List of most-retweeted tweets

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Current and former members of the boy band One Direction have written 8 of the 25 most retweeted tweets.
Barack Obama has written 4 of the 25 most retweeted tweets.

This list of most-retweeted tweets contains the top 25 tweets with the most retweets (someone's tweet that is sent again by someone else without changing it) of all time on the social networking platform Twitter; Twitter does not provide an official list.[1] As of October 2017, the top tweet has over 3.64 million retweets. Currently only two individuals have more than two top retweets; Niall Horan has three and Barack Obama has four.

Top tweets

The following table lists the top 25 most retweeted tweets on Twitter, the account that tweeted it, the total rounded to the nearest thousand, and the date it was originally tweeted. The notes include the details surrounding the tweet.

Rank Tweet Posted by Retweets
(thousands) 		Date tweeted Notes
1. HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3[2] Carter Wilkerson
@carterjwm 		3,645 April 5, 2017 [A]
2. If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap[4] Ellen DeGeneres
@TheEllenShow 		3,428 March 2, 2014 [B]
3. Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis[6] Louis Tomlinson
@Louis_Tomlinson 		2,600 October 2, 2011 [C]
4. "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm[7] Barack Obama
@BarackObama 		1,713 August 12, 2017 [D]
5. LIMONADA 🗿[8] El Rubius
@Rubiu5 		1,421 August 20, 2016 [E]
6. With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to help out those in need! pic.twitter.com/lodyOBE0eG[10] Penn State Interfraternity Council
@PennStateIFC 		1,175 August 30, 2017 [F]
7. broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.[11] Ariana Grande
@ArianaGrande 		1,130 May 22, 2017 [G]
8. Denny JA: Dengan RT ini, anda ikut memenangkan Jokowi-JK. Pilih pemimpin yg bisa dipercaya (Jokowi) dan pengalaman (JK). #DJoJK[13] Denny Januar Ali
@DennyJA_WORLD 		1,031 June 4, 2014 [H]
9. Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom[15] Barack Obama
@BarackObama 		929 November 6, 2012 [I]
10. Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe—not in my ability to create change, but in yours.[17] Barack Obama
@POTUS44 		873 January 10, 2017 [J]
11. All the love as always. H[18] Harry Styles
@Harry_Styles 		842 March 25, 2015 [K]
12. We got kicked out of a @Delta airplane because I spoke Arabic to my mom on the phone and with my friend slim... WTFFFFFFFF please spread pic.twitter.com/P5dQCE0qos[20] Adam Saleh
@omgAdamSaleh 		804 December 21, 2016 [L]
13. For every retweet this gets, Pedigree will donate one bowl of dog food to dogs in need! 😊 #tweetforbowls pic.twitter.com/z4rmc2HsGT[21] Andrew Malcolm
@AHMalcolm 		794 February 15, 2015
14. pic.twitter.com/yoN80Mobdk[22] Linkin Park
@linkinpark 		793 July 20, 2017 [M]
15. applied for xfactor,hope it all wrks out[23] Niall Horan
@NiallOfficial 		751 January 16, 2010 [N]
16. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22.[24] Harry Styles
@Harry_Styles 		706 February 1, 2016 [O]
17. "To all the little girls watching...never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world."[25] Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton 		679 November 9, 2016 [P]
18. U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up! [26] LeBron James
@KingJames 		665 September 23, 2017 [Q]
19. I'm 22 years old... I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there's a lot of jealous fucks in this world I'm sorry for what it looks like x[28] Zayn Malik
@zaynmalik 		647 March 18, 2015 [R]
20. YOU ARE ALL WORTHY NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS >> BE STRONG GOD IS WITH US ALL> MY BELIEBERS CHANGED MY LIFE> I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL[29] Justin Bieber
@justinbieber 		638 January 24, 2014
21. It's been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.[30] Barack Obama
@POTUS44 		633 January 20, 2017 [S]
22. Leo and I are donating 6 lbs of dog food to Houston for every retweet this gets!!!! RT RT RT RT!! pic.twitter.com/bcTT905knP[32] Sam Martin
@SamMartin_6 		626 August 31, 2017 [F]
23. My names Niall and I love Louis[33] Niall Horan
@NiallOfficial 		621 May 6, 2011
24. @NaughtyBoyMusic you fat joke stop pretending we're friends no one knows you .[34] Zayn Malik
@zaynmalik 		606 July 13, 2015
25. ITS NIALL BITCH!! HAHA[35] Niall Horan
@NiallOfficial 		591 June 21, 2011
As of October 11, 2017

