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2018 Year In Review from major companies

Alex Yuktanon

It’s the time of the year again that major tech and media companies - like Google, YouTube, Facebook - publish their year in review. 2018 is still no different; there are many 2018 year in reviews for us to look back what happened in the past year around the world.

Let’s check out all of them below:

2018 Year In Review from Google

Google looks on the positive side of the world this year. They focus on good things that people searched for around the world. Let’s watch it below:

In a year of ups and downs, the world searched for "good" more than ever before - according to Google Trends. From the epic headlines to the everyday moments, here's to all the good that people discovered in 2018.

To view the complete list of Google’s Year in Search 2018, it is on Google Trends: https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2018/.

2018 Year In Review from YouTube

YouTube brought together YouTuber around the world to define the key moments happening in 2018.

YouTube Rewind 2018. Celebrating the videos, people, music and moments that defined 2018.

2018 Year In Review from Facebook

For Facebook, it’s about you. It’s based on your memories that you shared on Facebook in 2018. You can check your Facebook’s 2018 Year In Review from the Memories tab or https://www.facebook.com/memories/.

2018 Year In Review From Twitter

Twitter focuses on what happened on its platform in 2018. The clear winner is BTS (Bangtan Boys or 방탄소년단) - An extremely popular boy band from South Korea - that Twitter said there were many @BTS_twt mentions than they can count.

2018 Year In Review from Instagram

For Instagram, they highlight the popular engagement from the key features of the platform itself. Here is Instagram’s 2018 Year in Review:

  • Most Used Face Filter in Instagram Stories: Heart Eyes

  • Most Used Giphy Sticker on Instagram Stories: Heart Love Sticker by Arata

  • Number of times ❤️ was used in comments: 14 billion

  • Happiest Geotagged Location in the World (highest use of 🙂 in the caption): Disneyland Tokyo

  • Top Niche Community Trend: ASMR

  • Highest Growth Hashtag Community: #fortnite

  • Top Fandom Community: BTS (#btsarmy)

  • Top Dance Movement: #inmyfeelingschallenge

  • Top Advocacy Hashtags: #metoo (1.5 million), #timesup (597K), #marchforourlives (562K)

Check out the complete information on Instagram’s Info Center: https://instagram-press.com/blog/2018/12/12/instagram-year-in-review-2018/

2018 Year In Review from TIKTOK

TikTok creates its own rewind called “TikTok Rewind” focusing on trending content on TikTok in 2018. One thing for sure, they make sure that they create the right rewind. You can watch it here: https://m.tiktok.com/v/6635480525911887110.html