On The Today Show on NBC this morning, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg joined Savannah Guthrie to debrief Facebook’s biggest moments of 2014. Sandberg shared the global top 10 moments or events that generated the most buzz, along with the "most talked about" topics or stories.
“The most shared event in Facebook’s history... [was when] 350 million people came together around the World Cup," Sandberg said. "And I think this is social media at its best. At its very best, social media makes the world a little bit smaller, more of a community.”
Facebook "most talked about" topics of 2014 (by category)
Movie: Frozen
Song: "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
Entertainer: Beyoncé
TV Show: Game of Thrones
Athlete: LeBron James
Game: "Cookie Jam"
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video: George W. Bush
The Top 10 Global Topics
World Cup
Ebola Virus Outbreak
Brazilian Elections
Robin Williams
Ice Bucket Challenge
Israel-Gaza Conflict
Malaysia Airlines
Super Bowl
Sochi Winter Olympics
Ferguson
The Top 10 U.S. Topics
Ebola virus
Ice Bucket Challenge
Robin Williams
Super Bowl
Michael Brown/Ferguson
World Cup
Conflict in Gaza
U.S. midterm elections
Malaysia Airlines
ISIS
Most Discussed Entertainers in the U.S.
Beyoncé
Pharrell Williams
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Jimmy Fallon
Iggy Azalea
Katy Perry
Pitbull
John Legend
Kim Kardashian
Most Discussed TV Shows in the U.S.
Game of Thrones
Orange is the New Black
The Walking Dead
The Big Bang Theory
Downton Abbey
American Horror Story
Sons of Anarchy
True Detective
How I Met Your Mother
Scandal
Most Discussed Movies in the U.S.
Frozen
Guardians of the Galaxy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Maleficent
The Lego Movie
The Fault in Our Stars
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Gone Girl
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Purge: Anarchy
