This Year On Twitter: The Top Tweets, Trends, News, People And Conversations Of 2012

As they did last year, Twitter has released a review of 2012 over on their official blog, which takes a closer look at the top tweets, trends, people and more from the past twelve months.

With the Olympics, Sandy, tweets from Mars and a U.S. presidential election, there’s certainly been a lot to talk about, and Twitter now plays a hugely significant – and important – role in this global conversation.

Every day, we’re amazed and humbled by the many ways in which people use Twitter, which range from simply retweeting to igniting conversations with hashtags (even around lesser-known topics) to sharing spectacular and far-flung views.