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Thousands clash with police in Tehran after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Source: Reuters
The aftermath of the Iran elections was the top Twitter trend for 2009.
Among all the keywords, hashtags, and phrases that proliferated throughout the year, the Iranian election surfaced repeatedly among Twitter users.
The terms iranelection, Iran and Tehran were all in the top-21 of Trending Topics, and iranelection finished in a close second behind the regular weekly favorite musicmonday.
Iranelection lead in the news events category top-10 list, followed by Swine Flu at No. 2 and Gaza - referring to the Gaza/Israeli war - at No. 3
The most twittered person was Michael Jackson, followed by UK singing sensation Susan "I dreamed a dream" Boyle and American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.
Interestingly enough, Chuck Norris was in the top-10 at No. 6. Tiger Woods made it at number 8 and is a late entry.
Among movies, shock of all shocks, Harry Potter out-Twittered New Moon.
American Idol and Glee lead the top twittered TV shows.
The full list of the top 10 Twitter trends in the various lists are below:
News Events
1. #iranelection
2. Swine Flu
3. Gaza
4. Iran
5. Tehran
6. #swineflu
7. AIG
8. #uksnow
9. Earth Hour
10. #inaug09
People
1. Michael Jackson
2. Susan Boyle
3. Adam Lambert
4. Kobe (Bryant)
5. Chris Brown
6. Chuck Norris
7. Joe Wilson
8. Tiger Woods
9. Christian Bale
10. A-Rod (Alex Rodriguez)
Movies
1. Harry Potter
2. New Moon
3. District 9
4. Paranormal Activity
5. Star Trek
6. True Blood
7. Transformers 2
8. Watchmen
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. G.I. Joe
TV Shows
1. American Idol
2. Glee
3. Teen Choice Awards
4. SNL (Saturday Night Live)
5. Dollhouse
6. Grey's Anatomy
7. VMAS (Video Music Awards)
8. #bsg (Battlestar Galatica)
9. BET Awards
10. Lost
Sports (Teams, Events, Leagues)
1. Super Bowl
2. Lakers
3. Wimbledon
4. Cavs (Cleveland Cavaliers)
5. Superbowl
6. Chelsea
7. NFL
8. UFC 100
9. Yankees
10. Liverpool
Technology
1. Google Wave
2. Snow Leopard
3. Tweetdeck
4. Windows 7
5. CES
6. Palm Pre
7. Google Latitude
8. #E3
9. #amazonfail
10. Macworld
Hash Tags
1. #musicmonday
2. #iranelection
3. #sxsw
4. #swineflu
5. #nevertrust
6. #mm
7. #rememberwhen
8. #3drunkwords
9. #unacceptable
10. #iwish
