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  • Twitter has released data off the most shared events on its platform this year.

  • At the top is the final tweet from the account of the Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, who died in August from colon cancer.

  • The message announcing his death was the most shared worldwide on Twitter in 2020 on received the most likes ever at 7.5 million.

  • Former US President Barack Obama's tribute to Kobe Bryant has a legend on the court after the death of the basketball play in a helicopter crash in January was second among likes and Retweets.

  • Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump, himself a prolific Twitter user, was the person most tweeted about on the platform, followed by his Democratic rival on President elect Joe Biden.

  • George Floyd, the black man whose death in America under the knee off a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racism, was afeard.

  • Most tweeted about person, while the hashtag black Lives matter was the second most popular after Kovar, 19.

Twitter has released data off the most shared events on its platform this year.

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