Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

This week's list of top Twitter trends reads more like a deck of Pictionary clues than a snapshot of the real-time web.

Car manufacturer Nissan trumped all entertainment, sports and news topics thanks to a much-discussed YouTube commercial making the rounds in Brazil. And as we've seen before, Brazil's Twitterati can make or break a trend with ease.

In the number two slot, popcorn flick Cowboys & Aliens generated buzz as audiences shared their reviews during its first week in theaters. Fair enough.

Number three? Christmas. Yep.

Christmas.

In fact, we haven't seen Christmas crack the top trends since, well, Christmas.

Entertainment and holidays nab the rest of the list, with talk of the debt ceiling legislation nowhere to be found in the top trends.

Seriously Twitter, maybe you should lie down for a while.

You can check Twitter trends from the past in our Top Twitter Topics section.

Top Twitter Trends This Week:












Rank

Topic

Intensity

Description

#1

Nissan

2

Nissan had a Brazilian commercial on YouTube for the Nissan Frontier Xe 4x2 which generated a lot of attention and conversation.

#2

Cowboys & Aliens

2

Movie fans were very excited about this blockbuster film released on July 29.

#3

Christmas

2

Twitter users are getting a jump on the December holiday by writing their wish lists in August.

#4

Soccer/Football

1

Top football trends this week were Jurgen Klinsmann, #sorteiodacopa, Joey Barton, Luanel Messi and Celso Roth.

#5

Norway Bombing/Shooting

1

In reaction to these events, #AMomentOfSilence trended last week.

#6

Phineas & Ferb

1

Disney's Phineas & Ferb: Across the Second Dimension movie came to theaters on August 5 after trending for four weeks straight on Twitter.

#7

Ramadan

1

This week marked the beginning of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from dawn until sunset and also give to charity..

#8

Jersey Shore

1

The premiere of the latest season of Jersey Shore debuted this week on MTV, setting network viewing records.

#9

Justin Bieber

1

Justin Bieber trended again this week when he gave his best friend Ryan Butler a fresh haircut. It trended globally.

#10

SNSD

1

Tiffany Hwang, a member of Korean band SNSD/Girls' Generation, celebrated her 23rd birthday on August 1, and the band's fans got her name to trend..


Data aggregate courtesy of What the Trend.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, 123render
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