The Olympics came in at No. 6 on Facebook’s list of most talked-about topics of 2016.
A total of 277 million people had 1.5 billion interactions related to the Olympics this year. Facebook’s wrap-up of the Rio Olympics is here.
Facebook’s top 10 global topics of 2016:
- US Presidential Election
- Brazilian Politics
- Pokemon Go
- Black Lives Matter
- Rodrigo Duterte & Philippine Presidential Election
- Olympics
- Brexit
- Super Bowl
- David Bowie
- Muhammad Ali
The Rio Olympics marked the No. 1 global Twitter trend of 2016, topping the U.S. presidential election, Brexit and Pokemon Go.
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