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What Twitterers Are Giving Up for Lent (2024 Edition)

Saturday, February 17th, 2024
Word cloud featuring Twitter, Social Networking, and Alcohol

This year, the usual trio of Twitter, social networking, and alcohol led the list, with Twitter taking the #1 spot for the first time since 2021.

This report draws from 9,817 tweets, the lowest number of Tweets I’ve ever tracked and down from a high of 646,000 in 2014. It only took ten tweets to make the top 100 this year, compared to 228 that year. On the other hand, the list of items in the top 100 has remained fairly stable: 56 of the top items from 2014 are also in the 2024 list.

Relationships

With Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine’s Day this year for the first time since 2018 (next time will be 2029, and then not again until 2170), relationship-related tweets rose. This year saw an increase in “situationships,” though it didn’t reach the top 100.

Chart showing giveups for: men + boys, love, valentines day, women + girls. Chart showing giveups for: yearning, relationships, simping.

Sin

Giving up sin had a big uptick this year. I don’t have an explanation.

Chart showing giveups for: Sin.

The Press

U.S. President Joe Biden said that he was giving up “you guys” for Lent, a reference to reporters.

Chart showing giveups for: the press, reporters, you guys.

Taylor Swift

Only eight tweets mentioned celebrities this year; seven of them were for Taylor Swift.

Chart showing giveups for: taylor swift.

Top 100 Things Twitterers Gave Up for Lent in 2024

RankWordCountChange from last year’s rank
1.Twitter413+1
2.Social networking348+1
3.Alcohol341-2
4.Lent2380
5.Chocolate1990
6.Sweets164+4
7.Meat142+7
8.Giving up things142+7
9.Swearing127-3
10.Coffee113-3
11.Soda112-3
12.Sugar107+6
13.Sex86-2
14.Lying71+11
15.Smoking70+8
16.Men70-6
17.Fast food59-5
18.Marijuana57-5
19.Catholicism500
20.Candy47+7
21.Religion47-1
22.Work46-6
23.Red meat46+15
24.Sin45+36
25.Bread420
26.Chips41-2
27.Liquor40-6
28.Love40+31
29.Valentines day38 
30.Tiktok37-14
31.Instagram36-8
32.You34-10
33.Food340
34.Sobriety32+6
35.Life32-1
36.Beer32-6
37.The press31 
38.Complaining29+10
39.Hope29-2
40.Hate22+4
41.Gambling21+8
42.Procrastination21+9
43.Him21-14
44.Yearning20+24
45.Cookies20+9
46.Fried food20-6
47.Booze20-6
48.Carbs19-1
49.Masturbation19-18
50.Junk food19-3
51.Porn18-2
52.Ice cream18+2
53.Christianity18-5
54.Caffeine18-19
55.Hard liquor18-3
56.Energy drinks18+4
57.Gossip17-1
58.Vaping17-13
59.Pork17-6
60.Losing16-7
61.Desserts16-6
62.Snacking16-12
63.Coke15-12
64.Being gay15-14
65.My will to live15-9
66.Homework15-20
67.Meat on fridays14 
68.Sanity14-14
69.Being a hater14-21
70.TV14-11
71.Video games14-17
72.Rice14-20
73.New Year’s resolutions13-12
74.Celibacy13-14
75.Negativity13-13
76.Dairy13-20
77.Church13-21
78.Reporters12 
79.Pizza12-26
80.Online shopping12-30
81.Facebook12-42
82.Sarcasm12-22
83.Women12-34
84.Fizzy drinks11-19
85.Being nice11-24
86.Cocaine11-22
87.Gooning11-19
88.Donald Trump11-20
89.Wine11-42
90.Breathing11-38
91.Dating11-29
92.Eggs11-28
93.Nicotine10-42
94.Depression10-36
95.Scrolling10 
96.Posting10-31
97.People10-57
98.Being single10-38
99.Anger10-33
100.Cake10-39

Top Categories

RankCategoryNumber of Tweets
1.food1,698
2.technology953
3.smoking/drugs/alcohol712
4.habits612
5.irony573
6.relationship329
7.religion212
8.sex210
9.politics83
10.school/work79
11.entertainment67
12.money45
13.health/hygiene34
14.shopping25
15.sports24
16.possessions8
17.celebrity8
18.weather4
19.clothes1

Track What People Are Giving Up for Lent on Twitter in 2024

Monday, February 12th, 2024

See the top 100 things people are giving up for Lent in 2024 on Twitter (i.e., X), which will be updated through February 16, 2024. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2024 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions about 2024 yet.

