takes the top spot for his Election night tweet of "Four More Years"...along with a picture of him hugging first lady Michelle Obama. It got more than 810-thousand retweets and more than 300-thousand favorites.
Justin Bieber came in a distant second for his tweet about a young fan who passed away from a rare form of brain cancer. Twitter also rounded up the global events that generated the most tweets and retweets. The Summer Olympics from London generated over 150 million tweets. It spiked during the Spice Girls performance at the closing ceremonies, generating a peak of 116-thousand tweets per minute.
The first U-S presidential debate produced more than 10 million tweets. Over 31 million tweets were sent out on Election Day. Other most tweeted events include: the M-T-V Video Music Awards, the Superbowl and Superstorm Sandy.
Justin Bieber came in a distant second for his tweet about a young fan who passed away from a rare form of brain cancer. Twitter also rounded up the global events that generated the most tweets and retweets. The Summer Olympics from London generated over 150 million tweets. It spiked during the Spice Girls performance at the closing ceremonies, generating a peak of 116-thousand tweets per minute.
The first U-S presidential debate produced more than 10 million tweets. Over 31 million tweets were sent out on Election Day. Other most tweeted events include: the M-T-V Video Music Awards, the Superbowl and Superstorm Sandy.
