Year 2012 Review: The Biggest 2012 Trends, Facts, Statistics
Its the time of the year when we start to look back and review the best and worst of the whole year. This post shares with you some of the top trends of year 2012 and some interesting facts and statistics about the year 2012. Please share your comments on what was the most memorable for you during 2012. The post will be frequently updated so keep checking back.
Reviewing The Top Year 2012 Trends On Google
Here is video which summarizes the top 2012 trends on Google.
I have also listed here the search queries with the highest amount of traffic over a sustained period in 2012 as compared to 2011.
| ≡ Top 10 Searches 2012 |
| Whitney Houston > Gangnam Style > Hurricane Sandy > iPad 3 > Diablo 3 > Kate Middleton > Olympics 2012 > Amanda Todd > Michael Clarke Duncan > BBB12 |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched Images |
| One Direction > Selena Gomez > iPhone 5 > Megan Fox > Rihanna > Justin Bieber > Harry Styles > Minecraft > Nicki Minaj > Katy Perry |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched Athletes |
| Jeremy Lin > Michael Phelps > Peyton Manning > McKayla Maroney > Junior Seau > Sarah Burke > Tom Daley > Lance Armstrong > Mario Balotelli > Ryan Lochte |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched Events |
| Hurricane Sandy > Kate Middleton Pictures Released > Olympics 2012 > SOPA Debate > Costa Concordia crash > Presidential Debate > Stratosphere Jump > Penn State Scandal > Trayvon Martin shooting > Pussy Riots |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched People |
| Whitney Houston > Kate Middleton > Amanda Todd > Michael Clarke Duncan > One Direction > Felix Baumgartner > Jeremy Lin > Morgan Freeman > Joseph Kony > Donna Summer |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched Feature Films |
| The Hunger Games > Skyfall > Prometheus > The Avengers > Magic Mike > John Carter > Ek Tha Tiger > Paranormal Activity 4 > Taken 2 > Dark Shadows |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched TV Shows |
| BBB12 > Avenida Brasil > Here Comes Honey Boo Boo > The Voice > American Idol > Game of Thrones > Homeland > Revenge > Cheias de Charme > Carrossel |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched Performing Artists |
| Whitney Houston > Michael Clarke Duncan > One Direction > Donna Summer > Lana Del Ray > Carolina Dieckmann > Dirk Bach > Carly Rae Jepsen > Michel Telo > LMFAO |
| Top 10 Searched Consumer Electronics |
| iPad 3 > Samsung Galaxy S3 > iPad Mini > Nexus 7 > Galaxy Note 2 > Play Station > iPad 4 > Microsoft Surface > Kindle Fire > Nokia Lumia 920 |
| ≡ Top 10 Searched Airlines |
| Southwest Airlines > United Airlines > American Airlines > Delta Airlines > Air France > Lufthansa > British Airways > JetBlue > Air Canada > US Airways |
| ≡ Top 10 Google+ Hashtags |
| #SOPA > #Awesome > #Sandy > #IO12 > #Curiosity > #Olympics > #SXSW > #Debate > #BlastFromThePast > #Eastwooding |
Reviewing the Top Year 2012 Trends On Facebook
Facebook’s Year in Review looks back at the people, moments and things that created the most buzz in 2012 among the billion people around the world on Facebook. Facebook took the pulse of the global community on Facebook in 2012 to assemble a series of trend lists, chronicling the top events, the most popular public figures, the most listened to songs on Facebook and more. Here are the 2012 Trends for US
| ≡ Top Events |
| US Presidential Election > Superbowl XLVI > Death of Whitney Houston > Superstorm Sandy > London 2012 Olympics > Death of Trayvon Martin > Facebook IPO > Aurora Shootings > Death of Dick Clark > Obama’s Endorsement of Gay Marriage |
| ≡ Top Songs |
| We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) – Fun > Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye > Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen > What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction > Payphone – Maroon 5 > Mercy – Kanye West > Some Nights – Fun > Home – Phillip Phillips > Boyfriend – Justin Bieber > Take Care (feat. Rihanna) – Drake |
| ≡ Top Movies |
