The social media giant has released its year-in-review data, analysing and aggregating Australians’ posts by tallying how many times a topic was mentioned on the platform.
The US election was unsurprisingly the most-talked about topic online, while Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull also caught the attention of users.
Facebook’s most talked-about topics in Australia in 2016
1. US elections
2. Malcolm Turnbull
3. Shark attacks
4. David Bowie
5. Pokemon Go
6. Pauline Hanson
7. Western Bulldogs and AFL Grand Final
8. Brexit
9. Rodrigo Duterte
10. Olympics
Also: Non AFL Source.
AFL media division was and is very active