Notes

  1. ^ Carter Wilkerson tweeted Wendy's asking how many retweets he needed for a year of free chicken nuggets. When Wendy's replied with "18 Million", he accepted the challenge. The tweet received unlikely support from several major companies including Microsoft, Amazon and Google, prompting the hashtag #NuggsForCarter and propelling the tweet to become the most retweeted of all time within 34 days, at which point Wendy's gave him a year of free nuggets.[3]
  2. ^ Ellen DeGeneres's star-studded selfie from the 86th Academy Awards includes Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Julia Roberts, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Lupita Nyong'o and a few others. Within 35 minutes, the tweet surpassed Barack Obama's "Four more years" tweet to become the then most retweeted tweet of all time with over 800k.[5]
  3. ^ This tweet by One Direction member Louis Tomlinson saw its retweet count gradually increase as the band's fanbase continued to grow. It is the most retweeted tweet without a picture.
  4. ^ This tweet was the first of three tweets quoting a passage from Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, in response to the 2017 Charlottesville attack. The accompanying picture, taken in 2011 by former White House photographer Pete Souza, shows Obama visiting a day care center in Bethesda, Maryland.
  5. ^ El Rubius, a popular Spanish YouTuber, said in a video that his followers could enter a drawing for prizes by retweeting his tweet that consisted of the Spanish word for lemonade and a Moái Easter Island emoji.[9]
  6. ^ a b These pair of tweets encouraged relief efforts in Houston following Hurricane Harvey.
  7. ^ American singer Ariana Grande tweeted this several hours after her performance at Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. A suicide bombing had occurred after the end of the concert in the foyer of the arena; the explosion killed 23 people (including the attacker) and injured 250 more.[12]
  8. ^ This tweet by Indonesian entrepreneur Denny Januar Ali was awarded by Twitter as The World No. 2 Golden Tweet 2014.[14]
  9. ^ On the night he was re-elected in 2012, Barack Obama's staff posted an image of the President embracing First Lady Michelle Obama. It was the most retweeted tweet ever until it was surpassed by Ellen DeGeneres's selfie in 2014.[16]
  10. ^ This tweet was made in closing days of Obama's last term as U.S. President.
  11. ^ This tweet by One Direction member Harry Styles was made on the day Zayn Malik left the band.[19]
  12. ^ This tweet includes a video which shows YouTube star Adam Saleh alleging that he and a friend were removed from a Delta Airlines flight for speaking Arabic. The hashtag #BoycottDelta started trending after the tweet went viral.
  13. ^ American rock band Linkin Park changed their Twitter cover photo to that of their lead singer, Chester Bennington as a tribute to him after his death on July 20, 2017.[citation needed]
  14. ^ Niall Horan tweeted this before his audition for The X Factor.
  15. ^ Harry Styles tweeted this on his 22nd birthday. It is a reference to his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift's song "22".
  16. ^ Hillary Clinton tweeted this after losing the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.
  17. ^ LeBron James responded to Donald Trump tweeting that he had "uninvited" Stephen Curry from the traditional visit to the White House which would have honored his team, the Golden State Warriors, for winning the NBA championship. Curry had previously commented that he did not want to participate in the tradition because of Trump's politics.[27]
  18. ^ Zayn Malik tweeted this after he was spotted allegedly holding hands with an unidentified woman, just days after his fiancée Perrie Edwards admitted their relationship was ‘difficult’.
  19. ^ On Obama's last day as President, this was one of his final four tweets from the @POTUS account before Donald Trump's inaguguration later that day. @POTUS tweets from Obama's term are now archived at @POTUS44.[31]

