List of most-retweeted tweets

This list of most-retweeted tweets contains the top 30 tweets with the most retweets (an account's tweet that is sent again by additional accounts without any change) of all time on the social networking platform Twitter; Twitter does not provide an official list but the news media makes lists.[1][2] As of July 2020, the top tweet has over 4.4 million retweets and was tweeted by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Currently, five accounts have more than one of the most-retweeted tweets in the top 30: BTS have twelve, and Barack Obama, Maezawa, Jimmy Donaldson, and El Rubius each have two.

List

The following table lists the top 30 most-retweeted tweets on Twitter, the account that tweeted it, the total number of retweets rounded to the nearest ten thousand, and the date it was originally tweeted. The notes include the details surrounding the tweet.

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Rank	Tweet	Posted by	Retweets (millions)	Date	Context	Link
1	ZOZOTOWN新春セールが史上最速で取扱高100億円を先ほど突破！！日頃の感謝を込め、僕個人から100名様に100万円【総額1億円のお年玉】を現金でプレゼントします。応募方法は、僕をフォローいただいた上、このツイートをRTするだけ。受付は1/7まで。当選者には僕から直接DMします！ #月に行くならお年玉[3]	Yusaku Maezawa @yousuck2020	4.40	January 5, 2019	[upper-alpha 1]
2	🎍謹賀新年🎍【総額10億円】#前澤お年玉 100万円を1000人にプレゼントします！100万円で皆さまの人生がよりハッピーになりますように。応募方法は僕のフォローとこのツイートのリツイート。締切は1月7日23:59まで。企画趣旨や当選条件などはYouTubeで説明してます。[5]	Yusaku Maezawa @yousuck2020	3.83	December 31, 2019	[upper-alpha 2]
3	HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS[6]	Carter Wilkerson @carterjwm	3.42	April 5, 2017	[upper-alpha 3]
4	If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars[8]	Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow	3.13	March 2, 2014	[upper-alpha 4]
5	Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis[10]	Louis Tomlinson @Louis_Tomlinson	2.68	October 2, 2011	[upper-alpha 5]
6	LIMONADA 🗿[12]	El Rubius @Rubiu5	1.81	August 20, 2016	[upper-alpha 6]
7	"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."[14]	Barack Obama @BarackObama	1.64	August 12, 2017	[upper-alpha 7]
8	LIMONADA 2.0 🗿[15]	El Rubius @Rubiu5	1.57	September 29, 2018
9	Never Not 💜[16]	BTS @BTS_twt	1.46	May 3, 2020	[upper-alpha 8]
10	Duh😛[18]	BTS @BTS_twt	1.32	June 9, 2019	[upper-alpha 9]
11	#InMyFeelingsChallenge #HopeOnTheStreet[20]	BTS @BTS_twt	1.16	July 23, 2018	[upper-alpha 10]
12	I'm going give someone random who retweets this tweet $10,000 because it's my birthday and I feel like being nice (you have to be following me so I can dm you the code if you win)[25]	Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast) @MrBeastYT	1.14	May 7, 2019	[upper-alpha 11]
