Twitter’s global reach was on full display in 2018. Cnet reports that international events such as the FIFA World Cup in Russia and the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, gave sports fans a lot to talk about on the social network. The closing day of the Olympics on Feb. 25 had the most tweets in 2018, Twitter said Wednesday. Basketball player LeBron James and rapper Kanye West were some of the most popular celebrities on Twitter, but South Korean boy band BTS dominated social media chatter again this year. The Korean pop group wasn’t only the most tweeted about in 2018. It surpassed former President Barack Obama for the most-liked tweet. The group also topped the lists for most tweeted about musicians and celebrities. With nearly 1.7 million likes, the most liked tweet in 2018 shows BTS member J-Hope dancing to Drake’s “In My Feelings” as part of a challenge that went viral on social media.
Obama’s tweet came close to topping the list with 1.6 million likes. In the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the 44th US president showed his support on Twitter for students rallying to end gun violence.   The most-retweeted tweet of 2018 was from Spanish YouTube personality El Rubius who posted the Spanish words for “Lemonade 2.0.” The YouTuber, which has more than 32 million subscribers, asked his followers to share the tweet if they wanted to enter a giveaway for a laptop, smartphone, gaming console and other prizes. He’s done a similar giveaway in 2016.

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