Facebook Memology: The characters, the trends and the most popular posts of 2011

The status updates of Facebook have played a key role in the evolution of the world's largest social network in 2011 . For this reason, were gathered all the most important trends in this year. Facebook has revealed that each December the list (starting from 2009) has helped users to understand the most popular themes and cultural trends.

The speech is similar to Twitter (but it makes use of popular hash tag). In this case, however, the discussions were much larger (thanks to the number of available characters for each post).The most popular topics? Here we go:

The death of Osama bin Laden, Steve Jobs and Amy Winehouse  were the topics discussed in millions and millions of messages, but does not end here.

Most Played Songs:

1. "We Found Love" (Rihanna and Calvin Harris)

2. "Last Friday Night (TGIF)" (Katy Perry)

3. "Sexy And I Know It" (LMFAO)

4. "Titanium" (David Guetta and Sia)

5. "First of the Year" (Skrillex)

6. "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" (Skrillex)

7. "Without You" (David Guetta and Usher)

8. "Stereo Hearts" (Gym Class Heroes and Adam Levine)

9. "Pumped Up Kicks" (Foster the People)

10. "Someone Like You" (Adele)

Movies :

 1. Harry Potter

2. The Twilight Saga

3. Toy Story

4. Avatars

5. Jackass

6. Shrek

7. Saw

8. Pirates of the Caribbean

9. Fast & Furious

10. Titanic

Television Show : 

1. House

2. Two and a Half Men

3. The Simpsons

4. Family Guy

5. South Park

6. Grey's Anatomy

7. SpongeBob SquarePants

8. CSI: Miami

9. iCarly

10. The Big Bang Theory

Music Artists:

1. Rihanna

2. Bob Marley

3. Avril Lavigne

4. David Guetta

5. Enrique Iglesias

6. Usher

7. Lady Gaga

8. Metallica

9. Green Day

10. Black Eyed Peas

Television Actors and Characters :

1. Megan Fox

2. Vin Diesel

3. Adam Sandler

4. Selena Gomez

5. Will Smith

6. Taylor Lautner

7. Jackie Chan

8. Ashley Tisdale

9. DJ Pauly D

10. Kim Kardashian

Athletes :

1. Leo Messi

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. John Cena

4. Ricardo Kaka

5. David Beckham

6. Michael Jordan

7. Sachin Tendulkar

8. Andres Iniesta

9. Kobe Bryant

10. Cesc Fàbregas

Sports Teams:

1.FC Barcelona

2. Real Madrid CF

3. Manchester United

4. LA Lakers

5. Chelsea Football Club

6. Liverpool FC

7. AC Milan

8. Arsenal

9. Galatasaray

10. Fenerbahce