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What Twitterers Are Giving Up for Lent (2022 Edition)

Saturday, March 5th, 2022
The word cloud emphasizes alcohol and Twitter.

This year, the usual trio of alcohol, Twitter, and social networking led the list, though alcohol easily outpaced Twitter this year–unlike last year, when alcohol fell behind Twitter. If you combine “baseball” and “Major League Baseball,” the combination would have ended up at #5, a reference to this year’s cancellation of the regular start of the baseball season in the U.S. As usual, there were several U.S. political issues, with “coherent speaking,” “ice cream” (up 35 places), and “the presidency” referring to Joe Biden, who landed at #97 this year. “War” came in at #52, referring to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with “Putin,” “Russia,” “Ukraine,” and “Russian oil” also appearing near the bottom of the list. New this year is “Wordle,” a currently popular online game owned by the New York Times.

This year’s list draws from 19,411 tweets out of 389,796 total tweets mentioning Lent.

COVID-19

Most COVID-related terms declined substantially this year, aside from “masks,” which stayed relatively constant.

Covid + the pandemic, going to the pub, and lockdown all dropped, while masks only dropped slightly.

Social Media

TikTok finally overtook Instagram. Facebook, not on this chart, is also behind Instagram.

Tinder and Snapchat are both at the bottom.

Restaurants

Food-delivery services like DoorDash overtook traditional fast-food restaurants this year.

Chick fil a still leads among other fast-food restaurants, followed by McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Chipotle.

Plastic

Plastic was fashionable to give up in 2018-2019, but no longer.

Plastic dropped in 2020 and has continued to dwindle.

Top 100 Things Twitterers Gave Up for Lent in 2022

1.Alcohol786+1
2.Twitter635-1
3.Social networking4710
4.Lent4220
5.Sex233+5
6.Coffee229+5
7.Chocolate224-2
8.Swearing2190
9.Men2130
10.Meat211-4
11.Baseball194+62
12.Soda186+5
13.Catholicism169+1
14.Sweets162-2
15.Religion156+4
16.Marijuana150+5
17.Giving up things131-4
18.Work130+11
19.Fast food129-1
20.You109+8
21.Sugar93+1
22.Coherent speaking91 
23.Tiktok83+9
24.Smoking77+2
25.Him75+20
26.Ice cream71+35
27.School70-7
28.Facebook69-1
29.Beer69+12
30.Liquor68+20
31.Hope68+6
32.Instagram68-1
33.Virginity67+16
34.Masks66+1
35.Starbucks66+15
36.Bread62-10
37.Life62-7
38.Food61+6
39.Lying60+9
40.Chips59-17
41.Masturbation59+17
42.Red meat58+8
43.My job57+28
44.Pussy55+22
45.Caffeine52+13
46.Wordle51 
47.Wine47-5
48.Shopping47-1
49.Candy46-6
50.People46+13
51.Booze46-19
52.War44+41
53.Sobriety42+3
54.Cheese40+9
55.Major League Baseball40 
56.Anxiety39-4
57.Homework39-21
58.Lint38+4
59.Bills38+17
60.My will to live34+7
61.Online shopping33-25
62.Rice33-7
63.Church33+1
64.Procrastination33-12
65.English32 
66.Takeout32-27
67.Women31+10
68.The presidency31+21
69.Fried food30+7
70.Junk food30-18
71.Sleep29-4
72.Being gay29+3
73.Pizza27-6
74.Sanity27-4
75.Complaining27-11
76.Cookies26-26
77.Porn26-3
78.Carbs26-20
79.The Lakers26 
80.College25-25
81.Breathing25-40
82.Dairy25-10
83.Eating out25-23
84.Coke24-19
85.Rent24-11
86.Racism24-8
87.Depression24-42
88.Putin23 
89.Christianity23-38
90.God23-28
91.Desserts23-32
92.Eating22-12
93.Stress22-19
94.Celibacy22-18
95.Pancakes22-37
96.Her22-11
97.Joe Biden21-4
98.Russia21 
99.Ukraine21 
100.Russian oil19 

Top Categories

1.food2,597
2.technology1,479
3.smoking/drugs/alcohol1,448
4.habits1,034
5.irony947
6.relationship780
7.sex547
8.religion485
9.politics303
10.school/work300
11.sports294
12.money181
13.entertainment127
14.health/hygiene120
15.shopping102
16.health84
17.possessions23
18.clothes8
19.weather6
20.celebrity5