Twitter reveals 2011’s most popular

TWITTER has revealed that Charlie Sheen and the Egyptian uprising were amongst the most popular subjects for hashtags in 2011.

Twitter reveals 2011’s most popular
Wed, 07 Dec, 2011 - 00:00
Linda Welch, San Francisco

#egypt was the most used hashtag — a group of tweets gathered around the same subject — showing how integral the site was to the uprising against Hosni Mubarak’s regime that triggered the Arab Spring.

This was followed by #tigerblood, referring to a comment made by Sheen after his sacking from sitcom Two and a Half Men.

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