Twitter Top 10 Trends 2010 – Hold the Toast

Twitter released its list of the most popular trending topics for 2010 and as I reviewed the top ten, it strikes me how its diversity reflects the widespread interests of Twitter users themselves.

Of the ten, two come from the News Events category (1, 4); one from People (8); two from Movies (3,9); two from Technology (6,7); and three from the World Cup (2, 5, 10):

• 1. Gulf Oil Spill
• 2. FIFA World Cup
• 3. Inception
• 4. Haiti Earthquake
• 5. Vuvuzela
• 6. Apple iPad
• 7. Google Android
• 8. Justin Bieber
• 9. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
• 10. Pulpo Paul

And while it is surprising that none from the Television category made the Top Ten, Twitter-haters be advised — Toast is nowhere to be found.