It’s finally come to pass — the Boy King of Twitter, Justin Bieber, has been dethroned by everyone’s favorite egg-themed holiday, Easter, in this week’s trending topics.
We’ve got another insightful glance at the goings-on of the Twitterverse, thanks to our pals at What The Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart below.
As expected, Easter trended heavily, taking the top spot as people celebrated and sent well wishes out to Twitter friends and family. The tradition of Follow Friday also remained high in the ranks, coming in at number three, and Twitter itself took the number four spot, likely due in part to a 20 minute outage on April 5th.
Apple had a big week, and came in at number five on the list. People tweeted vigorously about their brand new iPads (which went on sale last Saturday), or lack thereof. Apple also announced the upcoming release of the iPhone 4.0 OS, slated for release this summer, which will include some long-awaited features like multitasking and app folders.
March Madness held onto the top tends, taking the number six spot as the championship NCAA basketball game was played on Monday, with Duke emerging victorious over Butler in a 61-59 point nail-biter.
Other trends included the Jonas Brothers at number 7 (a Twitter trend mainstay), and the Digital Economy Bill at number eight, which became law in the UK amid some contentious issues about copyright and the ability of ISPs to block access to infringing websites.
Rounding out the list are hip hop artist Nicki Minaj, whose fans retweeted her in droves earlier this week, and the Christian holiday Good Friday.
You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more about this past week’s trends on What The Trend.
Top Twitter Trends This Week: 4/3 – 4/9
Rank
Topic
Top Index This Week
Change
Description
#1
Easter
1
2
People are wishing one another Happy Easter, which occurs this year on Sunday, April 4th.
#2
Justin Bieber
1
Although Justin Bieber had been trending for weeks, his fans are upset when Twitter supposedly blocked his name from being able to trend.
#3
Follow Friday
1
#FF is a tag for Follow Friday, the meme where users list other Twitterers to follow.
#4
1
People are tweeting about why and when you should delete your Tweets. Twitter was down for approx 20 mins, April 5. People are tweeting about what they did when they couldn’t tweet.
#5
Apple
1
Apple’s will release version 4.0 of the iPhone operating system this Summer. The iPhone will finally get multitasking support along with a social gaming network, iAds, and other features. People also tweeted about their iPad experiences.
#6
March Madness
1
2
Duke defeated Butler in the NCAA championship, 61-59.
#7
Jonas Brothers
1
The boy band whose members are brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick.
#8
Digital Economy Bill
2
The Digital Economy Bill just passed through the UK Parliament, people are discussing the implications.
#9
Nicki Minaj
2
Nicki Minaj said "#shoutouttotheLadies in da MOM crew. Money Over Men. Let’s Go"
#10
Good Friday
2
Good Friday is a holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary.
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