Top 10 Twitter Trends This Month [CHART]

A few recurring Twitter trends tussled for dominance in August, and if you've been following our weekly chart, you likely won't be surprised by this month's aggregate.

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Soccer was strong week after week, and ultimately came out on top in August thanks to a variety of highly anticipated matches from around the world. This global trend has consistently been hard to beat.
It was anybody's guess where Justin Bieber would land, but a few antics and appearances late in the month got his fans fired up. The Biebs hits number two in August.

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And the British riots from early in the month had enough staying power to come it at number three on our chart.

See the full list below. Note that hashtag games and memes have been omitted from the data. You can check Twitter trends from the past in our Top Twitter Topics section.

Top Twitter Trends, August 2011: