The most retweeted stories of 2012
Breaking News’ Twitter account, @breakingnews surpassed 5 million followers on New Years Eve, and we thought it would be fun to look back over 2012 and list our retweeted stories of the year. As you’ll see, this is surprisingly different than your standard top stories of the year list. Without further ado, here we go in reverse order:
5. Whitney Houston
Pop music vocalist, film star Whitney Houston dies at age 48 on.today.com/A3Cy6J
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) February 12, 2012
4. Gangnam Style
‘Gangnam Style’ becomes 1st video to ever reach 1 billion views - @billboardbiz bit.ly/XUzJiH
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) December 21, 2012
3. Gangnam Style (again!?)
Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ becomes YouTube’s most watched video, registering more than 803 million views - @afp bit.ly/TieJkL
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) November 24, 2012
2. Derrick Rose
Chicago Bulls PG Derrick Rose has torn ACL and MCL in left knee, will miss remainder of playoffs - @nbcmiami
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) April 28, 2012
1. Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong, the 1st man on the moon, has died at age 82 - @nbcnews
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) August 25, 2012
That last tweet generated over 8,900 retweets, which is double our RT record from 2011: the death of Steve Jobs.