13	Hi Army😊 [27]	BTS @BTS_twt	1.06	August 16, 2020
14	With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to help out those in need![28]	Penn State Interfraternity Council @PennStateIFC	1.04	August 30, 2017	[upper-alpha 12]
15	Tomorrow! You and me got a whole lot of history #10YearsOf1D[29]	One Direction @onedirection	1.03	July 22, 2020	[upper-alpha 13]
16	broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.[30]	Ariana Grande @ArianaGrande	1.03	May 22, 2017	[upper-alpha 14]
17	우리는 인종차별에 반대합니다. 우리는 폭력에 반대합니다. 나, 당신, 우리 모두는 존중받을 권리가 있습니다. 함께 하겠습니다. We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together. #BlackLivesMatter[32]	BTS @BTS_twt	1.01	June 4, 2020	[upper-alpha 15]
18	If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2018 NBA finals I'll buy everyone who retweet's this a jersey...[34]	Damarious Randall @RandallTime	1.01	May 28, 2018	[upper-alpha 16]
19	She's tough. But she's worth it[36]	Ryan Sesselman @RyanSesselman	0.99	June 9, 2018	[upper-alpha 17]
20	방탄 아미 파이팅[37]	BTS @BTS_twt	0.98	July 26, 2020
21	Let's set a world record together and get the most retweeted tweet on Twitter. Beating the current world record held by Yusaku Maezawa @yousuck2020 (5.3 million!) We got this 🙌[38]	Sam Heath @egg_rt_record	0.96	January 13, 2019	[upper-alpha 18]
22	Denny JA: Dengan RT ini, anda ikut memenangkan Jokowi-JK. Pilih pemimpin yg bisa dipercaya (Jokowi) dan pengalaman (JK). #DJoJK[40]	Denny Januar Ali @DennyJA_WORLD	0.94	June 4, 2014	[upper-alpha 19]
23	어버이날 카네이션은 역시 어린이날에 만들어야![42]	BTS @BTS_twt	0.91	May 5, 2020	[upper-alpha 20]
24	teamwork makes the dream work.[44]	BTS @BTS_twt	0.90	March 19, 2013	[upper-alpha 21]
25	지진정이었습니더 잘자요 사랑합니다 #JIMIN [45]	BTS @BTS_twt	0.90	July 26, 2020
26	방탄생일 축하해 주셔서 감사해요 저도 작은 선물 준비했어요 😊🙏❤️ #JIMIN #방탄생일ㅊㅋ[46]	BTS @BTS_twt	0.90	June 13, 2019	[upper-alpha 22]
27	I'm going to give 100 random people who retweet this $100. Normally I'd give one person $10,000 but I want to give you guys better odds of winning :) You must be following me so I can dm you the code if you win! Will show proof![47]	Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast) @MrBeastYT	0.89	July 24, 2019	[upper-alpha 23]
28	Four more years.[48]	Barack Obama @BarackObama	0.86	November 6, 2012	[upper-alpha 24]
29	Army painted me😁[50]	BTS @BTS_twt	0.85	May 25, 2020	[upper-alpha 25]
30	사진 찍으니까 방해하는 정국이 그리고 그대로 올리는 석지니[51]	BTS @BTS_twt	0.84	July 2, 2020

