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Twitter Has Announced The Australian Tweet Of The Year

And we love it!

Itโ€™s been a huge year for the Internet. Between #Brexit, Donald Trumpโ€™s election and various #auspol updates, people have had a lot to tweet about.

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But Twitter has declared the winner of Australia tweet of the year, what they call the โ€˜Golden Tweetโ€™ (the more retweeted tweet). The announced the winner on a blog post titled โ€˜#ThisHappened on Twitter in Australia in 2016โ€™. 

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This year the coveted social media title goes to documentary filmmaker Amelia Paxman, who got retweeted 130,000 times for sharing this brilliant observation about the US election.

https://twitter.com/Paxmee/statuses/796200233596112897
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The tweet touched on two very topical subjects for 2016 โ€“ Donald Trump and gendered violence โ€“ and struck a chord with people all over the world.

They also summed up more happenings in the Twitterverse, such as the top 10 biggest hashtags, which are as follows:

1. #auspol

2. #ausvotes

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3. #Rio2016

4. #QandA

5. #Brexit

6. #ElectionNight

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7. #ARIAS

8. #PokemonGo

9. #AustraliaDay

10. #AusOpen

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And if youโ€™ve ever wondered who the top 10 most followed Australians are on Twitter, here they areโ€ฆ

1. Luke Hemmings โ€“ @Luke5SOS

2. Cody Simpson โ€“ @CodySimpson

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3. Michael Clifford โ€“ @Michael5SOS

4. Calum Hood โ€“ @Calum5SOS

5. Iggy Azalea โ€“ @IggyAzalea

6. Hugh Jackman โ€“ @realhughjackman

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7. Ashton Irwin โ€“ @Ashton5SOS

8. Miranda Kerr โ€“ @MirandaKerr

9. Troye Sivan โ€“ @troyesivan

10. Shane Warne โ€“ @ShaneWarne

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