Here we looked at the top topics and hashtags on Twitter in 2011. We also looked at Twitter’s story about reconnecting a homeless man and his daughter as part of the company’s year-in-review.
Also as part of the 2011 review, the company is highlighting some of the noteworthy names that joined Twitter over the course of the year.
January:
Joaquin Lopez-Dóriga
@s. Les deseo un muy buen inicio de semana. Hoy estamos a 20 días de Navidad.
Buenos días a todJames Cameron
Skynet was supposed to go operational tonight. Instead of machines taking over, we have the very real threat of global warming.
February
Howard Stern
Matt Drudge
2012, year of our lives. It won’t be end of world, will just feel like it. Me: Deep breathing, looking up at clouds. Sharpening up the nails
March
Charlie Sheen
@KevinBacon & #sixdegrees network 2 end #hunger w/ @_MealsOnWheels. Donate Now! Please RT
http://t.co/WsxSi2YD
Robin Roberts
@SamChampion is back!!!! Also because my Saints won again…who dat? Hope you had a wonderful weekend too.
Merry Monday becauseChristina Aguilera
Bronx Zoo’s Cobra
Anyone know of a great Cyber Monday deal on glass cutters? Asking for a friend.
Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Service restored on Train 669(13) with residual delays possible. Thank you for your patience.
April
Billy Crystal
#Oscars.I am first former Yankee to host the show. http://t.co/ZakyR0pd
In training for theNelson Mandela
#Archives at the Crossroads” to Flickr, http://t.co/0fUf7ckS
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Jacob G. Zuma
Roberto Gomez Bolanos
Alec Baldwin
My conversation with the one and only Chris Rock is now available for podcast…
June
Gwyneth Paltrow
Coldplay just added a show at the O2 in London on Dec 10! The concert will benefit Kids Company Benefit called under1roof. Tx just on sale!
Hope Solo
@maksimC your boys aaron rodgers and tim tebow playing like the winners they are! 😉
Plaxico Burress
@AntonioBrown84: Ihop Monday’s !”
Starbuck Mondays!!”Jill Abramson
#occupywallst hit on its many messages. Interesting:http://t.co/9gu2teW7 What do you think?
Yesterday’s NYT editorial onDr. Willy Mutunga
Wananchi jueni maana baina ya shauri na amri!
The Pope
July
Jerry Seinfeld
Thanks all!
Abby Wambach
@TimTebow just HAS IT!!! Brings back what’s good about sports and no one can debate the wins… Keep doing what u do. #inspired
Pharell Williams
Mia Hamm
Rafael Correa
@juanberpinto_25 Pregunta? Qué pregunta? Lo que se ha hecho es una afirmación totalmente absurda.
Rafael Nadal
Lewis Black
Patrice, so sad to see you leave for parts unknown. Glad for that time on O&A not so long ago. You were an epic of a man and you are missed.
August
Women fall in love by what they hear. Men fall in love by what they see. That’s why most women wear makeup and most men lie.
Cheryl Cole
Women fall in love by what they hear. Men fall in love by what they see. That’s why most women wear makeup and most men lie.
September
Jang Geun Suk
내일 또 장근석 분노 가나요…참 재밌는세상..진짜레알빠이크리
Salman Rushdie
The Muppets Are Communist, Fox Business Network Says http://t.co/Oy4tNpIs via @huffingtonpost
Juan Gabriel
Aprender a ser humilde es una cosa… conservarse humilde es el gran Trabajo… AA
Alan Partridge
That’s actually really annoying because I wanted something profound/old to mark my twundreth. Going to log off and calm down.
Melinda Gates
#familyplanning is so clear, as this #infographic shows. http://t.co/PxAq7GTT #ICFP2011
The impact from increasing access toHouse of Lords
Ricky Gervais
RG tweet of the month
October
Sean Parker
EMI music publishing goes to SONY — is the market value of music publishing maxed, and is recorded music poised for a recovery?
Gary Barlow
Samuel L. Jackson
Spoke to Jeezy today. In NY screening his doc. Always enjoy that mahfahkka!
Condoleeza Rice
Happy Thanksgiving! May we be thankful for all we have been given and may we extend a hand to those in need.
Eva Mendes
November
Simon Cowell
And on the subject of movies, why haven’t they made Anchorman 2? It’s the funniest film I have ever seen.
December
It’s a little early.
Twitter says it hit 100 million active users in 2011. A lot of the names on this list could help that number continue to grow.
Find more great people to follow on Twitter using Twellow.