See also

• List of most-followed Twitter accounts
• List of most-liked tweets
• List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
• List of most-disliked YouTube videos
• List of most-liked YouTube videos
• List of most-liked Instagram posts

Notes

1. On January 5, 2019, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa made a tweet in which he promised to give away 100 million yen ($924.3k USD) between 100 random individuals who followed his account and retweeted the tweet. The tweet quickly grew popular in Japan, and surpassed Carter Wilkerson's tweet within 24 hours.[4]
2. On January 1, 2020, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa made a tweet in which he promised to give away 1 billion yen ($9.223 million USD) between 1,000 random individuals who followed his account and retweeted the tweet.
3. Carter Wilkerson tweeted Wendy's asking how many retweets he needed for a year of free chicken nuggets. When Wendy's replied with "18 Million", he accepted the challenge. The tweet received unlikely support from several major companies including Microsoft, Amazon and Google, prompting the hashtag #NuggsForCarter and propelling the tweet to become the most-retweeted within 34 days, at which point Wendy's gave him a year of free nuggets.[7]
4. Ellen DeGeneres's star-studded selfie from the 86th Academy Awards includes Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Spacey, Julia Roberts, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Lupita Nyong'o and a few others. Within 35 minutes, the tweet surpassed Barack Obama's "Four more years" tweet to become the then most-retweeted tweet of all time with over 800k.[9]
5. This tweet by One Direction member Louis Tomlinson is a reference to the relationship between himself and fellow band member Harry Styles, also known as Larry Stylinson. Its retweet count gradually increased as the band's fanbase continued to grow. It is the most-retweeted tweet without a picture.[11]
6. El Rubius, a Spanish YouTube influencer, said in a video that his followers could enter a drawing for prizes by retweeting the tweet that consisted of the Spanish word for lemonade and a Moái Easter Island emoji.[13]
7. This tweet was the first of three tweets quoting a passage from Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, in response to the 2017 Charlottesville attack. The accompanying picture, taken in 2011 by former White House photographer Pete Souza, shows Obama visiting a day care center in Bethesda, Maryland.
8. Video clip of BTS member Jungkook singing "Never Not" by American singer Lauv.[17]
9. Video clip of BTS member Jungkook dancing to "Bad Guy" by American singer Billie Eilish. Initially ranked as the second most retweeted tweet globally of 2019, it became the most retweeted tweet of the year in less than an hour of Twitter announcing its year end list.[19]
10. BTS member J-Hope doing the #InMyFeelingsChallenge,[21] a viral internet dance trend created by social-media comedian Shiggy for Canadian rapper Drake's song, "In My Feelings".[22] The clip was Twitter's most liked tweet of 2018,[23] as well as the most liked and retweeted tweet in South Korea that year.[24]
11. Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, is the owner of a YouTube channel that is well-known for giving large amounts of money to strangers. In this tweet, Donaldson promised to give USD$10,000 to a random Twitter user that retweeted the tweet and followed his Twitter account, in celebration of his birthday.[26]
12. This tweet encouraged relief efforts in Houston following Hurricane Harvey.
13. This tweet includes an image that reads "10 years of One Direction" and was posted in anticipation of the group's tenth anniversary happening the following day on July 23, 2020.
14. American singer Ariana Grande tweeted this several hours after her performance at Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. A suicide bombing had occurred after the end of the concert in the foyer of the arena; the explosion killed 23 people (including the attacker) and injured 250 more.[31]
15. The band tweeted in response to the killing of George Floyd and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.[33]
16. Randall incited anger from Clevelanders by openly cheering for the Warriors to defeat his hometown Cavs in the 2018 NBA Finals. As a make-good, he offered to purchase jerseys for everyone who retweeted if the Cavs won the championship.[35]
17. Ryan Sesselman asked his mother how many retweets were needed to adopt a puppy. The target – one million retweets – was met five days later on June 14.
18. On January 4, 2019, a post was made to Instagram, in an attempt to make the highest liked post on the site a picture of an egg, which it achieved within 10 days. This tweet was made on January 13, around the time Instagram's new record was set, in an attempt to achieve Twitter's most retweeted tweet, with just a picture of an egg once again. The tweet "went on to receive 957,300 retweets and 582,000 likes."[39]
19. This tweet by Indonesian entrepreneur Denny Januar Ali is voicing his support of Joko Widodo ahead of the 2014 Indonesian presidential election. It was awarded by Twitter as The World No. 2 Golden Tweet 2014.[41]
20. This tweet was made by BTS members V and Jungkook after preparing carnations together for Parents' Day in South Korea during a livestream on V App.[43]
21. This tweet contains a phrase that would eventually be adopted as the official slogan for the fanbase.
22. Jimin's thank you present for BTS' 6th anniversary.
23. Mr Beast, known online as MrBeast, is the owner of a YouTube channel that is well-known for giving large amounts of money to strangers, online streamers, and even other YouTube channels. In this tweet, Donaldson promised to give $10,000USD to a random Twitter user that retweeted the tweet and followed his Twitter account, in celebration of his birthday.
24. On the night he was re-elected in 2012, Barack Obama's staff posted an image of the President embracing First Lady Michelle Obama. It was the most-retweeted tweet ever until it was surpassed by Ellen DeGeneres's selfie in 2014.[49]
25. This tweet is a thankful note to a fan by V as he finally got a Simpson's inspired painting of himself that he asked for.

