Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — President Rodrigo Duterte has only been in office for six months, but he is already one of Facebook’s top global newsmakers this 2016.
Duterte and the presidential elections in the country landed in the Top 5 most-talked about global topics on Facebook this year.
The Philippines’ tough-talking President joined the ranks of the heated U.S. presidential elections, the rise of augmented reality app Pokémon GO, and the surprising deaths of music icon David Bowie, and boxing legend Muhammad Ali on the list.
Facebook released the list of top global topics and top live videos on Thursday.
Top 10 global topics:
U.S. Presidential Election
Brazilian Politics
Pokémon GO
Black Lives Matter
Rodrigo Duterte & Philippine Presidential Election
Olympics
Brexit
Super Bowl
David Bowie
Muhammad Ali
Top 10 global live videos:
Candace Payne, Chewbacca Mom
Ted Yoder, Soundscapes
Buzzfeed, Countdown to the next presidential election
Atlanta Buzz, People are lining up to hug police officers in Dallas
NBC News, Election results
Under the Hood, Video of a truck completely carved out of wood
Viral Thread, Population count from US to CA
CNN, Election results on Empire State building
Dena Blizzard, Pokemon Go for moms “Chardonnay Go”
Super Deluxe, Election map
The Top 10 moments of this year’s Year in Review were measured by how frequently a topic was mentioned in Facebook posts from January 1 to November 27, 2016. Facebook mentions were analyzed in an aggregated, anonymized way and then ranked to create a snapshot of the year on Facebook, while the top live videos were measured by total views.