As I write this post on Monday morning, with about 350 tweets analyzed, “social networking,” “twitter,” and “chocolate” lead the list.

This year, since it would cost me $5,000 to use Twitter’s API to track what’s previously been free for the Lent Tracker, I’m having to take a more manual and sampled approach to tweets, which also means the results won’t be available in realtime the way they have been in years past; you can expect them to be updated a few times per day.

Look for the usual post-mortem on February 17, 2024.

What Twitterers Are Giving Up for Lent (2023 Edition)

Saturday, February 25th, 2023
Word cloud featuring alcohol, Twitter, and social networking.

This year, the usual trio of alcohol, Twitter, and social networking led the list, with alcohol just outpacing Twitter.

This report draws from 12,891 tweets out of 386,048 total tweets mentioning Lent.

Vegetables

The increase in “tomatoes” and “vegetables” refers to the announcement that several large grocery stores in the UK will temporarily restrict the number of tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers that customers can buy because of shortages.

Tomatoes, vegetables, and fruit.

Social Networks

TikTok continues its march upward, this year helped by news that some official EU bodies are banning it from staff devices. Meanwhile, Facebook continues its slide.

Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat.

Hate

“Hate” and “being a hater” both had sharp increases this year, while “racism” declined.

Hate, being a hater, racism.

Restaurants

Food delivery services continue to rise, while Chipotle overtakes Chick Fil A for the first time since 2016.

Doordash + Uber Eats, Chcik Fil A, McDonald's, Taco Bell, Chipotle.

Water

The increase in “drinking water” refers to a satirical piece about a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The spike in 2021 refers to a Texas power crisis that led to unavailable water.

Water + drinking water.

Defending

Finally, the jump in “defending” refers to a recent loss by the Liverpool football (soccer) team.

Defending.

Top 100 Things Twitterers Gave Up for Lent in 2023

1.Alcohol5440
2.Twitter5370
3.Social networking4050
4.Lent1980
5.Chocolate167+2
6.Swearing161+2
7.Coffee143-1
8.Soda132+4
9.Drinking water121 
10.Sweets121+4
11.Men119-2
12.Sex118-7
13.Fast food115+6
14.Marijuana104+2
15.Meat102-5
16.Giving up things90+1
17.Tiktok90+8
18.Work840
19.Sugar77+4
20.Catholicism76-7
21.Religion72-6
22.Liquor71+9
23.You59-1
24.Instagram59+8
25.Smoking56+1
26.Chips53+11
27.Bread53+7
28.Lying52+8
29.Starbucks52+5
30.Tomatoes50 
31.Candy47+13
32.Defending45+48
33.Him44-6
34.Beer44-3
35.Masturbation42+3
36.Food38-1
37.Life38-2
38.Pussy36+2
39.Caffeine34+2
40.Virginity32-8
41.Hope31-9
42.Red meat30-4
43.Facebook29-13
44.Fried food29+10
45.People290
46.Sobriety280
47.Booze27-2
48.Her27+14
49.Vegetables27+27
50.Cheese26-3
51.School25-22
52.Shopping25-8
53.Eating out25+6
54.Hate24+16
55.My job24-16
56.Vaping23+12
57.Homework22-8
58.Junk food22-3
59.Carbs22-1
60.Wine22-17
61.Doordash21+5
62.Christianity21-1
63.Complaining21-6
64.Being a hater20+8
65.Gambling20-1
66.Porn20-8
67.Women19-14
68.Takeout19-15
69.Online shopping19-18
70.Snacking190
71.Being gay19-15
72.Water180
73.Coke18-14
74.Procrastination18-22
75.Hookah18-8
76.Nicotine17-12
77.Breathing17-18
78.Rice17-26
79.Anxiety17-31
80.Hard liquor17-16
81.Pancakes16-19
82.Pizza16-26
83.Losing16-19
84.The presidency16-30
85.Pork15-18
86.Sanity15-29
87.Ice cream15-59
88.Cookies15-31
89.Video games14-18
90.Juice14-23
91.Desserts13-30
92.Hoes13-23
93.My will to live13-43
94.Salad13-14
95.Lint13-46
96.My phone13-24
97.Gossip13-33
98.Dairy13-39
99.Church12-47
100.French fries12-30

