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Twitter: most popular tweets as of April 2017

Most popular tweets on Twitter as of April 2017, by number of retweets (in millions)

The data describes the most retweeted Twitter posts of all time. As of June 2018, a star-studded selfie taken by Ellen DeGeneres during the 2014 Academy Awards ceremony still remains one of the most popular posts on Twitter with more than 3.37 million retweets.

Carter Wilkerson: Wendys free chicken nuggets	3.64
Ellen DeGeneres: 2014 Oscars photo	3.37
Louis Tomlinson: Always in my heart @Harry_Styles	2.65
Barack Obama: "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin..."	1.7
El Rubius: LIMONADA	1.41
Damarious Randall: If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2018 NBA finals I’ll buy everyone who retweet’s this a jersey...	1.17
Penn State Interfraternity Council: With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets!	1.14
Ariana Grande: broken. from the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry.	1.09
Denny Januar Ali: backing Indonesian presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo	1.02
Barack Obama: four more years.	0.91

Twitter: most popular tweets as of April 2017

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