Since the advent of social media, it is not just pictures, posts and personal details with which we interact with each other, a lot of the times our interactions and conversations are concerning any of the prevalent or trending topics of the day.

Bearing this in mind, at the year-end of 2014, Facebook has created a year-end video which has depicted the highs and lows, and the most discussed topics of the year. Having over 1.3 billion active users across the globe, the most discussed topics on the Facebook platform evidently will be the most popular and hyped topics in the real world as well.


The Social Networking forum has, on Tuesday published the Top 10 lists which are rankings of the most discussed topics according to certain categories. These lists were compiled on basis of total number of posts which talked about that specific topic (it accounted for misspellings and abbreviations as well) and not because of the likes and comments.

The most talked about Global topics were:

1. World Cup

2. Ebola Virus Outbreak

3. Elections in Brazil

4. Robin Williams

5. Ice Bucket Challenge

6. Conflict in Gaza

7. Malaysia Airlines

8. Super Bowl

9. Michael Brown/Ferguson

10. Sochi Winter Olympics

Other popular trends across India and Australia included the Indian General Elections, India Premier League, Tony Abbot, and Melbourne Cup.

The U.S. trends that were discussed included Most Visited Places, Most talked about TV Shows, Athletes, Entertainer, Songs, Movies, Games and also the Most Viewed Ice Bucket Challenges Videos.

In order to create these lists, the Facebook posts were analyzed in an anonymous and aggregate way, after which a compilation of the milestones of the Year on Facebook were created.

In order to view the extensive lists, visit the Facebook page over here.