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12-09-2015, 04:42 PM
The year's buzziest movie is apparently more important than you realized -- at least on Facebook.
The social network on Wednesday unveiled its "Year in Review (http://forums.calgaryn.com/yearinreview.fb.com)" feature, which lists the most popular topics this year. The United States presidential election topped the rankings both in America and globally, while "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" proved to be a bit more popular for U.S. users than the "fight against ISIS." Go figure.
Facebook said in an email to press that the list was collected according to "how frequently a topic was mentioned in Facebook posts made between January 1 and December 1, 2015." The data was pulled from the platform anonymously.
While we wouldn't leap to conclusions based on how popular topics are on Facebook -- perhaps not the first place you turn for serious discourse about the world's most pressing issues -- the list nonetheless serves as an interesting indicator of what 1.55 billion people (http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/) were thinking about this year.
One notable topic that's completely MIA from the global and U.S. lists: Climate change. World leaders are working to draw an accord on global warming in Paris (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=news/paris-cop21/) this month, but the issue didn't seem to generate much buzz among Facebook users.
We've collected some of the lists below. For the full picture, visit Facebook's Year in Review feature (http://yearinreview.fb.com/2015/).
Most Talked-About Topics In The United States
For Americans, the election and marriage equality dominated conversations on Facebook this year. So did "The Force Awakens" and the Super Bowl.
U.S. Presidential Election
Marriage Equality
Charleston Shooting & Flag Debate
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Baltimore Protests
Planned Parenthood
Super Bowl
Nov. 13 Attacks in Paris
Fight Against ISIS
Nepal Earthquakes
Most Talked-About Topics Globally
The leading topics around the world were pretty dark this year -- terrorist attacks, the Syrian refugee crisis, earthquakes in Nepal and so on.
U.S. Presidential Election
Nov. 13 Attacks in Paris
Syrian Civil War & Refugee Crisis
Nepal Earthquakes
Greek Debt Crisis
Marriage Equality
Fight Against ISIS
Charlie Hebdo Attack
Baltimore Protests
Charleston Shooting & Flag Debate
Most Talked-About Movies Globally
No surprises here.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
"Furious 7"
"Jurassic World"
"Avengers: Age of Ultron"
"American Sniper"
"Straight Outta Compton"
"Fifty Shades of Grey"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Magic Mike XXL"
"Pitch Perfect 2"
Most Talked-About Politicians Globally
Barack Obama edges out Donald Trump.
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Dilma Rousseff
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Recep Tayyip Erdo?an
Muhammadu Buhari
Narendra Modi
Benjamin Netanyahu
Most Talked-About Athletes Globally
Get ready to punch something.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Manny Pacquiao
Ronda Rousey
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Tom Brady
Stephen Curry
LeBron James
Serena Williams
Carlos Tevez
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The social network on Wednesday unveiled its "Year in Review (http://forums.calgaryn.com/yearinreview.fb.com)" feature, which lists the most popular topics this year. The United States presidential election topped the rankings both in America and globally, while "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" proved to be a bit more popular for U.S. users than the "fight against ISIS." Go figure.
Facebook said in an email to press that the list was collected according to "how frequently a topic was mentioned in Facebook posts made between January 1 and December 1, 2015." The data was pulled from the platform anonymously.
While we wouldn't leap to conclusions based on how popular topics are on Facebook -- perhaps not the first place you turn for serious discourse about the world's most pressing issues -- the list nonetheless serves as an interesting indicator of what 1.55 billion people (http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/) were thinking about this year.
One notable topic that's completely MIA from the global and U.S. lists: Climate change. World leaders are working to draw an accord on global warming in Paris (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=news/paris-cop21/) this month, but the issue didn't seem to generate much buzz among Facebook users.
We've collected some of the lists below. For the full picture, visit Facebook's Year in Review feature (http://yearinreview.fb.com/2015/).
Most Talked-About Topics In The United States
For Americans, the election and marriage equality dominated conversations on Facebook this year. So did "The Force Awakens" and the Super Bowl.
U.S. Presidential Election
Marriage Equality
Charleston Shooting & Flag Debate
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Baltimore Protests
Planned Parenthood
Super Bowl
Nov. 13 Attacks in Paris
Fight Against ISIS
Nepal Earthquakes
Most Talked-About Topics Globally
The leading topics around the world were pretty dark this year -- terrorist attacks, the Syrian refugee crisis, earthquakes in Nepal and so on.
U.S. Presidential Election
Nov. 13 Attacks in Paris
Syrian Civil War & Refugee Crisis
Nepal Earthquakes
Greek Debt Crisis
Marriage Equality
Fight Against ISIS
Charlie Hebdo Attack
Baltimore Protests
Charleston Shooting & Flag Debate
Most Talked-About Movies Globally
No surprises here.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
"Furious 7"
"Jurassic World"
"Avengers: Age of Ultron"
"American Sniper"
"Straight Outta Compton"
"Fifty Shades of Grey"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Magic Mike XXL"
"Pitch Perfect 2"
Most Talked-About Politicians Globally
Barack Obama edges out Donald Trump.
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Dilma Rousseff
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Recep Tayyip Erdo?an
Muhammadu Buhari
Narendra Modi
Benjamin Netanyahu
Most Talked-About Athletes Globally
Get ready to punch something.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Manny Pacquiao
Ronda Rousey
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Tom Brady
Stephen Curry
LeBron James
Serena Williams
Carlos Tevez
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=terms.html/) It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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