Trump, Chadwick Boseman, BTS Dominate Twitter In 2...

Trump, Chadwick Boseman, BTS Dominate Twitter In 2020

The death of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, followed by US President Donald Trump, his Democratic opponent winner in the November elections, Joe Biden, and K-Pop group BTS who were the No.1 most-tweeted -about musicians in the United States for a fourth straight year, have dominated Twitter in the year 2020.

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— Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020

The announcement of the death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman was the most shared on Twitter worldwide in 2020 and got the most “likes” of any Tweet ever, the social media platform said on Monday.

The August 28 post by Boseman’s family saying the actor had died of colon cancer at age 43 was “liked” more than 7.5 million times, Twitter said, releasing data of the most shared events on its platform for 2020.

As of Monday (Dec7), the tweet had 2.1 million retweets and 924,500 quote tweets (3.1 million total), 165,600 comments and 7.5 million likes.

U.S. President Donald Trump, himself a prolific user of Twitter, was the person most tweeted about worldwide in 2020, followed by his Democratic opponent and winner in the November elections, Joe Biden.

K-Pop group BTS was the No.1 most tweeted about musicians in the U.S. for a fourth straight year, reflecting the South Korean boy band’s milestones on the U.S. singles charts and successes at award shows.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama’s tribute to Kobe Bryant as a “legend on the court” after the death of the basketball player in a helicopter crash in January, was second among likes and retweets.

George Floyd, the Black man whose death in May in Minneapolis under the knee of a white police officer prompted worldwide protests against racism, was the third most tweeted about person in the world in 2020.

While the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter was the second-most popular after #COVID19, Twitter said.
Rapper Kanye West, who ran for the White House in November and whose mental health raised concerns, took second place among musicians, Twitter said.

Even though many sports went on pause and looked a bit different when they returned, there were still two billion Tweets about sports. No stadium? No problem. With no fans in seats and sports bars not an option, people turned to the sports community on Twitter to share their hot takes and feelings of excitement, disappointment, and in some cases reactions.