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This year, the usual trio of Twitter, social networking, and alcohol led the list, with Twitter taking the #1 spot for the first time since 2021.

This report draws from 9,817 tweets, the lowest number of Tweets I’ve ever tracked and down from a high of 646,000 in 2014. It only took ten tweets to make the top 100 this year, compared to 228 that year. On the other hand, the list of items in the top 100 has remained fairly stable: 56 of the top items from 2014 are also in the 2024 list.

Relationships

With Ash Wednesday falling on Valentine’s Day this year for the first time since 2018 (next time will be 2029, and then not again until 2170), relationship-related tweets rose. This year saw an increase in “situationships,” though it didn’t reach the top 100.

Sin

Giving up sin had a big uptick this year. I don’t have an explanation.

The Press

U.S. President Joe Biden said that he was giving up “you guys” for Lent, a reference to reporters.

Taylor Swift

Only eight tweets mentioned celebrities this year; seven of them were for Taylor Swift.

Top 100 Things Twitterers Gave Up for Lent in 2024

Rank	Word	Count	Change from last year’s rank
1.	Twitter	413	+1
2.	Social networking	348	+1
3.	Alcohol	341	-2
4.	Lent	238	0
5.	Chocolate	199	0
6.	Sweets	164	+4
7.	Meat	142	+7
8.	Giving up things	142	+7
9.	Swearing	127	-3
10.	Coffee	113	-3
11.	Soda	112	-3
12.	Sugar	107	+6
13.	Sex	86	-2
14.	Lying	71	+11
15.	Smoking	70	+8
16.	Men	70	-6
17.	Fast food	59	-5
18.	Marijuana	57	-5
19.	Catholicism	50	0
20.	Candy	47	+7
21.	Religion	47	-1
22.	Work	46	-6
23.	Red meat	46	+15
24.	Sin	45	+36
25.	Bread	42	0
26.	Chips	41	-2
27.	Liquor	40	-6
28.	Love	40	+31
29.	Valentines day	38
30.	Tiktok	37	-14
31.	Instagram	36	-8
32.	You	34	-10
33.	Food	34	0
34.	Sobriety	32	+6
35.	Life	32	-1
36.	Beer	32	-6
37.	The press	31
38.	Complaining	29	+10
39.	Hope	29	-2
40.	Hate	22	+4
41.	Gambling	21	+8
42.	Procrastination	21	+9
43.	Him	21	-14
44.	Yearning	20	+24
45.	Cookies	20	+9
46.	Fried food	20	-6
47.	Booze	20	-6
48.	Carbs	19	-1
49.	Masturbation	19	-18
50.	Junk food	19	-3
51.	Porn	18	-2
52.	Ice cream	18	+2
53.	Christianity	18	-5
54.	Caffeine	18	-19
55.	Hard liquor	18	-3
56.	Energy drinks	18	+4
57.	Gossip	17	-1
58.	Vaping	17	-13
59.	Pork	17	-6
60.	Losing	16	-7
61.	Desserts	16	-6
62.	Snacking	16	-12
63.	Coke	15	-12
64.	Being gay	15	-14
65.	My will to live	15	-9
66.	Homework	15	-20
67.	Meat on fridays	14
68.	Sanity	14	-14
69.	Being a hater	14	-21
70.	TV	14	-11
71.	Video games	14	-17
72.	Rice	14	-20
73.	New Year's resolutions	13	-12
74.	Celibacy	13	-14
75.	Negativity	13	-13
76.	Dairy	13	-20
77.	Church	13	-21
78.	Reporters	12
79.	Pizza	12	-26
80.	Online shopping	12	-30
81.	Facebook	12	-42
82.	Sarcasm	12	-22
83.	Women	12	-34
84.	Fizzy drinks	11	-19
85.	Being nice	11	-24
86.	Cocaine	11	-22
87.	Gooning	11	-19
88.	Donald Trump	11	-20
89.	Wine	11	-42
90.	Breathing	11	-38
91.	Dating	11	-29
92.	Eggs	11	-28
93.	Nicotine	10	-42
94.	Depression	10	-36
95.	Scrolling	10
96.	Posting	10	-31
97.	People	10	-57
98.	Being single	10	-38
99.	Anger	10	-33
100.	Cake	10	-39

