Lent

What Twitter is giving up for Lent

In case you were still working on what you are giving up or for Lent, the 2015 results of the top 100 Lenten sacrifices are in (according to Twitter).

With about 646,000  tweets analyzed, the hot topic “school” is currently out in front, with chocolate, swearing and alcohol in the top 5. Christianity Today gave an in-depth analysis, here.

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Stephen Smith of OpenBible.info’s running list of the top 100 most-mentioned Lenten sacrifices (both serious and cynical) in 2015: 

Rank What Number of Tweets
1. school 6,118
2. chocolate 4,008
3. twitter 3,587
4. social networking 2,949
5. alcohol 2,938
6. swearing 2,666
7. soda 2,288
8. sweets 1,916
9. fast food 1,894
10. college 1,594
11. coffee 1,566
12. you 1,359
13. lent 1,262
14. meat 1,198
15. homework 1,177
16. sex 1,074
17. junk food 1,028
18. bread 972
19. pizza 966
20. chips 855
21. facebook 792
22. boys 617
23. candy 583
24. religion 569
25. netflix 565
26. starbucks 553
27. work 550
28. beer 536
29. sugar 530
30. instagram 490
31. ice cream 474
32. life 461
33. giving up things 453
34. smoking 414
35. wine 399
36. me 397
37. cookies 395
38. chipotle 394
39. feelings 382
40. snapchat 378
41. winter 377
42. marijuana 355
43. shopping 337
44. catholicism 330
45. virginity 326
46. rice 323
47. food 314
48. my phone 303
49. stuff 295
50. cheese 289
51. carbs 274
52. mcdonalds 273
53. snow 271
54. desserts 244
55. french fries 238
56. coke 229
57. people 228
58. red meat 223
59. fried food 219
60. sobriety 215
61. hope 212
62. selfies 209
63. procrastination 209
64. masturbation 206
65. complaining 206
66. caffeine 199
67. makeup 197
68. negativity 196
69. booze 193
70. takeout 191
71. obama 169
72. fizzy drinks 166
73. cake 164
74. diet coke 162
75. eating out 160
76. porn 159
77. pancakes 156
78. classes 154
79. breathing 150
80. sleep 143
81. peanut butter 142
82. chick fil a 139
83. hot cheetos 135
84. tea 130
85. taco bell 125
86. sarcasm 125
87. men 124
88. liquor 122
89. sweet tea 121
90. online shopping 118
91. caring 118
92. pasta 117
93. dunkin donuts 115
94. nothing 114
95. naps 112
96. juice 110
97. swag 109
98. a levels 109
99. cold weather 106
100. gluten 105

Top Categories

Rank Category Number of Tweets
1. food 27,741
2. school/work 10,483
3. technology 8,527
4. habits 7,203
5. smoking/drugs/alcohol 5,685
6. relationship 3,822
7. irony 3,234
8. sex 2,071
9. health/hygiene 1,421
10. religion 1,400
11. generic 1,032
12. entertainment 970
13. weather 784
14. shopping 615
15. sports 347
16. money 265
17. politics 206
18. celebrity 160
19. clothes 140
20. possessions 77

 

 

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Rev. Alan Rudnick serves as the Senior Minister of DeWitt Community Church. He has been featured on television radio, and has written for the Albany Times Union, Syracuse-Post Standard, The Christian Century, Christian Citizen, Leading Ideas, Christian Reflection, Baptist News Global. He is the author of “The Work of the Associate Pastor” (Judson Press) and is a doctoral candidate at La Salle University's Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) program. He has served on the American Baptist Churches USA Board of General Ministry, American Baptist Home Mission Society, and the Missions Council of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

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