Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week

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.