The keyword # Covid19 and its variants "has been used nearly 400 million times around the world" making the pandemic "unsurprisingly" the most significant event of the year, Twitter said.
For its part, #BlackLivesmatter appeared in 1.5 million tweets.
The coronavirus and the "Black lives matter" movement were the most commented events on Twitter worldwide in 2020, while in France the video showing the beating of a black producer by police officers was the tweet on more relayed, according to a ranking of the social network.
The keyword # Covid19 and its variants "has been used nearly 400 million times around the world" making the pandemic "unsurprisingly" the most significant event of the year, Twitter said in a statement.
1.5 million tweets for #BlackLivesmatter
The second most used keyword on the social network in the world was #BlackLivesmatter, from the American movement of the same name denouncing police violence against African Americans, including in France, where it was counted in 1, 5 million tweets.
From last June, the movement was revived via social networks in the United States and then in the world after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American suffocated by a white police officer during an arrest.
"Political and societal issues have also had an important resonance on the platform," said Twitter.
The social network underlines the strong mobilization, without giving figures, around the keyword #UighursLivesMatter "particularly relayed" in order to show its support for the Uyghurs in China.
Regarding the most shared tweets, in France, the one incorporating the video of the beating of music producer Michel Zecler by police officers, posted on November 26 by David Perrotin, then a journalist for Loopsider, took the lead in the ranking of the most popular tweets. relayed.
K-pop accounts for 6.1 billion tweets in the past 12 months
Regarding its methodology, the American group indicates that it does not take into account "content offering rewards in exchange for subscriptions, retweets or likes (I like, note)".
Globally, the most relayed tweet - and also the most liked since the creation of Twitter - is the one posted from the account of American actor Chadwick Boseman announcing his death from cancer.
Finally, the most popular themes in France were entertainment, particularly television shows, video games and music.
The K-pop phenomenon BTS confirms its anchoring in France, where the group was already the most used keyword in the music category last year.
Globally, K-pop accounts for 6.1 billion tweets in the past 12 months, Twitter points out.