| The Hunger Games > The Avengers > Magic Mike > The Vow > Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 > 21 Jump Street > The Dark Knight Rises > Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax > Skyfall > Prometheus |
| ≡ Top Check-Ins |
| Times Square, New York > Disneyland, California > AT&T Park, California > Yankee Stadium, New York > Rangers Ballpark, Texas > Fenway Park, Massachusetts > Dodger Stadium, California > Universal Studios, Florida > Wrigley Field, Illinois > Angel Stadium, California |
| ≡ Top Public Figures |
| Barack Obama > Mitt Romney > One Direction > Tim Tebow > Eli Manning and Peyton Manning (tie) > Madonna > Honey Boo Boo > Jeremy Lin > Paul Ryan > Phillip Phillips |
| ≡ Top Books |
| The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) – Suzanne Collins > Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) – Suzanne Collins > Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) – Suzanne Collins > Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) -E.L. James > Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) – J.K. Rowling > The Help – Kathryn Stockett > Twilight (Twilight, #1) – Stephenie Meyer > To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee > The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald > Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen |
| ≡ Top in Technology |
| Instagram > Timeline > Pinterest > Draw Something > iPhone 5 > Kindle Fire > SOPA > News Feed > Siri > SongPop |
| ≡ Top in Politics |
| Barack Obama > Mitt Romney > Voted > Four More Years > Paul Ryan > Rick Santorum > Gay Marriage > Obamacare > The Polls > DNC |
| ≡ Top in Television |
| Duck Dynasty > Honey Boo Boo > Big Bang Theory > Game of Thrones > Downton Abbey > Breaking Amish > Ink Master > Long Island Medium > Wife Swap > Two Broke Girls |
| ≡ Top in Sports |
| NY Giants > New England Patriots > Tim Tebow > London 2012 Olympics > OKC (Oklahoma City Thunder) > Denver Broncos > San Francisco 49ers > Eli and Peyton Manning > Jeremy Lin > Los Angeles Clippers |
| ≡ Top Memes |
| TBH (to be honest) > YOLO (you only live once) > KONY > One-word Comment > Gangnam Style > Cinnamon Challenge > Cray > SMH (shake my head) > Big Bird > Linsanity |
Reviewing the Top Year 2012 Twitter Trends
In 2012, people on Twitter shared moments and places that used to be far away or inaccessible: A Tweet from the bottom of the ocean. Tweets from Mars. An extraordinary view from space of Superstorm Sandy. A quiet backstage moment with a presidential candidate. Twitter has taken a look back at the Tweets of 2012 and use both data and editorial signals and showcased some of these moments and conversations around several themes.
I am hereby sharing the top Twitter trends which lists of the significant Trends of the year in the U.S., UK and Japan. These phrases reveal what captured attention based on sudden spike of interest, rather than what was consistently popular.
| ≡ Top Coversation Starters |
| #nowplaying > #oomf > #blessed > #quote > #lrt > #salute > #news > #followfriday > #throwbackthursday > #shoutout |
| ≡ Top Politics Trends |
| #tcot > #teaparty > #gop > #romney > mitt romney > #dnc2012 > charlotte > #gop2012 > #rnc > #obama2012 |
| ≡ Top TV Related Trends |
| family guy > #bb14 > american dad > hey arnold > american idol > pretty little liars > 106 & park > SNL > fresh prince > boy meets world |
| ≡ Top Sports Related Trends |
| #nfl > #nascar > #mlb > olympics > #sfgiants > jeremy lin > super bowl > dwight howard > kobe > #yankees |
| ≡ Top Movies Related Trends |
| think like a man > the hunger games > the avengers > Red Tails > 21 Jump Street > Dark Knight Rises > Dark Shadows > The Devil Inside > Safe House > The Vow |
| ≡ Top Music Related Trends |
| rick ross > #hiphop > trey songz > nicki minaj > #musicmonday > kendrick lamar > chris brown > coachella > big sean > r&b |
| ≡ Top Food Related Trends |
| ihop > starbucks > waffle house > mcdonalds > bbq > #coffee > taco bell > denny’s > burger king > olive garden |
| ≡ Top Tech Trends |
| at&t > iphone > instagram > skype > kindle > ipad > pinterest > draw something > amazon > apple |
| ≡ Top Countries Related Trends |
| syria > china > japan > iran > India > afghanistan > australia > israel > italy > Canada |