--- title: Most Retweeted Tweets 2017 description: From three messages from Barack Obama to one man's quest for unlimited chicken nuggets, here are the tweets that broke the internet. canonical: https://time.com/5048929/most-retweeted-tweets-2017/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-05T11:01:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:04.185Z og:title: These Are the 10 Most Widely Shared Tweets of 2017 og:description: Trump didn't make it but Barack Obama and one man's quest for nuggets did og:url: https://time.com/5048929/most-retweeted-tweets-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the 10 Most Widely Shared Tweets of 2017 twitter:description: Trump didn't make it but Barack Obama and one man's quest for nuggets did twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # President Trump Didn't Make It on the List of 2017's Most Retweeted Tweets. 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Here are the ten tweets that garnered the most retweets over the course of the year, including three poignant messages from Barack Obama, one man’s ultimate quest for unlimited [chicken nuggets](http://time.com/4772186/carter-wilkerson-most-retweeted-tweet-free-chicken-nuggets/), calls to assist in hurricane recovery relief, and a suicide hotline PSA. None of Trump’s tweets made the cut, but a [Trump clapback](http://time.com/4956223/donald-trump-lebron-james-nfl/) from basketball star LeBron James did, and powerful responses from artists Ariana Grande and Linkin Park after [experiencing tragedies](http://time.com/4947324/linkin-park-first-concert-since-chester-bennington-death/). Together, the tweets tell the story of a global online audience willing to rally together in the face of difficulties — and willing to support a stranger in search of sustenance, topping off with 3.6 million retweets. **10.** > [](https://twitter.com/sethjoesph/status/902002107770920960) **9.** > [](https://twitter.com/SamMartin%5F6/status/903338173899706369) **8\.** > [](https://twitter.com/POTUS44/status/822445882247413761) **7.** > [](https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/911610455877021697) **6.** > [](https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/888169188384100354) **5.** > [](https://twitter.com/POTUS44/status/819044196371800065) **4.** > [](https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/866849021519966208) **3.** > [](https://twitter.com/PennStateIFC/status/902970410404372480) **2.** > [](https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/896523232098078720) **1\.** > [](https://twitter.com/carterjwm/status/849813577770778624) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5048929/most-retweeted-tweets-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5048929/most-retweeted-tweets-2017/"},"headline":"President Trump Didn't Make It on the List of 2017's Most Retweeted Tweets. 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