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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 news and mainstream media make lists. As of December 2024, the top tweet has over 4 million retweets and was tweeted by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Three accounts have more than one of the most-retweeted tweets in the top 30: South Korean band BTS has nineteen, while Maezawa and YouTubers El Rubius and Hikakin 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. Tweets that have an identical number of retweets are listed in date order with the most recent tweet ranked highest. The notes include the details surrounding the tweet.

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.
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.
4. Tweet announcing the death of American actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died after complications with colon cancer, which he had been diagnosed with four years prior; the diagnosis was only made public after his death. It is the most retweeted tweet of 2020.
5. 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.
6. This is a tweet by One Direction member Louis Tomlinson to fellow band member Harry Styles. It is noted among One Direction fans known as Larries. It surpassed 770,000 retweets in January 2015 and overtook Barack Obama's "Four more years" tweet to become the then second most-retweeted tweet of all time, only behind Ellen Degeneres's Oscar selfie tweet. The post's retweet count gradually increased as the band's popularity continued to grow.
7. Japanese YouTuber Hikakin made a tweet in which he promised to give away 103 iPhone 13 smartphones (worth ¥10 million in total) as a holiday gift to random individuals who retweeted the tweet and followed his account.
8. Video clip of BTS member Jungkook singing "Never Not" by American singer Lauv. The tweet accumulated 1.5 million retweets.
9. Spanish YouTuber El Rubius 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.
10. This tweet was the first of three, by former US President Barack Obama, 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. Twitter publicly confirmed four days later, on August 16, 2017, that it had become the new most-liked tweet on the platform ever with over 3.3 million likes at the time of announcement. The tweet surpassed previous record holder Ariana Grande's Manchester tweet on August 15, 2017, when it reached 2.7 million likes three days after being posted.
11. 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.
12. This tweet contains a phrase that was eventually adopted as the official slogan of the group's fanbase.
13. BTS tweeted this video of the band celebrating in response to the news that their latest single "Dynamite", released on August 21, 2020, had remained at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week.
14. BTS member V tweeted this video of him wishing fellow bandmate Jungkook a happy birthday in Korean in celebration of Jungkook's 23rd birthday that day.
15. Japanese YouTuber Hikakin made a tweet in which he promised to give away 40 Nintendo Switch OLED model consoles (worth ¥1.5 million in total) to random individuals who retweeted the tweet and followed his account.
16. Video clip of BTS member Jungkook singing the BTS remix version of "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" by New Zealand music producer Jawsh 685 and American singer Jason Derulo.
17. BTS member V posted a pair of selfies from behind-the-scenes of a photoshoot. In December 2020, Twitter revealed that his tweet was both the most-liked K-pop related tweet and the most-liked BTS tweet of the year with 3.2 million likes.
18. BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie with self-dyed blue hair.
19. BTS posted this video of them reacting to the live announcement of their song "Dynamite" receiving a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards—they became the first Korean pop artist in history to be nominated for a Grammy.
20. This tweet contains a phrase used by BTS every time the band achieves certain milestones. They have tweeted the phrase seven times in seven years.
21. BTS member J-Hope posted a video of him doing the #InMyFeelingsChallenge, an internet dance trend created by social-media comedian Shiggy for Canadian rapper Drake's song, "In My Feelings". The clip accumulated over 500,000 retweets in 24 hours. It was Twitter's most-liked tweet of 2018 globally and in South Korea.
22. BTS tweeted a message in response to an increase in racially motivated violence against Asian people as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Twitter's year-end review, it is the most-retweeted tweet of 2021.

References

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3. Yusaku, Maezawa (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 April 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
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14. Tomlinson, Louis (October 2, 2011). "Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis" (Tweet). Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Twitter.
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19. 「ヒカキン」1,000万円分のiPhone 13を103台配布へ、視聴者ファーストな企画と絶賛の声 [Hikakin to Distribute 10 Million Yen Worth of iPhone 13 Smartphones to 103 Individuals, Garnered Significant Viewership]. Excite Japan (in Japanese). December 22, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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23. El Rubius (August 20, 2016). "LIMONADA 🗿" [Lemonade 🗿] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved September 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
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25. Obama, Barack (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 25, 2021 – via Twitter.
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28. Jungkook (June 9, 2019). "Duh😛" (Tweet). Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
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30. El Rubius (September 29, 2018). "LIMONADA 2.0 🗿" [Lemonade 2.0 🗿] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
31. BTS (March 19, 2013). "teamwork makes the dream work" (Tweet). Retrieved September 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
32. BTS (September 8, 2020). This is just... #우리아미상받았네 [This is just... #OurARMYReceivedAnAward] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
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34. V (September 1, 2020). 정국이 생일축하해요이? [Jungkookie happy birthdayyooee?] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved November 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
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45. Hwang, Hye-jin (December 8, 2020). 방탄소년단 정국, 파랑머리 셀프 변신…더 청량해졌네[SNS★컷] [BTS Jungkook, self-transformation with blue hair... It's cooler]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
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57. Jungkook (April 11, 2021). 아미 보고 싶다 ㅜ [ARMY I miss you ㅜ] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
58. BTS (March 29, 2021). "#StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate" (Tweet). Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Twitter.
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62. Jimin (August 31, 2020). 증국아 24살 생일 축하한다 형이 사랑한다 #JIMIN #정국생일ㅊㅋ [Jeungkook-ah, congratulations on your 24th birthday. Hyung loves you. #JIMIN #HappyBirthdayJungkook] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Twitter.
63. V (August 21, 2020). "ready? #vcut" (Tweet). Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
64. Jungkook, V (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 September 12, 2022 – via Twitter.

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