Top Categories

1.food1,976
2.technology1,246
3.smoking/drugs/alcohol1,031
4.habits645
5.irony508
6.relationship459
7.sex323
8.religion233
9.school/work152
10.entertainment84
11.sports80
12.money73
13.shopping62
14.health/hygiene57
15.politics42
16.weather15
17.possessions13
18.clothes6
19.celebrity2

Track in Real Time What People Are Giving Up for Lent in 2023

Monday, February 20th, 2023

See the top 100 things people are giving up for Lent in 2023 on Twitter, continually updated through February 24, 2023. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2023 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions about 2023 yet.

As I write this post, with about 660 tweets analyzed, perennial favorites “twitter,” “social networking,” and “alcohol” lead the list. Right now, “sugar” is at #5, a much-higher showing than it usually has; we’ll see if it holds its place through the week.

I expect “twitter” to run higher this year given some of its recent, polarizing decisions. Twitter has also talked about disabling its API, upon which the Twitter Lent Tracker depends, any day now, so hopefully the Tracker will survive the week.

Look for the usual post-mortem on February 25, 2023.

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

Track in Real Time What People Are Giving Up for Lent in 2022

Monday, February 28th, 2022

See the top 100 things people are giving up for Lent in 2022 on Twitter, continually updated through March 4, 2022. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2022 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions about 2022 yet.

As I write this post, with about 530 tweets analyzed, perennial favorites “twitter,” “alcohol,” and “social networking” lead the list, with “masks” ranking right now at #4 (related to some countries dropping mask requirements for the COVID-19 pandemic).

Look for the usual post-mortem on March 5, 2022.

What Twitterers Are Giving up for Lent (2021 Edition)

Saturday, February 20th, 2021
A word cloud from wordart.com features "Twitter," "Alcohol," "Social Networking," "Chocolate," and "Meat" most prominently.

This year, the usual trio of Twitter, alcohol, and social networking led the list. But current events influenced the list this year more than most. Radio personality Rush Limbaugh‘s death on Ash Wednesday led many to comment that they were giving him up for Lent, landing him at #7. A major winter storm (#62, snow and #77, winter) in Texas (#34) knocked out electricity (#5), water (#35), and heat (#68) for millions of people. Finally, the global pandemic (#23, covid) elevated topics like going to the pub (#24) and suppressed others, like eating out (#75). Zoom (#63), a videoconferencing service, appeared for the first time. “Executive orders” (#53) refers to a satirical tweet about U.S. President Biden.

This year’s list draws from 24,312 tweets out of 557,560 total tweets mentioning Lent.

COVID-19

The global coronavirus pandemic led to jumps in several topics, most notably “going to the pub,” which was almost as popular as “COVID,” and was followed closely by food pickup and delivery.

COVID + the pandemic is at the top, followed by going to the pub, takeout + doordash + uber eats, masks, and lockdown.

Social Media

In the battle of the social networks, TikTok has almost overtaken Instagram, while Snapchat fell below Tinder. Facebook, not shown on this chart because it makes the chart harder to read, was once dominant and is now only just above Instagram.

Instagram is just ahead of TikTok, which are far ahead of Tinder and Snapchat.

Fast Food

Fast food is down across the board.

Chick-fil-a is down but retains its lead, followed by Chipotle, McDonald's, Dunkin, and Taco Bell.

