With 3 weeks remaining for 2015 to end, it’s time to look back at the year in retrospect. 2015 was an important year indeed. A lot of instances happened when the world came together to express support, triumph, activism and fascination.
Twitter and its content partners at Getty Images have compiled the data which has unveiled India’s #YearOnTwitter. So, let’s have a brief journey to see what India saw in 2015.
Most Influential Moments
Although, there is always a lot happening in India, few influential moments resonated more than the others. Various news, politics, sports, political and cultural moments were discussed with full vigour.
Hence, there are India’s most influential moments of 2015.
1. #INDvsPAK (First match of #CWC15 on 15 February)
Everything is fair on 14th Feb and 15th Feb. #IndvsPak
— Sense of tumor (@dashhtweets) February 15, 2015
Impressions: 118 Million
Tweets: 1.7 Million
2. #DelhiElections (Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections on 10 February)
What happened in #DelhiElections? @AamAadmiParty pic.twitter.com/WFSE0AKP09
— SajithkumarS (@jobinindia) February 12, 2015
Tweets: 10.8 Million
3. #HappyDiwali (India and the world celebrated Diwali on Twitter from 8-13 November)
This year, we’re excited to celebrate the festival of lights with our first ever Diwali emoji! #HappyDiwali
— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) November 9, 2015
Tweets: 1.8 Million
Diwali Emoji
4. #ChennaiRains (Users unite to help during the crisis, 1-4 December)
Armed forces continue rescue operations in Chennai, evacuate 5,000 people #ChennaiRains https://t.co/tIEYKeDbP6
— EconomicTimes (@EconomicTimes) December 3, 2015
Tweets: 1.4 Million
5. Independence Day (India’s 69th Independence Day, 15 August)
Independence Day greetings to all my fellow Indians. स्वतंत्रता दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें। जय हिन्द! #India
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 15, 2015
100000 #SALUTESELFIE Tweets
India Flag Emoji
Most Popular Hashtags
The trends in India ranged from a mixture of sports, entertainment, political, and social activism movements. Here are the most popular of them.
1. #IPL
9 Million Tweets throughout the Season 8
The biggest T20 cricket league in the world made a full season return to India.
2. #SelfieWithDaughter
375,000 Tweets
This campaign in Haryana was started by Modi to promote the rights of the girl child. Thousands of dads clicked selfies with their daughters to participate in the initiative.
3. #BiharResults
260,000 Tweets
One of the largest states of India went to polls and twitter became a platform to discuss the unfolding conditions.
4. #SaalEkShuruaatAnek
179,000 Tweets
This hashtag trended on Narendra Modi’s first year anniversary in office.
5. #DDLJ20Years
140,000 Tweets
The iconic Bollywood love story ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ turned 20.
Most Followed Accounts
As expected, Bollywood completely ruled the list.
1. Amitabh Bachchan (@srbachchan)
18.1 Million followers
2. Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk)
16.5 Million followers
3. Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)
16.4 Million followers
4. Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan)
15.5 Million followers
5.Salman Khan (@beingsalmankhan)
15 Million followers
6. Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone)
12.3 Million followers
7. Hrithik Roshan (@ihrithik)
11.9 Million followers
8. Priyanka Chopra (@priyankachopra)
11.8 Million followers
9. Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar)
10.6 Million followers
10. A.R.Rahman (@arrahman)
9.5 Million followers
The Golden Tweet
This kid is so cool. May Allah bless him. Dinner time at the Asian Awards. pic.twitter.com/l0gV12n0kv
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 17, 2015
The Golden Tweet (the most retweeted tweet of the year) from India was posted by the Baadshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan. He Tweeted a selfie with British boy band One Direction’s former member, Zayn Malik (@zaynmalik), which took the internet by storm.
So, this was 2015 in a nutshell, for India.
Hoping that 2016 will be full of surprises, victories and celebrations. Cheers! 🙂