Most popular on Twitter in 2010

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the most tweeted topic in 2010, followed by the World Cup in South Africa, the movie Origin ( Inception ) and the earthquake in Haiti. Also in the top ten made public today by Twitter are Apple’s iPad tablet (6) and the late Pulpo Paul (10), who “predicted” the Spanish victory in the World Cup in South Africa.

Regarding the news most disseminated through the microblogging platform by its almost 200 million users, the BP spill also appears in the first position, followed by two natural disasters: the earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan. . Fourth place is for the recent Korean conflict. Also featured in the ranking are the rescue of Chilean miners (in fifth position), the famous Wikileaks leaks (7), Hurricane Earl (8) and World AIDS Day (10).

In the field of technological innovations, the most tweeted has been ‘Apple iPad’, followed by ‘Google Android’, ‘Apple iOS’, ‘Apple iPhone’ and ‘Call of Duty Black Ops’.

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