Top Categories

Rank	Category	Number of Tweets
1.	food	1,698
2.	technology	953
3.	smoking/drugs/alcohol	712
4.	habits	612
5.	irony	573
6.	relationship	329
7.	religion	212
8.	sex	210
9.	politics	83
10.	school/work	79
11.	entertainment	67
12.	money	45
13.	health/hygiene	34
14.	shopping	25
15.	sports	24
16.	possessions	8
17.	celebrity	8
18.	weather	4
19.	clothes	1

See the top 100 things people are giving up for Lent in 2024 on Twitter (i.e., X), which will be updated through February 16, 2024. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2024 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions about 2024 yet.

As I write this post on Monday morning, with about 350 tweets analyzed, “social networking,” “twitter,” and “chocolate” lead the list.

This year, since it would cost me $5,000 to use Twitter’s API to track what’s previously been free for the Lent Tracker, I’m having to take a more manual and sampled approach to tweets, which also means the results won’t be available in realtime the way they have been in years past; you can expect them to be updated a few times per day.

Look for the usual post-mortem on February 17, 2024.

This year, alcohol topped the list for the first time; it’s been hovering in the top five for the past few years, last year landing at a then-record #3. Possibly the recent popularity of Dry January (according to the article, 16% of British adults participated in 2016) is carrying over to Lent.

“Chips” cracked the top five this year largely because British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she was giving them up for Lent. This announcement had knock-on effects lower down the list, with “her favourite thing” and “live mice” both coming in at #88. The announcement of the potential closure of a U.K. chip factory the next day led to further jokes. For my U.K. readers, yes, I know you call them crisps (and your “chips” are U.S. “French fries”); I would now tell myself in 2009, when I first started compiling this list, not to combine “chips” and “crisps” into a single line, but it’s too late now.

Donald Trump is a big winner this year, landing at #22, just behind “Facebook” but ahead of “hope.” “The presidency” comes in at #52. In all, there are 1,002 tweets mentioning “Trump,” “President,” and “POTUS,” which is good enough for #10 on the list if we were to combine them all into a single line.

“The dirtiest thing” (#66) refers to a campaign to give up non-renewable energy.

This year, 73,334 tweets (excluding retweets) specifically mention giving up something. This total is up from last year’s 60,000 tweets; I used broader search terms this year (“lent” and “lent2017”) than I have in the past. In all, this year the analysis covers 694,244 tweets, up from 200,000 last year–again, largely because of the broader search terms.

