At the end of the year, Twitter looks back on the most discussed topics in the Netherlands. Read here which tweets were the most discussed topics in 2021.
Every year you have a number of tweets that get a lot of attention. In 2021, the Eurovision Song Contest, that we could skate on natural ice again, and the Olympic Games in Japan were much discussed topics on Twitter. Many messages were shared under the hashtags #skatenopnatuurijs, #olympischespelen and #ZiekVeelLiefdeVoorRuud. Read below the most popular tweets of 2021, or read the Twitter most popular emojis and hashtags in 2021 in the Netherlands here.
Royce de Vries
The message that the De Vries family hoped never to have to share, became reality last July with the death of Peter R. de Vries. When words failed, the Dutch Twitterers reacted en masse with disbelief, love and support to Royce de Vries’ message.
Rivalry at its best
Since Max Verstappen entered Formula 1, the popularity of the sport has gone through the roof. The tension is high this season and it may just be that Max finally manages to dethrone Lewis Hamilton. His daring and sometimes outrageous driving style, competence and rivalry with Lewis makes for a lot of spectacle on and off the track – and on Twitter, where fans and pundits come together.
Dutch athletics history at the Olympics
When Sifan Hassan again won gold, Gregory Sedon could not contain his enthusiasm and the NOS studio cheered together!
Solidarity offers hope
The Dutch twitterers also made their blue hearts beat faster for the aid workers in our country and the aid workers could count on heartwarming comments and a good dose of likes.
#SickLots of LoveForRuud
That Twitter is a community full of love was proven again last September when #ZiekVeelLiefdeVoorRuud dominated many a timeline. Ruud ten Wolde was a young, promising journalist at RTL who was fighting cancer. During his fight, he wrote his book Ill Happy, which was published shortly after his death. Impact made Ruud certain, because his book was number 1 in the bestsellers list for a long time.
The most beautiful conversations on the platform
We are heading towards the winter weather again… Last February we were all back on natural ice for a long time. Warm up with a cookie and zopie after a lovely round on the irons. This is how we prefer to see the Netherlands in winter.
