--- ---  # Here's the One Thing in 2014 America Facebooked About More Than the Ice Bucket Challenge by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 9, 2014 4:10 PM UTC  Madeline Wade is seen on September 1, 2014 doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Madeline Wade is seen on September 1, 2014 doing the ALS Ice Bucket ChallengeJMA/Star Max—GC Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 9, 2014 4:10 PM UTC 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: 1. Ebola virus outbreak 2. Ice Bucket Challenge 3. Robin Williams 4. Super Bowl 5. Michael Brown/Ferguson 6. World Cup 7. Conflict in Gaza 8. U.S. midterm elections 9. Malaysia Airlines 10. 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: 1. World Cup 2. Ebola virus outbreak 3. Elections in Brazil 4. Robin Williams 5. Ice Bucket Challenge 6. Conflict in Gaza 7. Malaysia Airlines 8. Super Bowl 9. Michael Brown/Ferguson 10. Sochi Winter Olympics You can see the rest of Facebook’s year in review [here](http://yearinreview.fb.com). _Read next:_ [_Facebook Just Took a Huge Shot at Google_](http://time.com/3625394/facebook-google-search/?xid=time%5Freadnext) Here’s the One Thing in 2014 America Facebooked About More Than the Ice Bucket Challenge ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3625261/ferguson-ice-bucket-challenge-facebook-america/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3625261/ferguson-ice-bucket-challenge-facebook-america/"},"headline":"Here's the One Thing in 2014 America Facebooked About More Than the Ice Bucket Challenge","datePublished":"2014-12-09T16:10:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:08.669Z","description":"From Ferguson to the Ice Bucket Challenge: 10 things Americans posted about most on Facebook this year","url":"https://time.com/3625261/ferguson-ice-bucket-challenge-facebook-america/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","facebook","Ice Bucket Challenge","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0949a83becc0e24/69876da335ba6f37a2c05d9a/454499454.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0949a83becc0e24/69876da335ba6f37a2c05d9a/454499454.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - September 1, 2014","caption":"Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - September 1, 2014","creditText":"JMA/Star Max—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3625261/ferguson-ice-bucket-challenge-facebook-america/","name":"Here's the One Thing in 2014 America Facebooked About More Than the Ice Bucket Challenge"}}]}] ```