Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

**Waqas** · August 27, 2011

I believe I speak for everyone, everywhere, living and dead, when I say: “Twitter, you so crazy!”

This week’s bag of trends is again mixed, with a strong skew toward entertainment. Soccer returns to the top slot thanks to a few high profile matches. The 10th anniversary of R&B singer Aaliyah’s tragic death caught tweeters in a wave of nostalgia. Fans reminisced about her music and films, bringing her name in at number two.

And of course, the growing concern over Hurricane Irene landed that topic at number three as she continues her pummeling tour up the East Coast of the U.S.

See the full list below. Note that hashtag games and memes have been omitted from the data. You can check Twitter trends from the past in our Top Twitter Topics section.

Top Twitter Trends This Week:

Rank	Topic	Intensity	Description
#1	Soccer/Football	2	Continuing the streak of placing first in the topic rankings, soccer and football had a variety of items under discussion. Arsenal v. Liverpool topped this list, with a wild match between Santos and Morelia in Mexico a close second. Shots were fired outside the stadium, suspending the game in progress.
#2	Aaliyah	1	Singer Aaliya died 10 years ago this week in a plane crash after filming the music video for the song “Rock the Boat.” Fans celebrated her songs, her movie roles, and the impact she had on their lives.
#3	Hurricane Irene	1	Hurricane Irene is currently battering the East Coast of the U.S.
#4	Demi Lovato	1	Singer Demi Lovato celebrated her 19th BIRTHDAY, the release of her new single SKYSCRAPER, and both Europe and Brazil NEED her to come tour there. Her fans LOVE both her and the CAPS LOCK KEY.
#5	Lil Wayne	1	Rapper Lil Wayne (and his Young Money Records) were hot this week with the release of his new album Tha Carter IV. “How To Hate” was the most tweeted about song off the record.
#6	Apple	1	In a move not completely unexpected, but still shocking, Apple CEO Steve Jobs stepped down this week for health reasons. Tim Cook will take over as CEO, with Jobs moving to Chairman of the Board. Many thoughtful pieces were written about the amazing career of Jobs and his influence on both the computer industry and our lives in general.
#7	Justin Bieber	1	This week, it was a “Belieber World,” as Bieber crashed a Taylor Swift concert. Fans encouraged him to meet Lizzie, a young girl with a brain tumor who would love to meet her idol.
#8	Super Junior	1	E.L.F.s are congratulating Super Junior on their win for recent hit “Mr. Simple.” SJ appeared on the show music show Inkigayo, taking home first place. Band members also celebrated birthdays, and Eunhyuk will appear in the musical Fame.
#9	One Direction	1	British-Irish boyband One Direction released the video for their debug single “What Makes You Beautiful.” Evidently, some girls find band member Harry beautiful and demanded to see as much as possible with trend “NAKED HARRY.”
#10	Libya	1	Rebels entered the city of Tripoli and then Muammar Gaddafi’s compound, finding a number of surprising things, including an album filled with Condoleezza Rice photos. Gaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Islam, was reported captured early on, but those reports proved later to be false..