This morning, Twitter announced its end-of-year statistics for 2017. Among those statistics were the 10 most retweeted tweets of the year, and the three most liked tweets in the world this year. Here are the Top 10 Most Retweeted Tweets of 2017:
10. Seth Joesph, a former Viner and self-described social influencer, tweeted about suicide prevention.
suicide hotline 1-800-273-8255 1 person ends their life every 40 seconds will u take the time to retweet this & possibly save one of them?
9. Detroit Lions punter Sam Martin pledged to donate 6 pounds of dog food for every retweet he received (capped at $10,000) to Houston after the city was devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
Leo and I are donating 6 lbs of dog food to Houston for every retweet this gets!!!! RT RT RT RT!!
8. Barack Obama tweeted on his last day in office as president of the United States.
It's been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.
7. Traditionally, the NBA Champions visit the White House, but Golden State Warrior Steph Curry voiced hesitation about taking part in the trip this year. President Donald Trump took to Twitter to rescind the offer. So Cleveland Cavalier and NBA legend LeBron James tweeted his own thoughts.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!
6. Linkin Park tweeted a photo of lead singer Chester Bennington after he killed himself at age 41.
5. Obama tweeted the final line of his farewell address after delivering the full speech at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe—not in my ability to create change, but in yours.
4. After a terrorist attack in Manchester, England, killed 22 people attending an Ariana Grande concert, the pop star used Twitter to voice her feelings.
broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.
3. The Pennsylvania State University Interfraternity Council tweeted and pledged to donate 15 cents to Houston relief efforts for every retweet it received.
With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to… https://t.co/TZDnr4MDjF
2. After several hundred white nationalists marched on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Obama tweeted the below message.
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."
1. And 16-year-old Carter Wilkerson nabbed the top spot with not just the most retweeted tweet of 2017, but the most retweeted tweet of all time — by simply asking Wendy's for a year's supply of free chicken nuggets.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS
He got the nuggs.
And here are the Three Most Liked Tweets of 2017:
3. Obama took third place when he tweeted his support for former political rival John McCain after McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer.
John McCain is an American hero & one of the bravest fighters I've ever known. Cancer doesn't know what it's up against. Give it hell, John.
2. Ariana Grande's tweet after the Manchester attack was both the fourth most retweeted and the second most liked tweet of 2017.
broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.
1. And the most liked tweet of 2017 (as well as the second most retweeted) was Obama's message after the Charlottesville march, which has received more than 4.5 million individual likes so far.
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."