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Facebook outs 2016 Year in Review

Written By Kevin Bruce Francisco
Published • December 12th, 2016
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Each year, Facebook reviews the top moments, events, and trends that people have shared or talked about the most. Today, the company has revealed those topics from the entire year plus the introduction of the top Live videos of 2016 since its availability to the public in April.

Below is the global topics list for this year:

1. US Presidential Election
2. Brazilian Politics
3. Pokemon Go
4. Black Lives Matter
5. Rodrigo Duterte & Philippine Presidential Election
6. Olympics
7. Brexit
8. Super Bowl
9. David Bowie
10. Muhammad Ali

It’s interesting to see that Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine Presidential election is on the top 5 of the list as well as the anticipated game Pokemon Go. As for the Live videos, check out the top 10 on the global list.

1. Candace Payne, Chewbacca Mom
2. Ted Yoder, Soundscapes
3. Buzzfeed, Countdown to the next presidential election
4. Atlanta Buzz, People are lining up to hug police officers in Dallas
5. NBC News, Election results
6. Under the Hood, Video of a truck completely carved out of wood
7. Viral Thread, Population count from US to CA
8. CNN, Election results on Empire State building
9. Dena Blizzard, Pokemon Go for moms “Chardonnay Go”
10. Super Deluxe, Election map

“As the year comes to a close, we are taking a look back at the people, places, events and moments that moved us in 2016. We’re highlighting the most talked-about global topics on Facebook throughout the past year, as well as a list of the top ten Live videos by cumulative views. We’ve created a video that tells the story of this year. We’re also giving people a way to highlight their own meaningful moments of the past year with a personalized video that they can edit and share with family and friends,” said Digs Dimagiba, Country Director – Philippines, Facebook.

For more on Facebook’s year in review, you may check out the newsroom post through the source link below.

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Kevin Bruce Francisco

Kevin Bruce Francisco is the Senior Editor and Video Producer for YugaTech. He's a Digital Filmmaking graduate who's always either daydreaming of traveling or actually going places on his bike. Follow him on Twitter for more tech updates @kevincofrancis.