Top 103 Things Twitterers Gave Up for Lent in 2021

1.Twitter911+2
2.Alcohol895-1
3.Social networking687-1
4.Lent515+2
5.Chocolate4760
6.Meat337-2
7.Rush Limbaugh306 
8.Swearing250+3
9.Men242+4
10.Sex225-2
11.Coffee214-4
12.Sweets213-2
13.Giving up things188+14
14.Catholicism185+9
15.Electricity178+99
16.Soda174-7
17.Fast food167-5
18.Religion154+6
19.School140-2
20.Marijuana1380
21.Sugar136+1
22.Chips123-3
23.Covid116 
24.Going to the pub115 
25.Bread115-7
26.Smoking114+5
27.Facebook113+3
28.You111-13
29.Work102-13
30.Life99-2
31.Instagram99-2
32.Tiktok96+1
33.Booze94+12
34.Texas92 
35.Water87+61
36.Masks85 
37.Online shopping85+24
38.Homework83+5
39.Hope82+15
40.Living80+36
41.Takeout77+26
42.Breathing75+17
43.Beer71-22
44.Wine71-4
45.Power61 
46.Candy60-12
47.Food59-1
48.Him59+6
49.Depression58-14
50.Shopping55+7
51.Lying53-3
52.Executive orders53 
53.Virginity51-28
54.Liquor51-16
55.Cookies51-2
56.Starbucks51-26
57.Red meat50-18
58.Christianity49+18
59.Junk food49-17
60.Procrastination490
61.Anxiety47-18
62.Snow46+47
63.Zoom44 
64.Rice44-14
65.College42-28
66.Sobriety41-8
67.Lockdown41 
68.Heat40+44
69.Carbs40-28
70.Pancakes40+3
71.Caffeine40-24
72.Donald Trump40-22
73.Masturbation39-24
74.Desserts38-3
75.Eating out38-22
76.Simping36-34
77.Winter36+28
78.Ice cream34-14
79.Lint34+1
80.God33+5
81.Cheese33-30
82.Negativity33-22
83.People32-34
84.Complaining32-28
85.Being alive32+19
86.Church31-16
87.Coke29-25
88.Pussy28-22
89.Boys28-57
90.Pizza28-29
91.Sleep28-8
92.My will to live28-11
93.Amazon27-1
94.Sarcasm26-5
95.Hate26+15
96.Snacking25-15
97.Sanity240
98.My job24-44
99.Cake23-22
100.Dairy22-56
101.The pandemic22 
102.Chick Fil A22-47
103.Baseball22+9

Top Categories

1.food3,419
2.technology2,305
3.smoking/drugs/alcohol1,613
4.irony1,341
5.habits1,198
6.relationship804
7.religion528
8.sex476
9.health/hygiene442
10.school/work414
11.celebrity313
12.politics242
13.weather213
14.shopping172
15.money125
16.entertainment106
17.sports48
18.clothes15
19.possessions12

Track in Real Time What People Are Giving Up for Lent in 2021

Monday, February 15th, 2021

See the top 100 things people are giving up for Lent in 2021 on Twitter, continually updated through February 19, 2021. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2021 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions about 2021 yet.

As I write this post, with about 593 tweets analyzed, perennial favorites “alcohol,” and “twitter,” and “social networking” lead the list. I expect to see tweets this year related to the global pandemic. And will TikTok make the top ten this year?

Look for the usual post-mortem on February 20, 2021.

What Twitterers Are Giving up for Lent (2020 Edition)

Saturday, February 29th, 2020

This year's word cloud is from wordart.com because wordle.net no longer works for me.

This year alcohol topped the list for the first time since 2017, followed by social networking and Twitter. New to the top 100 this year are “trolling” (#14) and “being toxic” (#94), following Pope Francis’s call to give up online insults. Also new are “TikTok” (#33), “simping,” or acting obsequiously on TikTok (#41), “coronavirus” (#73) (related: shaking hands), and “the streets” (#95).

This year’s list draws from 35,817 tweets out of 540,684 total tweets mentioning Lent.

Plastic

Plastic has been appearing near the top of the list for the past two years as some churches, especially in the UK, have encouraged people to give it up for Lent. This year, mentions of plastic fell precipitously, suggesting that either giving it up has become less fashionable or that people inclined to give it up already did so over the past two years. In particular, “straws” received no mentions.

Plastic dropped from over 1% in 2019 to 0.1% in 2020.

Social Media

As noted above, TikTok is the big winner here.

Snapchat continues its decline.

Fast Food

Chick-fil-A continues its march upward, while McDonald’s continues its decline.

Domino's wasn't mentioned this year.

