Twitter annual review 2021
Nobody was mentioned more often than Karl Lauterbach
Karl Lauterbach, who recently became the new Federal Minister of Health, tops the list of German personalities on Twitter.
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Corona and the election were two of the determining topics on Twitter in 2021 and Karl Lauterbach was the most frequently mentioned user in Germany.
Which topics and personalities were trending on Twitter in 2021? The short message service has published its annual review. Accordingly, the ongoing corona pandemic and the federal election in particular moved people. So it is hardly surprising that the new Federal Minister of Health and SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach (58) was the Twitter user most frequently mentioned by German users between January 1 and November 15.
Behind them with the exception of star entrepreneur Elon Musk (50) in second place, satirist and presenter Jan Böhmermann (40) in fourth and one of the largest German streamers, MontanaBlack (33), in ninth place, exclusively other German politicians. Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (60, CDU) lands on the three, the new Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (40) from the Greens in fifth, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (54, CSU) on the six and Lauterbach’s predecessor Jens Spahn (41, CDU) in seventh place. The newly appointed Chancellor Olaf Scholz (63, SPD) secured eighth place and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (42, FDP) completed the top ten.
International top list and athletes
Internationally, Musk tops the list. US President Joe Biden (79) follows on the two; in front of India’s Prime Minister Naendra Modi (71) on the three. Although his own account was permanently blocked at the beginning of the year, ex-President Donald Trump (75) made it to fourth place. Behind them are Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (45) in eighth, US Vice President Kamala Harris (57) in ninth and Donald Trump Jr. (43) in tenth.
Football is king among athletes. The superstars Lionel Messi (34), Neymar (29) and Cristiano Ronaldo (36) – places one to three – lead in front of Kylian Mbappé (22) in fifth, Marcus Rashford (24) in seventh, Karim Benzema (33) Eighth place and Paul Pogba (28) in ninth place. In between are basketball player LeBron James (36) on the four and American football player Tom Brady (44) on the six. Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), who tragically passed away last year, closes the top ten.
The trending hashtags and tweets
Corona and politics also dominate the hashtags most frequently used in Germany during this period. #corona is in first place in front of #bitcoin, #laschet, #imektion and #cdu. This is followed by # btw21, #nft, #twitch, #berlin and #merkel.
“I would like to thank everyone who supported me as #Health Minister here on Twitter”, thanked Lauterbach recently and was able to get more than 106,000 “Likes” reports, among other things. However, that doesn’t compare to the number of top international tweets for the year.
Biden booked with his tweet “It’s a new day in America” (Eng. “It’s a new day in America.”), As part of his inauguration, a total of four million likes and thus leads the top five most successful posts. Following Twitter itselfEx-US President Barack Obama (60), Vice President Harris and the satire account @ barronjohn1946.