Golden Tweets of 2012

Here are the top Tweets that generated the most Retweets for the year, plus honorable mentions for a few other Tweets that caught attention around the world.

Before he took the stage to affirm his election victory, President Barack Obama marked his win via Twitter.
 
Within hours, this Tweet simultaneously became the most retweeted of 2012 — and the most retweeted ever, sent by people in more than 200 countries around the world.

@BarackObama’s “Four more years” on November 6 was retweeted 810,000 and was favorites of another 300,000.

This was followed by “RIP Avalanna. i love you” by Justin Bieber @JustinBieber who said good bye to a fan.

Avalanna Routh, a six-year-old who suffered from a rare form of brain cancer, was big Justin Bieber fan, and the pop star had grown close to her during her illness.

When she passed away in September, Bieber paid tribute to her in a Tweet, and many, many Twitter Beliebers responded.

There was 220,000 retweets of Bieber’s simple message and it has become favorites of 100,000 plus.