Rio, Rising, and Robbie’s goal top Twitter trends

While the Rio Olympics, Donald Trump and the PokemonGo phenomenom took Twitter by storm globally, the Boys in Green and the unprecedented general election got Irish people tweeting in 2016.

Political milestones such as Britain voting to leave the EU and the US election were among the most tweeted about topics worldwide, with #Brexit and #election2016 among top 10 global hashtags throughout the year, according to the study from social-media analytics firm Olytico.

Sporting moments also ranked high in Twitter’s list of global trends, with the hashtags #EURO2016 and #RIO2016.