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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