Rank	Word	Count	Change from last year’s rank
1.	Alcohol	2,396	+2
2.	Social networking	2,148	0
3.	Chocolate	2,143	-2
4.	Twitter	2,064	0
5.	Chips	1,416	+15
6.	Swearing	1,395	0
7.	School	1,189	-2
8.	Soda	1,186	-1
9.	Fast food	1,092	+1
10.	Sweets	990	-2
11.	Coffee	969	-2
12.	Meat	909	-1
13.	Lent	906	0
14.	College	894	+5
15.	Beer	888	+8
16.	Bread	691	0
17.	Sugar	660	-5
18.	Life	645	+11
19.	Sex	612	-1
20.	You	609	-5
21.	Facebook	594	-7
22.	Donald Trump	520	+62
23.	Hope	456	+31
24.	Work	442	+3
25.	Boys	433	-1
26.	Religion	406	+4
27.	Junk food	401	-6
28.	Homework	393	-6
29.	Pizza	373	-12
30.	Smoking	296	+5
31.	Candy	288	-5
32.	Cheese	284	+4
33.	Marijuana	267	+6
34.	Starbucks	265	-6
35.	Catholicism	259	+12
36.	Ice cream	249	-5
37.	Cookies	227	+1
38.	F***boys	220	-13
39.	Wine	219	-2
40.	Being petty	212	+21
41.	Instagram	210	-8
41.	Breathing	210	+22
42.	Rice	209	0
43.	Carbs	202	+5
43.	Fried food	202	+6
44.	Makeup	201	+2
45.	Shopping	190	+3
46.	People	189	+4
47.	Virginity	185	+12
48.	Red meat	184	+3
49.	Stuff	180	-5
50.	Snapchat	168	-16
51.	French fries	166	-6
52.	The presidency	164	+82
53.	Procrastination	159	+3
54.	Men	158	+18
55.	Sobriety	156	+5
56.	Liquor	155	+6
57.	My will to live	154	+77
58.	Food	150	-15
58.	Negativity	150	-3
59.	Takeout	148	+7
60.	Dairy	144	+6
61.	McDonald's	143	-8
62.	Booze	141	-4
63.	Masturbation	138	-8
64.	Netflix	136	-32
64.	Hot Cheetos	136	-1
65.	Eating out	133	+6
66.	The dirtiest thing	132	+28
67.	Complaining	130	-10
68.	Desserts	126	-16
69.	Caffeine	125	-19
70.	Coke	124	-9
71.	Lying	123	+15
72.	Sleep	115	-2
73.	Him	114	+3
74.	Feelings	108	-22
75.	Fizzy drinks	103	-12
76.	My job	99	+15
76.	Juice	99	+1
76.	Chick Fil A	99	-8
77.	Pasta	95	-12
78.	Pancakes	94	-7
79.	Nothing	91	+14
80.	Online shopping	89	-17
81.	Naps	88	+9
82.	Church	87	-1
83.	Living	86	+43
84.	Memes	83	+27
85.	Cake	82	-15
86.	My phone	79	-33
87.	Stress	78	-14
88.	Eating live mice	77
88.	My attitude	77	-10
88.	Caring	77	-24
88.	Her favourite treat	77
89.	Abbreviations	75	+41
90.	Politics	74	+3
90.	Sweet tea	74	-2
91.	Potatoes	72	0
91.	Classes	72	+10
92.	Boba	70	+10
93.	Christianity	69	-13
94.	TV	65	-11
94.	Sarcasm	65	-20
95.	Taco Bell	63	-20
95.	Donuts	63	+6
96.	Oxygen	62	+18
96.	Porn	62	-24
97.	Studying	60	-9
97.	My boyfriend	60	+3
97.	The gym	60	+8
97.	Diet coke	60	-30
98.	Everything	59	-11
98.	Anxiety	59	+13
99.	New Year's resolutions	58	-20
100.	Chipotle	57	-31
100.	Pork	57	-16

Fast Food

Chipotle now lands behind even Taco Bell.

Snack Food

Hot Cheetos continue their snack-food dominance.

Adulting

It’s a verb now. Or at least a gerund.

Emojis

Just over 14,000 tweets (19%) included an emoji this year. I haven’t tracked emoji usage before, so I can’t say how that compares to previous years.

Here are the top five emojis used this year, along with the most-popular items given up:

Emoji	Tweets	Most-popular Given Up
😂	2,428	chocolate, alcohol, twitter
😭	1,154	chocolate, sweets, fast food
😩	889	chocolate, sweets, fast food
🙃	875	chocolate, coffee, fast food
🙄	640	chocolate, alcohol, social media

Conversely, here are the most-popular things given up with tweets that include emojis:

Given up	Tweets	Most-popular Emojis*
chocolate	793	🍫 🙈 😫
social media	549	✌ 👋 🙏
alcohol	537	😅 ♀ 😬
twitter	482	✌ 👋 🙏
sweets	355	😅 🍬 🍫

* Excluding the top-ten emojis for the year.

