Here's What We Talked About Most On Facebook In 2015

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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" 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 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 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.

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.

1. U.S. Presidential Election
   
2. Marriage Equality
   
3. Charleston Shooting & Flag Debate
   
4. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
   
5. Baltimore Protests
   
6. Planned Parenthood
   
7. Super Bowl
   
8. Nov. 13 Attacks in Paris
   
9. Fight Against ISIS
   
10. 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.

1. U.S. Presidential Election
   
2. Nov. 13 Attacks in Paris
   
3. Syrian Civil War & Refugee Crisis
   
4. Nepal Earthquakes
   
5. Greek Debt Crisis
   
6. Marriage Equality
   
7. Fight Against ISIS
   
8. Charlie Hebdo Attack
   
9. Baltimore Protests
   
10. Charleston Shooting & Flag Debate

Most Talked-About Movies Globally


No surprises here.

1. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
   
2. "Furious 7"
   
3. "Jurassic World"
   
4. "Avengers: Age of Ultron"
   
5. "American Sniper"
   
6. "Straight Outta Compton"
   
7. "Fifty Shades of Grey"
   
8. "Mad Max: Fury Road"
   
9. "Magic Mike XXL"
   
10. "Pitch Perfect 2"

Most Talked-About Politicians Globally


Barack Obama edges out Donald Trump.

1. Barack Obama
   
2. Donald Trump
   
3. Dilma Rousseff
   
4. Hillary Clinton
   
5. Bernie Sanders
   
6. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
   
7. Recep Tayyip Erdo?an
   
8. Muhammadu Buhari
   
9. Narendra Modi
   
10. Benjamin Netanyahu 

Most Talked-About Athletes Globally


Get ready to punch something.

1. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
   
2. Manny Pacquiao 
   
3. Ronda Rousey
   
4. Lionel Messi
   
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
   
6. Tom Brady
   
7. Stephen Curry
   
8. LeBron James
   
9. Serena Williams
   
10. Carlos Tevez 

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