2012 was all about One Direction, Big Brother, The Voice, The Hunger Games, Fifty Shades of Grey and Gangnam Style. But in 2013, Big Brother was the only highly buzzed about TV show remaining at the top of the Australia conscience, just squeezing in at number 10, while the federal election took all the attention.

Facebook has released lists of the most ‘buzzed about’ topics from 2013 from Australia and around the world and it seems the election, sport and the royal family dominated the top 10 most talked about terms by Aussies on Facebook in 2013.

Five of the top 10 issues biggest issues discussed on Facebook this year were politically related with the word ‘vote’ topping the list overall. During the election campaign, there were over 12 million election-related mentions during campaign and over one million posts on Facebook on election day relating to voting.

On election day itself, the term ‘vote’ started trending at 7am, just before polls opened, and spiked at 10am during the day, and again at 10pm with over 60,000 at that time, as Tony Abbott delivered his victory speech.

Sport continues to be a favourite topic amongst Australians with the cricket, the grand finals and the Lions all making the list. Last year, only the Olympics and the Swans winning the AFL Grand Final made the cut.

The birth of the royal baby and Princess Kate were the second most buzzed about terms by Australians on Facebook. The arrival of Prince George saw over 19 million related mentions on Facebook and Australia was the fifth country discussing it, after Great Britain, the US, Canada and Italy.

Check out the rest of the lists here:

Global top 10 topics

1. Pope Francis
2. Election
3. Royal Baby
4. Typhoon
5. Margaret Thatcher
6. Harlem Shake
7. Miley Cyrus
8. Boston Marathon
9. Tour de France
10. Nelson Mandela

 

Top 10 Australian topics

1. Vote
2. Princess Kate
3. Cricket
4. Kevin Rudd
5. Grand final
6. Election
7. GST
8. Lions
9. Tony Abbott
10. Big Brother

 

Australians’ major life events

1. Added a relationship, got engaged or got married
2. Travelled
3. Moved
4. Ended a relationship
5. Added a family member, had a baby, expecting a baby
6. First met
7. Got a pet
8. Lost a loved one
9. Got a piercing
10. Quit a habit
11. Listed themselves as an organ donor
12. Bought a car
13. Got a new hobby
14. Achieved something new
15. Retired

 

Global check-ins

1. Disneyland
2. Siam Paragon
3. Times Square NYC
4. Central Plaza Ladphrao
5. Disney California Adventure
6. CentralWorld
7. The O2
8. Epcot – Walk Disney World
9. Dodger Staidum
10. AT&T Park

 

Australian check-ins 

1. MCG
2. Crown Melbourne
3. Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
4. Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
5. Darling Harbour, Sydney
6. Sydney Opera House, Sydney
7. Dreamworld Australia, Gold Coast
8. The Star, Sydney
9. Bondi Beach, Sydney
10. ANZ Stadium, Sydney

 

Sport (Australia) 

1. Cricket
2. Grand final
3. Lions
4. Roosters
5. Rugby
6. Essendon
7. NRL
8. V8
9. Wallabies
10. Socceroos

 

Public figures (Australia) 

1. Princess Kate
2. Kevin Rudd
3. Tony Abbott
4. Julia Gillard
5. Miranda Kerr

 

Political Issues (Australia) 

1. GST
2. Asylum seekers
3. NBN
4. Gay Marriage
5. Immigration

 

Entertainment

1. Big Brother
2. The Voice
3. One Direction
4. Breaking Bad
5. Beyoncé