Retweets

The rest of this data excludes retweets, but here are the three tweets mentioning Lent that drew the most retweets. I feel that this list encapsulates Twitter; not many other top-three lists would include college humor, the pope, and Rick “Never Gonna Give You Up” Astley.

*gives up college for Lent*

— College Student (@ColIegeStudent) March 1, 2017

Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 1, 2017

I hear Rick Astley really struggles with Lent

— Martin (@martin466004) March 1, 2017

Categories

Here are my categories for the top 740 things people gave up:

Rank	Category	Number of Tweets
1.	food	17,017
2.	technology	5,659
3.	habits	4,962
4.	smoking/drugs/alcohol	4,880
5.	irony	3,495
6.	school/work	3,470
7.	relationship	2,541
8.	sex	1,179
9.	religion	1,055
10.	politics	911
11.	generic	679
12.	entertainment	447
13.	shopping	407
14.	health/hygiene	328
15.	money	279
16.	sports	152
17.	possessions	103
18.	clothes	64
19.	weather	28
20.	celebrity	20

Media Coverage

The Lent Tracker received some media attention this year:

1. Christianity Today
2. International Business Times
3. The Sun
4. Daily Herald
5. Baptist News
6. Cleveland.com
7. Pajamas Media
8. Catholic News Service

I have two emoji-related pieces out today (since World Emoji Day is coming Sunday–mark your calendars, or, alternately just use the calendar emoji (📅), which on iOS says July 17).

The first is Emojis Reveal How Minorities Tweet the Bible Differently at Christianity Today, which looks at how Bible verses tweeted with darker-skin-toned emoji differ from those with lighter skin tones. I felt the topic differences between the two groups were especially stark (“money management” vs. “long-distance relationships,” for example).

I couldn’t find a good place for the following chart, which shows overall which emoji are most associated with darker and lighter tones (as tweeted with Bible verses). Fingers pointing upward (👍, 👆, ☝) are apparently a light-toned gesture, while bowing deeply (🙇) is a dark-toned one. It makes me wonder whether bowing and upward pointing carry similar semantics for different groups. It’s also a little funny to me how fingers pointing every other direction except up (👇, 👉, 👈) are more common among tweets with darker tones. And I don’t know what to make of the dark-toned raised fist (✊) vs. the light-toned fist bump (👊).

The data behind the article is available for you to work with if you’re interested. You may want to turn off the filter in the “Tone users” column if you want the complete list of verses and not just the more-common ones.

The second post, All the 🌲🌳 of the field will 👏, is at the Bible Gateway Blog and talks about how you can now conduct emoji searches on Bible Gateway. The search engine preprocesses your query, replacing certain emoji with English translations. As with all translations, a certain amount of semantic leakage is inevitable, so searching for 💀 uses the literal translation, “skull,” rather than how people often mean it: “death.” I was tempted to translate 🕴 (man in business suit levitating) as something related to the rapture, but I restrained myself. Instead, it returns no results.

See the top 100 things people are giving up in 2016 for Lent on Twitter, continually updated until February 13, 2016. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2016 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions about 2016 yet.

As I write this post, with about 2,000 tweets analyzed, perennial favorites “chocolate,” “alcohol,” and “social networking” lead the list. Currently, “cruelty” is #6, reflecting a campaign by PETA UK asking Christians to go vegan for Lent. With the New Hampshire primaries on Tuesday and several U.S. presidential candidates likely to withdraw from the race, I’m expecting jokes about how the candidates are giving up their presidential aspirations for Lent.

Look for the usual post-mortem on February 13, 2016.

Here’s a quick look at the 40 million Bible verses shared on Twitter in 2015.

Through the Year

As with last year, in 2015 we see the prevalence of through-the-Bible-in-a-year plans that feature certain verses on particular days. Also note the cluster in Leviticus and Deuteronomy after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage.

