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Here’s the One Thing in 2014 America Facebooked About More Than the Ice Bucket Challenge

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Facebook isn’t just a place to congratulate your friends for getting to “marry my best friend!! OMG #BLESSED!!!” anymore. The social network also serves as a platform to talk about actual news topics, ranging from ISIS to Ebola.

So as 2014 comes to a close, the social network analyzed what people were talking about most over the last year.

Here’s a list of what American’s posted about in 2014. Only one topic was more discussed than the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge:

  • Ebola virus outbreak
  • Ice Bucket Challenge
  • Robin Williams
  • Super Bowl
  • Michael Brown/Ferguson
  • World Cup
  • Conflict in Gaza
  • U.S. midterm elections
  • Malaysia Airlines
  • ISIS
  • The viral fundraising campaign was a little lower on the list when Facebook analyzed the topics that were discussed the most on a larger scale. Here’s the top global topics of 2014:

  • World Cup
  • Ebola virus outbreak
  • Elections in Brazil
  • Robin Williams
  • Ice Bucket Challenge
  • Conflict in Gaza
  • Malaysia Airlines
  • Super Bowl
  • Michael Brown/Ferguson
  • Sochi Winter Olympics
  • You can see the rest of Facebook’s year in review here.

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