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3. 前澤友作|お金配り毎日実施中 [@yousuck2020] (January 5, 2019). ZOZOTOWN新春セールが史上最速で取扱高100億円を先ほど突破！！日頃の感謝を込め、僕個人から100名様に100万円【総額1億円のお年玉】を現金でプレゼントします。応募方法は、僕をフォローいただいた上、このツイートをRTするだけ。受付は1/7まで。当選者には僕から直接DMします！ #月に行くならお年玉 [ZOZOTOWN's New Year's sale is the fastest ever and has just surpassed 10 billion yen!! As a token of my gratitude, I will give 1 million yen (a total 100 million yen in New Year's money) to 100 people in cash. To apply, just follow me and RT this tweet. Reception open until 1/7. I'll DM the winners directly! #NewYeargiftifyouwanttogotothemoon] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
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5. 前澤友作|お金配り毎日実施中 [@yousuck2020] (January 1, 2020). 🎍謹賀新年🎍【総額10億円】#前澤お年玉 100万円を1000人にプレゼントします！100万円で皆さまの人生がよりハッピーになりますように。応募方法は僕のフォローとこのツイートのリツイート。締切は1月7日23:59まで。企画趣旨や当選条件などはYouTubeで説明してます。https://youtu.be/JfulqIBiVfQ [🎍Happy New Year🎍 【Total 1 billion yen】#MaezawaNewYearsgift 1 million yen will be given to 1000 people! I hope that a million yen will make your lives happier. To apply, follow me and retweet this tweet. The deadline is 23:59 on January 7. The purpose of the project and the winning conditions are explained on YouTube.] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
6. Carter Wilkerson [@carterjwm] (April 5, 2017). "HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS" (Tweet). Retrieved June 12, 2017 – via Twitter.
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8. Ellen DeGeneres [@TheEllenShow] (March 3, 2014). "If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars" (Tweet). Retrieved March 20, 2017 – via Twitter.
9. Guyun, Jessica (March 3, 2014). "Ellen DeGeneres selfie on Twitter is Oscar gold for Samsung". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
10. Louis Tomlinson [@Louis_Tomlinson] (October 2, 2011). "Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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12. El Rubius [@Rubiu5] (August 20, 2016). "LIMONADA 🗿" [Lemonade 🗿] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
13. "Cómo El Rubius convirtió un mensaje sin sentido en el cuarto más en historia" [How El Rubius turned a meaningless message into the fourth most retweeted in history]. Huffington Post (in Spanish). August 22, 2016. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
14. Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (August 12, 2017). ""No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."" (Tweet). Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
15. El Rubius [@ElRubiu5] (September 29, 2018). "LIMONADA 2.0 🗿" [Lemonade 2.0 🗿] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
16. BTS [@bts_twt] (May 3, 2020). "Never Not 💜" (Tweet). Retrieved May 3, 2020 – via Twitter.
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18. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (June 9, 2019). "Duh😛" (Tweet). Retrieved June 9, 2019 – via Twitter.
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20. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (July 23, 2018). "#InMyFeelingsChallenge #HopeOnTheStreet" (Tweet). Retrieved July 23, 2018 – via Twitter.
21. Kelly, Emma (July 24, 2018). "J-Hope absolutely smashes the In My Feelings Challenge and we're in awe". Metro UK. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
22. Havens, Lyndsey (July 19, 2018). "Shiggy on Starting a Viral Dance Challenge For Drake, and His Favorite Celebrity Versions". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
23. Wong, Queenie (December 5, 2018). "Twitter's top tweets of 2018: K-pop takes the lead". CNET. Archived from the original on December 8, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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25. MrBeast [@MrBeastYT] (May 7, 2019). "I'm going give someone random who retweets this tweet $10,000 because it's my birthday and I feel like being nice (you have to be following me so I can dm you the code if you win)" (Tweet). Retrieved May 8, 2019 – via Twitter.
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27. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (August 16, 2020). "Hi Army😊" (Tweet). Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via Twitter.