See also

References

  1. ^ "These Are the 16 Most Popular Tweets of All Time". Time. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Carter "Nugget Boy" Wilkerson [@carterjwm] (April 6, 2017). "HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS" (Tweet). Retrieved June 12, 2017 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Roman, Laura (May 9, 2017). "Quest For Free Chicken Nuggets Inspires Twitter's Most Retweeted Tweet". NPR. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Ellen DeGeneres [@TheEllenShow] (March 3, 2014). "If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars" (Tweet). Retrieved March 20, 2017 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Guyun, Jessica (March 3, 2014). "Ellen DeGeneres selfie on Twitter is Oscar gold for Samsung". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Louis Tomlinson [@Louis_Tomlinson] (October 2, 2011). "Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (August 13, 2017). ""No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ El Rubius [@Rubiu5] (August 20, 2016). "LIMONADA 🗿" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Cómo El Rubius convirtió un mensaje sin sentido en el cuarto más en historia" (in Spanish). Huffington Post. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Penn State [@PennStateIFC] (August 30, 2017). "With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to help out those in need!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Ariana Grande [@ArianaGrande] (May 23, 2017). "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Ariana Grande says she feels 'broken' after Manchester concert attack". BBC News. May 23, 2017. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Denny Januar Ali [@DennyJA_WORLD] (June 4, 2014). "Denny JA: Dengan RT ini, anda ikut memenangkan Jokowi-JK. Pilih pemimpin yg bisa dipercaya (Jokowi) dan pengalaman (JK). #DJoJK" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Here are some of Indonesia's most memorable tweets in 2014". TechInAsia. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (November 7, 2012). "Four more years" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ Kuperisnky, Amy (March 8, 2014). "Trending: Ellen's Oscars retweet record, Adele Dazeem and Rachel Canning". The Star-Ledger. Advance Communications. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Barack Obama [@POTUS44] (January 11, 2017). "Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe—not in my ability to create change, but in yours" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Harry Styles [@Harry_Styles] (March 26, 2015). "All the love as always. H" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "This 5-Word Message From Harry Styles Was The Most RT'd Tweet of 2015". Seventeen Magazine. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ Adam Saleh [@omgAdamSaleh] (December 21, 2016). "We got kicked out of a @Delta airplane because I spoke Arabic to my mom on the phone and with my friend slim... WTFFFFFFFF please spread" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ Andrew Malcolm [@AHMalcolm] (February 15, 2015). "For every retweet this gets, Pedigree will donate one bowl of dog food to dogs in need! 😊 #tweetforbowls" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ^ Linkin Park [@linkinpark] (July 20, 2017). "pic.twitter.com/yoN80Mobdk" (Tweet). Retrieved August 17, 2017 – via Twitter.
  23. ^ Niall Horan [@NiallOfficial] (November 4, 2010). "applied for xfactor,hope it all wrks out" (Tweet). Retrieved October 2, 2017 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ Harry Styles [@Harry_Styles] (February 1, 2016). "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22" (Tweet). Retrieved October 2, 2017 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ Hillary Clinton [@HillaryClinton] (November 9, 2016). "To all the little girls watching...never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world" (Tweet). Retrieved August 18, 2017 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ LeBron James [@KingJames] (September 23, 2017). "U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Steph Curry doesn't want to visit the White House, and Trump, in a tweet, withdraws the invitation". LA Times. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  28. ^ Zayn Malik [@zaynmalik] (March 18, 2015). "I'm 22 years old... I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there's a lot of jealous fucks in this world I'm sorry for what it looks like x" (Tweet). Retrieved October 2, 2017 – via Twitter.
  29. ^ Justin Bieber [@justinbieber] (January 24, 2014). "YOU ARE ALL WORTHY NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS >> BE STRONG GOD IS WITH US ALL> MY BELIEBERS CHANGED MY LIFE> I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL" (Tweet). Retrieved October 2, 2017 – via Twitter.
  30. ^ Barack Obama [@POTUS44] (January 20, 2017). "It's been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man" (Tweet). Retrieved August 17, 2017 – via Twitter.
  31. ^ Batchelor, Tom (20 January 2017). "Inauguration: Barack Obama's final tweets as US President before handing over Twitter account to Donald Trump". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  32. ^ Sam Martin [@SamMartin_6] (August 31, 2017). "Leo and I are donating 6 lbs of dog food to Houston for every retweet this gets!!!! RT RT RT RT!!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 16, 2017 – via Twitter.
  33. ^ Niall Horan [@NiallOfficial] (May 6, 2011). "My names Niall and I love Louis" (Tweet). Retrieved October 11, 2017 – via Twitter.
  34. ^ Zayn Malik [@zaynmalik] (July 13, 2015). "@NaughtyBoyMusic you fat joke stop pretending we're friends no one knows you " (Tweet). Retrieved October 11, 2017 – via Twitter.
  35. ^ Niall Horan [@NiallOfficial] (June 21, 2011). "ITS NIALL BITCH!! HAHA" (Tweet). Retrieved October 11, 2017 – via Twitter.
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