"If it happens in the world, it happens on twitter"
With 2020 nearly upon us, twitter's statisticians have done some serious number-crunching to reveal all the top trends from 2019.
And it seems that Larry, the little blue bird, is flapping his wings faster than ever, with 145 million people using the platform on a daily basis.
It will come as no surprise to you that #Brexit was Ireland's most tweeted about topic during the year - plus the top trender internationally - but what else peaked our interest in the world of handles and hashtags?
Dermot and Dave chat to the Senior Executive at Twitter Ireland, Barry Collins, about what was hot - like remember when were blown away by Storm Lorenzo without actually being blown away? Talk about an anti-climax:
Live update on #Lorenzo https://t.co/nJH7WX1ePK
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) October 1, 2019
Bad news for Man U fans as @LiverpoolFC were the most mentioned sports franchise in Ireland:
Forget Peaky Blinders & Game of Thrones, @LoveIsland was the most talked about TV show here over the past 12 months. Well it did have a pretty big Irish influence in Maura and Greg:
The moment Amber and Greg found out they were the WINNERS of #LoveIsland 2019! pic.twitter.com/CHIR72CQ43
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) July 29, 2019
Who made it #1 on the top music handles? The American Sweetheart himself, of course:
seriously one of the most personal songs I’ve ever written. this song means a lot to me, but it will mean even more if it becomes successful x
listen right now https://t.co/6q1DZ1EEM0 pic.twitter.com/YVr2NFZyRm
— America’s Sweetheart (@LewisCapaldi) November 19, 2019
Then there's the 'Ballyhaunis 3':
When I was in the city last week, these three Irishmen asked me to take a photo of them, but none of them had phones.
“you’ll take the picture and we’ll find it someday”
so if by some strange turn of events anyone knows these guys, here’s their photo pic.twitter.com/ZrPvKXusJ7— Christina (@CBones705) May 12, 2019
And what about one of the best tweets ever - it's...............#WagathaChristie
This has been a burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it...... pic.twitter.com/0YqJAoXuK1
— Coleen Rooney (@ColeenRoo) October 9, 2019
Jonathan Walters' retirement also struck a chord:
Isn’t it ironic...my Achilles heel has literally been my Achilles heel and finished me off!
I am now retired from playing football
It’s been epic
Veni vidi vici pic.twitter.com/ZC3m0LmYn5
— Jonathan Walters (@JonWalters19) March 22, 2019
As did Bonnie Greer having our back on the world stage:
Oh my god Bonnie Greer if Ireland ever has a Queen, is nominate you https://t.co/sOhPF2CTtx
— Nicola Coughlan (@nicolacoughlan) October 4, 2019
Check out Barry's update in full by pressing the play button on screen.
