The top 10 most retweeted posts of 2017
Written by News on 05/12/2017
An American football player’s plea for free chicken nuggets for a year has become 2017’s most retweeted tweet in the UK.
Carter Wilkerson asked fast food chain Wendy’s how many retweets he would need for free chicken nuggets for a year, and they set a high bar of 18 million.
Although he didn’t make that, he did overtake Ellen DeGeneres to be the owner of the most retweeted tweet of all time, and in the end, he got his nuggets too.
He got retweeted more than 3.6 million times.
Who else made the list among UK users?
:: 2 – Ariana Grande’s tweet in response to the Manchester terror attack
:: 3 – Jermain Defoe’s tweet in tribute to Bradley Lowery
:: 4 – Barack Obama’s message of equality
:: 5 – Former footballer Andy Johnson’s tweet to end the stigma of mental health
:: 6 – Jeremy Clarkson’s entry to the dabbing trend
:: 7 – PC Dave Wise’s effort to raise awareness for suicide prevention
:: 8 – Peter Crouch’s quip about spending time with "family"
:: 9 – @LucidWhim’s bid to raise awareness for breast cancer
:: 10 – A Jeremy Corbyn video rounds off the UK top 10
(c) Sky News 2017: The top 10 most retweeted posts of 2017
