#Covid19, #BlackLivesMatter top Twitter themes in 2020


The most retweeted message was the announcement of the death of Chadwick Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie Black Panther, in August. — AFP

The coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement topped the list of conversation topics on Twitter in a tumultuous year, the messaging platform said on Dec 7.

In a summary of trends, Twitter said the hashtag #Covid19 and other variations were tweeted nearly 400 million times, while #StayHome was the third biggest hashtag of the year.

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