Most Engaging Tweets Of 2017 Revealed

Last year was a big one. From natural disaster, politics, anniversaries and birthdays - it gave Twitter users a lot to talk about.

Internet live stats quantify that for every second, on average, around 6,000 tweets are tweeted on Twitter. This corresponds to over 350,000 tweets sent per minute, 500 million tweets per day and around 200 billion tweets per year.

So, which Tweets made the top ten?

10. Bernie Sanders' Tweet after the women's march

President Trump, you made a big mistake. By trying to divide us up by race, religion, gender and nationality you actually brought us closer. pic.twitter.com/U7deCCTFx9

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 21, 2017

9. An anniversary tweet by Malala, marking the beginning of her time at Oxford, five years after her attack

5 years ago, I was shot in an attempt to stop me from speaking out for girls' education. Today, I attend my first lectures at Oxford. pic.twitter.com/sXGnpU1KWQ

— Malala (@Malala) October 9, 2017

8. JK Rowling's Tweet, celebrating 20 years since publishing the first Harry Potter novel

20 years ago today a world that I had lived in alone was suddenly open to others. It's been wonderful. Thank you.#HarryPotter20

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2017

7. Michelle Obama tweeting 25 years of marriage to her husband Barack

Happy 25th anniversary @barackobama. A quarter of a century later, you're still my best friend & the most extraordinary man I know. I ?‘? you. pic.twitter.com/y0nevQmatB

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) October 3, 2017

6. Blake Lively jokingly tweeting happy birthday to her husband, Ryan Reynolds, with a photo of Ryan Gosling

Happy birthday, baby. pic.twitter.com/TysO4F620D

— Blake Lively (@blakelively) October 23, 2017

5. LeBron James reacting to a controversy created by Donald Trump by Tweet

U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!

— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017

4. A Tweet from Linkin Park following the death of their frontman, Chester Bennington

pic.twitter.com/yoN80Mobdk

— LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) July 20, 2017

3. Ariana Grande taking to Twitter, following the attack at her concert in Manchester

broken.
from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.

— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23, 2017

2. A Wendy's Twitter bet to see if a fan could win a lifetime supply of chicken nuggets

HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017

1. Tweet from Barack Obama following the white supremacist rally and violence in Charlottesville

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017

What will Twitter bring in 2018?