28. Penn State [@PennStateIFC] (August 30, 2017). "With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to help out those in need!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
29. One Direction [@onedirection] (July 22, 2020). "Tomorrow! You and me got a whole lot of history #10YearsOf1D" (Tweet). Retrieved July 22, 2020 – via Twitter.
30. Ariana Grande [@ArianaGrande] (May 22, 2017). "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words" (Tweet). Retrieved May 23, 2020 – via Twitter.
31. "Ariana Grande says she feels 'broken' after Manchester concert attack". BBC News. May 23, 2017. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
32. BTS [@bts_twt] (June 4, 2020). "우리는 인종차별에 반대합니다. 우리는 폭력에 반대합니다. 나, 당신, 우리 모두는 존중받을 권리가 있습니다. 함께 하겠습니다. We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together. #BlackLivesMatter" (Tweet). Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Twitter.
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34. Damarious Randall [@RandallTime] (May 28, 2018). "If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2018 NBA finals I'll buy everyone who retweet's this a jersey..." (Tweet). Retrieved May 28, 2018 – via Twitter.
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36. Ryan Sesselman [@RyanSesselman] (June 9, 2018). "She's tough. But she's worth it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
37. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (July 26, 2020). 방탄 아미 파이팅 [Bangtan ARMY fighting] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
38. @egg_rt_record (January 13, 2019). "Let's set a world record together and get the most retweeted tweet on Twitter. Beating the current world record held by Yusaku Maezawa @yousuck2020 (5.3 million!). We got this 🙌" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
39. Kelly, Emma (December 10, 2019). "BTS beat World Record Egg to claim most retweeted tweet of 2019". Metro News.
40. Denny Januar Ali [@DennyJA_WORLD] (June 4, 2014). "Denny JA: Dengan RT ini, anda ikut memenangkan Jokowi-JK. Pilih pemimpin yg bisa dipercaya (Jokowi) dan pengalaman (JK). #DJoJK" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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42. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (May 5, 2020). 어버이날 카네이션은 역시 어린이날에 만들어야! [Of course, carnations for Parents' Day should be made on Children's Day!] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved May 9, 2020 – via Twitter.
43. Yadav, Monica (May 5, 2020). "BTS members V and Jungkook make carnations on Parents' Day, perform 'Never Not' by Lauv during live stream". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
44. BTS [@bts_twt] (March 19, 2013). "teamwork makes the dream work" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
45. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (July 26, 2020). 지진정이었습니더 잘자요 사랑합니다 #JIMIN [It was JiJinJung, (the Vlive) Good night I love you #JIMIN] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
46. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (June 13, 2019). 방탄생일 축하해 주셔서 감사해요 저도 작은 선물 준비했어요 😊🙏❤️ #JIMIN #방탄생일ㅊㅋ [Thank you for congratulating us on BTS' (6th) anniversary Also I have made a small gift 😊🙏❤️ #JIMIN #HBD_BTS] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved June 13, 2019 – via Twitter.
47. MrBeast (July 24, 2019). "I'm going to give 100 random people who retweet this $100". @MrBeastYT. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
48. Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (November 6, 2012). "Four more years" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
49. Kuperisnky, Amy (March 8, 2014). "Trending: Ellen's Oscars retweet record, Adele Dazeem and Rachel Canning". The Star-Ledger. Advance Communications. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
50. BTS [@bts_twt] (May 25, 2020). "Army painted me😁" (Tweet). Retrieved May 28, 2020 – via Twitter.
51. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (July 2, 2020). 사진 찍으니까 방해하는 정국이 그리고 그대로 올리는 석지니 [Jungkookie, who tries to bother/get in the way when he sees I’m taking a picture, and Seokjinie, who posts the pictures as they are anyway] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 31, 2020 – via Twitter.