09 December 2011 | Author: C. Tate
Facebook has revealed its list of top ten most-mentioned news stories of 2011 in the UK, with a BBC story concerning global population growth.
In addition to the number one article, other newsworthy topics included the UK riots, the Royal Wedding and The Only Way Is Essex.
The social networking giant put together the list by counting the number of clicks on its site for stories posted from the UK's top media outlets. These articles can have appeared as shared items, wall posts or likes.
Coming in at second place was the Sun's story about a woman who received a tattoo with a scatological theme from her boyfriend for cheating on him. Other popular articles came from the Guardian and Daily Mail newspapers.
As for talk and comments on news topics, the Royal Wedding topped the chart. Kate Middleton was the most mentioned person when talking of the event and more than one million people logged on to the site to discuss her royal walk down the aisle.
However, Facebook say the conversations surrounding the year's big events were not just confined to simple chatter - many used the network to organise their communities' response in cleaning up their area after the violence and looting that occurred in English cities during the summer.
"People continued to turn to Facebook in the aftermath of the riots to organise their communities to come together for the clean-up - the two biggest groups set up to motivate operations and rally positively against the riots were huge with over 600,000 fans," the company said in a statement.
Population growth dominates Facebook's newsfeed
Facebook has revealed its list of top ten most-mentioned news stories of 2011 in the UK, with a BBC story concerning global population growth. In addition to the number one article, other newsworthy topics included the UK riots, the Royal Wedding and The Only Way Is Essex.
The social networking giant put together the list by counting the number of clicks on its site for stories posted from the UK's top media outlets. These articles can have appeared as shared items, wall posts or likes.
Coming in at second place was the Sun's story about a woman who received a tattoo with a scatological theme from her boyfriend for cheating on him. Other popular articles came from the Guardian and Daily Mail newspapers.
As for talk and comments on news topics, the Royal Wedding topped the chart. Kate Middleton was the most mentioned person when talking of the event and more than one million people logged on to the site to discuss her royal walk down the aisle.
However, Facebook say the conversations surrounding the year's big events were not just confined to simple chatter - many used the network to organise their communities' response in cleaning up their area after the violence and looting that occurred in English cities during the summer.
"People continued to turn to Facebook in the aftermath of the riots to organise their communities to come together for the clean-up - the two biggest groups set up to motivate operations and rally positively against the riots were huge with over 600,000 fans," the company said in a statement.
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