Here Are Indian Twitter's Most Retweeted & Liked Tweets Of 2021
Twitter revealed the most liked and retweeted tweets in India for the year 2021. Twitter also revealed the most used emoji in India
Twitter has had quite the year in India. With issues stemming from the introduction of new IT rules in the country to the backlash it faced for labelling certain Tweets as "misleading" - the social networking platform hasn't had much time to breathe. The platform also acted as a directory during the peak of Covid-19 in the summer of 2021.
In many ways, 2021 was a big year for Big Tech - the pandemic pushed us deeper into digital dependency and calls for regulation of platforms like Twitter grew louder globally.
Now, Twitter has revealed what made the most waves on its platform over the course of 2021.
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Most retweeted Tweet of 2021
During the peak of the devastating Delta Covid-19 wave this summer, Australian cricketer Pat Cummins shared a message about donating to India's Covid-19 relief fund.
¡ª Pat Cummins (@patcummins30) April 26, 2021
This, it turns out, is the most retweeted Tweet on Indian Twitter in 2021 with over 114,000 retweets. It was also the most quoted Tweet in India this year. AS of now, the Tweet has been quoted almost 22,000 times.
Most liked Tweet of 2021
India loves celebrities. When Virat Kohli announced the birth of his daughter on Twitter, the platform was thrown into a frenzy.
¡ª Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 11, 2021
The announcement is the most liked Tweet of 2021, with over 538,200 likes so far. It's amazing how the most liked tweet of 2020 in India was about the announcement of his wife Anushka Sharma's pregnancy.
Most Tweeted hashtags of 2021
India has had a monumental year in terms of politics as well as due to the ongoing pandemic which ripped through the country's heartland in the summer of 2021.
In the absence of adequate healthcare services, people were forced to find resources themselves on Twitter, making #COVID19 the most used hashtag on Twitter over the year.
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The year was also monumental for democratic rights and the right to protest. Farmers took the centre stage of national discourse after the government unanimously introduced three farm laws that have now been repealed. #FarmersProtest was the second-most Tweeted hashtag of the year.
Indians love watching sports, and the hashtags #TeamIndia as well as #Tokyo2020 are testimony to that fact. From the T20 World Cup to the Tokyo Olympics, sports events created quite the buzz on Twitter India, along with #IPL2021.
Most Tweeted Emoji
Emoji are increasingly becoming the primary mode to depict one's emotions without using a lot of words. As is true for all trends, emoji are heavily used on Twitter.
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The most-tweeted emoji in 2021 was folded hands - ? . It was followed by the face with tears of joy - ? and fire emoji - ?, that become the second and third-most used emoji on Twitter during 2021.
Are these Twitter trends in line with what you saw on the platform over the course of 2021? Let us know in the comments below. For more in the world of tech and science, keep reading Indiatimes.com.
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