#Egypt: the top hashtag on Twitter in 2011
A shop in Tahrir Square is spray painted with the word Twitter after the government shut off internet access on February 4, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Twitter said in December that ‘#Egypt’ was the top hashtag used around the world in 2011.
#Egypt was the most popular hashtag on Twitter in 2011, according to a new list published by the San Francisco-based social media company.
Thousands of young Egyptians took to the Twittersphere to post information about anti-government protests in the weeks leading up to February 11, when former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power.
Also on the Twitter list was #Jan25 – the date used in Egypt to refer to start of the country’s January uprising.
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Here is the complete list of hot topics and hashtags from 2011:
- #egypt
- #tigerblood
- #threewordstoliveby
- #idontunderstandwhy
- #japan
- #improudtosay
- #superbowl
- #jan25
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