Most-Popular Verses

Rank	Verse	Tweets	Text
1.	Phil 4:13	262,150	I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
2.	John 3:16	206,480	For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
3.	Jer 29:11	127,355	For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
4.	Rom 8:18	115,719	For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
5.	Rom 8:28	115,588	And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
6.	Prov 3:5	110,216	Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
7.	1Pet 5:7	98,974	Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
8.	Rom 5:8	97,841	But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9.	2Tim 1:7	88,924	For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
10.	Ps 56:3	86,998	When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

You can also download a text file (411 KB) with the complete list of verses and how many times they were tweeted in 2015.

Top Verse Sharers

Here are the top non-spam (as far as I can tell) accounts and how many Bible verse tweets they tweeted this year (including retweets):

1. JohnPiper (109,589 tweets)
2. Franklin_Graham (94,341 tweets)
3. DangeRussWilson (83,176 tweets)
4. JosephPrince (76,031 tweets)
5. siwon407 (31,141 tweets)
6. DaveRamsey (29,690 tweets)
7. TimTebow (29,212 tweets)
8. mainedcm (28,687 tweets)
9. JoyceMeyer (25,381 tweets)
10. BishopJakes (24,243 tweets)
11. jamesmacdonald (23,753 tweets)
12. camerondallas (22,499 tweets)
13. JordanElizabeth (21,735 tweets)
14. AllyBrooke (21,108 tweets)
15. Kevinwoo91 (19,735 tweets)
16. ToriKelly (19,716 tweets)
17. ihopkc (16,920 tweets)
18. revraycollins (16,211 tweets)
19. InTouchMin (15,888 tweets)
20. ToddAdkins (13,825 tweets)

Most-Retweeted Tweets

Here are the year’s most-retweeted tweets with Bible verses in them. Here you’ll find tweets from various pop stars, Vine personality Cameron Dallas, someone named Cory Machado (I’m unclear why he has a million followers), a fan account for boxer Manny Pacquiao (not the boxer himself), and Tim Tebow. I don’t understand Korean pop star’s Siwon Choi’s tweet at all.

Philippians 1:3 #ALDUB5thMonthsary

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1Corinthians 13:13 ❤️ #LoveTrumpsAll

Psalms 16:11 Walk on his path and your life will be abundant

Romans 8:18 ☺️

I’m grateful, today is a great day! Don’t brag about yourself let others praise you. -Proverbs 27:2 @BlakeMallen @RyanBlair @ViSalus

Jeremiah 29:11

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it” -John 1:5

I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me. Psalm 120:1

Colossians 3

Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32

Bible Spam

Around 20 million of the 40 million verses shared on Twitter this year, as far as I can tell, came from Bible spam accounts–accounts that do nothing but tweet Bible verses all day (hundreds of times a day in some cases). I removed the most-prolific accounts from the above data, but undoubtedly it still contains tweets from many Bible spammers.

The final slide of my presentation (.pptx, .pdf) at last weekend’s BibleTech conference half-jokingly argued that 100% of digital Bible notes would contain emoji by the year 2028, up from 1-2% in 2015:

Unknown to me, the previous day, Instagram had published an analysis showing how 40% of Instagram posts contained emoji in April 2015. Already they’re well on their way to over 50% of all posts including emoji–some countries (Finland, France) are already there, which in turn means that the emojipocalypse may arrive sooner than expected.

Instagram’s analysis ascribes consistent meanings to certain emoji. For example, they provide several religion-related meanings for the so-called* “praise the Lord” emoji:

🙌: ... #yeslawd, ... #stayblessed, ... thou

“Thou” in particular suggests that people are sharing KJV-based Bible verse pictures with this emoji attached to them.

