First, people made their voices heard about issues that matter to them:
We also saw communities join together in celebration of global moments in culture:
Finally, people came to Facebook to honor prominent figures who have had a significant impact around the world:
Starting on 10 December, you may see a personalised Year in Review video in your news feed. This video aims to show special moments from 2018 that you’ve shared or been tagged in and compiles them in a short video that can be edited and shared.
See your video at facebook.com/memories.
The top moments of this year’s Year In Review were determined by gathering a list of the top keywords by volume mentioned in a single day on Facebook between 1 January and 11 November 2018. To identify which topics were unique to 2018, we compared these keywords to the previous year’s maximum single-day volume. This means that keywords like Mother’s Day and Halloween, which typically represent the top moments every year, do not repeatedly appear at the top of the list.