Harry Styles led the way.
By Sreejith Vallikunnu
Social media giant Twitter has revealed the most popular retweeted tweets of 2015. ‘One Direction’, commonly abbreviated as 1D which is a pop boy band based in London dominated the social media site in 2015.
According to data from Twitter, ‘One Direction’ members are responsible for the most retweeted tweets of the year.
The top three tweets of the year were penned by Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne.
Here is the list which is based on re-tweets of tweets by verified users from January 1 to November.
- Harry Styles
English singer and ‘One Direction’ member Harry Style’s tweet at the time when news broke that ‘One Direction’ member Zayn Malik was parting ways with the group tops the list.
All the love as always. H
— Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) March 26, 2015
- Zayn Malik
A tweet of singer Zayn Malik, who left the ‘One Direction’ band, in support to his former band mates’ song “Drag Me Down”. He tweeted a few days after the announcement of his agreement with RCA.
Proud of my boys the new single is sick.
Big love. :) x— zayn (@zaynmalik) August 1, 2015
- Liam Payne
‘One Direction’ member Liam Payne tweeted when the band members celebrated their five-year anniversary. He thanked his teammates for the journey.
Wowwwww 5 years 5 boys what an amazing journey I couldn't thank you all ever enough and thank you Louis Niall Harry and zayn for everything
— Liam (@LiamPayne) July 23, 2015
- Barack Obama
The U.S president Barack Obama had tweeted on June 26 when the Supreme Court voted for marriage equality nationwide. It has nearly 450,000 re-tweets. He was affirming his agreement with the Supreme Court’s ruling to legalize gay marriage in the US.
Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins
— President Obama (@POTUS44) June 26, 2015
- Louis Tomlinson
Pop singer and ‘One Direction’ member Louis Tomlinson
Tweeted his appreciation for 1D fans On May 7. It has over 410,000 re-tweets.
Our fans support really has been a different class ! Huge love to you guys !!
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) May 7, 2015
- King Salman of Saudi Arabia
Shortly after King Salman was crowned King of Saudi Arabia, he sent a message of prayer and support to his people via twitter. It has over 370,000 re-tweets.
أيها الشعب الكريم : تستحقون أكثر ومهما فعلت لن أوفيكم حقكم، أسال الله على أن يعينني وإياكم على خدمة الدين والوطن، ولاتنسوني من دعائكم.
— سلمان بن عبدالعزيز (@KingSalman) January 29, 2015
- Niall Horan
Birthday greetings from Niall Horan to ‘One Direction’ mate pal Liam Payne. It has over 320,000 re-tweets.
Happy birthday @Real_Liam_Payne .. Have a great day man …. Here we are making strange faces pic.twitter.com/VgZRN7VIPs
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) August 29, 2015
- Kanye West
Kanye west’s inspirational tweet has over 300,000 retweets.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/646504665929027584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
- Leonard Nimoy
American actor Leonard Nimoy wrote this last tweet before he died. This tweet on February 23 was re-tweeted over 280,000 times.
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) February 23, 2015
- Caitlyn Jenner
American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal winning decathlon champion Caitlyn Jenner took to twitter to introduce herself to the world.
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015