Top 100 Things Twitterers Gave Up for Lent in 2020

Rank Word Count Change from last year’s rank
1. Alcohol 1,533 +1
2. Social networking 1,236 -1
3. Twitter 1,191 0
4. Meat 570 +2
5. Chocolate 534 -1
6. Lent 468 -1
7. Coffee 444 +1
8. Sex 432 +2
9. Soda 426 0
10. Sweets 409 +2
11. Swearing 403 -4
12. Fast food 356 -1
13. Men 336 +1
14. Trolling 330 +106
15. You 294 +3
16. Work 288 -1
17. School 284 -4
18. Bread 254 -1
19. Chips 235 +5
20. Marijuana 214 +7
21. Beer 210 +2
22. Sugar 207 -2
23. Catholicism 202 -2
24. Religion 198 -7
25. Virginity 196 +7
26. Giving up things 177 -4
27. Life 165 -2
28. Instagram 156 +3
29. Facebook 156 -3
30. Starbucks 151 +6
31. Smoking 146 +3
32. Boys 138 -2
33. TikTok 131 +89
34. Candy 122 +1
35. Depression 119 +16
36. College 112 -20
37. Liquor 112 +22
38. Red meat 106 +5
39. Wine 105 +8
40. Carbs 104 +8
41. Simping 104 +82
42. Junk food 100 -5
43. Homework 100 -3
44. Anxiety 97 +9
45. Dairy 94 +11
46. Booze 93 +10
47. Food 92 -1
48. Fried food 92 +1
49. Caffeine 86 +15
50. Lying 85 -6
51. Masturbation 85 -1
52. People 84 +3
53. Donald Trump 84 -10
54. Rice 83 -14
55. Cheese 81 -13
56. Eating out 78 +3
57. Cookies 75 -3
58. Hope 75 -19
59. Him 75 -6
60. My job 73 -7
61. Chick Fil A 70 +10
62. Complaining 67 +10
63. Shopping 65 +1
64. Sobriety 64 +3
65. Breathing 62 -24
66. Negativity 62 -1
67. Procrastination 61 -10
68. Online shopping 61 0
69. Pizza 60 -15
70. Coke 59 +3
71. Feelings 58 +24
72. Ice cream 58 -19
73. Coronavirus 58
74. Porn 56 +3
75. Juice 54 +5
76. Boba 54 -15
77. Pussy 52 -3
78. Takeout 51 -15
79. Bills 48 -9
80. French fries 48 -10
81. Church 46 -8
82. Desserts 45 -10
83. Being gay 44 +2
84. Pancakes 44 -5
85. Being a jerk online 44
86. Being single 41 +4
87. Hot Cheetos 40 -13
88. Cheating 40 -6
89. Chicken 39 -8
90. Crying 39 -10
91. Living 39 -4
92. Christianity 39 -30
93. Gambling 39 +6
94. Being toxic 38 +29
95. The streets 38 +28
96. Cake 38 -9
97. Energy drinks 37 -2
98. TV 37 -13
99. Women 37 0
100. Pasta 36 -16

Top Categories

1. food 6,259
2. technology 3,125
3. smoking/drugs/alcohol 2,767
4. relationship 2,163
5. habits 1,882
6. irony 1,364
7. sex 1,019
8. school/work 882
9. religion 647
10. health/hygiene 352
11. money 259
12. entertainment 166
13. politics 162
14. shopping 160
15. sports 84
16. weather 18
17. celebrity 17
18. clothes 17
19. possessions 16

Media Coverage

The Lent Tracker received some media attention this year:

Track in Real Time What People Are Giving Up for Lent in 2020

Monday, February 24th, 2020

See the top 100 things people are giving up for Lent in 2020 on Twitter, continually updated until February 29, 2020. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2020 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions about 2020 yet.

As I write this post, with about 1,200 tweets analyzed, perennial favorites “social networking,” “alcohol,” and “twitter” lead the list. I’ve already learned a new word: simping, “the type of person who, instead of trying to attract the opposite sex through being attractive and interesting, is more sycophantic and fawning,” commonly on TikTok. It’s currently at #12, though I assume it will fall as more people start posting.

Look for the usual post-mortem on March 1, 2020.