Facebook Reveals 2014’s Most Talked About Topics

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What was everyone talking about the most in 2014? Thanks to Facebook’s new Year in Review website, that answer is now easier than ever to find.

As part of its 2014 wrap-up, Facebook has revealed the year’s most-mentioned movies, TV shows, songs and entertainers, among other topics, via top-10 lists.

These top-10 lists were created after measuring how frequently a topic was mentioned in Facebook posts in 2014, which were then analyzed in an aggregated, anonymized way, and ranked to create a snapshot of the year on the social media platform. View the lists below or visit the website.

Topics (US)
1. Ebola Virus Outbreak
2. Ice Bucket Challenge
3. Robin Williams
4. Super Bowl
5. Michael Brown & Ferguson
6. World Cup
7. Conflict in Gaza
8. Midterm Elections
9. Malaysia Airlines
10. ISIS

Places (US)
1. Disney Properties
2. Universal Studios Hollywood
3. Times Square
4. Yosemite National Park
5. Grand Canyon National Park
6. Yellowstone National Park
7. Yankee Stadium
8. Las Vegas Strip
9. Hollywood Walk of Fame
10. Madison Square Garden

Athletes (US)
1. LeBron James
2. Derek Jeter
3. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
4. Lionel Messi
5. Peyton Manning
6. Carmelo Anthony
7. Tim Howard
8. Luis Suarez
9. Cristiano Ronaldo
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Entertainers (US)
1. Beyoncé
2. Pharrell Williams
3. Nicki Minaj
4. Taylor Swift
5. Jimmy Fallon
6. Iggy Azalea
7. Katy Perry
8. Pitbull
9. John Legend
10. Kim Kardashian

TV Shows (US)
1. Game of Thrones
2. Orange is the New Black
3. The Walking Dead
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Downton Abbey
6. American Horror Story
7. Sons of Anarchy
8. True Detective
9. How I Met Your Mother
10. Scandal

Movies (US)
1. Frozen
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4. Maleficent
5. The Lego Movie
6. The Fault in our Stars
7. Transformers: Age of Extinction
8. Gone Girl
9. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
10. The Purge: Anarchy

Songs (US)
1. Happy – Pharrell
2. All of Me – John Legend
3. Stay with Me -Sam Smith
4. Turn Down for What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
5. Let It Go (from Frozen) – Idina Menzel
6. Drunk in Love – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
7. Anaconda – Nicki Minaj
8. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
9. Rude – Magic!
10. Fancy – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX

Games (US)
1. Cookie Jam
2. Bubble Witch 2 Saga
3. Candy Crush Soda Saga
4. Klondike
5. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
6. Old Vegas Slots
7. League of Angels
8. Hero Defense
9. SuperCity
10. Sparta: War of Empires

People We Lost (US)
1. Robin Williams
2. Joan Rivers
3. Maya Angelou
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman
5. Shirley Temple
6. Lauren Bacall
7. Casey Kasem
8. Tony Gwynn
9. Russell Johnson
10. Don Pardo

Icebucket Challenge Videos (US)
1. George Bush

 

2. Will Smith

 

3. Shakira

 

4. Mark Wahlberg

5. David Beckham

 

6. Lady Gaga

 

7. Steve-O

 

8. Bill Gates

 

9. Verne J Troyer

 

10. Prince Royce