The Instagram study, with its high emoji percentages, indicates to me that people use emoji when they’re already primed for images and especially when they’re sharing a photo. This explanation makes a lot of sense to me, and I feel silly for not thinking of it earlier, especially considering that a whole section of my talk discusses how people approach the Bible differently when images are involved. Let’s look at the data:

Percent of Tweets with Emoji

	Bible verses shared on Twitter		Links to Bible websites on Twitter
	All tweets	Excluding retweets	All tweets	Excluding retweets
With image	14.7%	13.3%	24.8%	6.2%
Without image	2.4%	3.0%	2.7%	2.4%

There are two datasets here: one tracks all the Bible verses shared on Twitter (for one day only: about 200,000 tweets), and the other tracks links to Bible websites on Twitter (for all of April 2015: about two million tweets). In both datasets we see that people are far more likely to include emoji when their tweet includes an image than when it doesn’t.

So there you go: emoji usage correlates with image usage, at least on Twitter and at least with Bible verses.

Separately, the Bible-verse Twitter tracker now keeps a daily total of emoji shared with Bible verses.

• No one actually calls it this.

“School” once again tops the list of things Twitterers are giving up for Lent, with over 5% of tweets mentioning it. This year’s list is quite stable compared to last year’s, especially in the top ten.

My hypothesis last year was that “school” was so high because Ash Wednesday coincided with spring break at many schools, but that isn’t the case this year. In the UK, A-Level exams are coming up at the beginning of March, so that may be part of it.

Another surprise for me this year, given the cold weather gripping the northeastern United States, is that weather-related tweets aren’t more popular; as a category, they move up one place from last year (to #12 from #13), though individually “snow” moves up eight places and “cold weather” moves up 79 places.

Hot Cheetos continue their run, making the top 100 for the first time.

The biggest surprise to me is #12, f***boys. I wasn’t familiar with this term before, and I’m still not totally sure what it means. Knowyourmeme.com says that it’s “used as a pejorative toward men who are perceived as oversexed or disrespectful toward women,” while also serving as a meme involving skeletons on Tumblr. It’s easily the biggest gainer this year.

This list draws from 409,000 tweets during February 14 to 21 that mention giving up something for Lent and, except as noted, excludes retweets.

Rank	Word	Count	Change from last year’s rank
1.	School	6,281	0
2.	Chocolate	4,293	0
3.	Twitter	3,876	0
4.	Alcohol	3,216	+1
5.	Social networking	3,090	+2
6.	Swearing	2,887	-2
7.	Soda	2,473	-1
8.	Sweets	2,122	0
9.	Fast food	2,056	0
10.	Coffee	1,706	+4
11.	College	1,631	+27
12.	F***boys	1,527
13.	You	1,462	+5
14.	Lent	1,348	-4
15.	Meat	1,335	-4
16.	Homework	1,208	-4
17.	Sex	1,165	-2
18.	Junk food	1,112	-5
19.	Pizza	1,067	+1
20.	Bread	1,060	-3
21.	Chips	905	-5
22.	Facebook	853	-3
23.	Boys	665	+6
24.	Candy	625	-2
25.	Netflix	610	+12
26.	Religion	602	-2
27.	Beer	596	+5
28.	Starbucks	591	-7
29.	Work	575	-2
30.	Sugar	565	+15
31.	Instagram	554	-8
32.	Ice cream	520	-4
33.	Life	489	0
34.	Winter	454	+2
35.	Smoking	441	-4
36.	Wine	435	+13
37.	Me	434	+10
38.	Cookies	430	-12
39.	Chipotle	422	+4
40.	Snapchat	408	+16
41.	Feelings	393	+27
42.	Marijuana	381	-12
43.	Shopping	374	-3
44.	Rice	357	+10
45.	My phone	351	-6
45.	Virginity	351	-21
46.	Catholicism	337	+9
47.	Food	329	-13
48.	Cheese	315	-2
49.	Stuff	307	-8
50.	McDonald's	300	-15
51.	Carbs	295	-1
52.	Snow	284	+8
53.	Desserts	276	+8
54.	French fries	257	+9
55.	People	248	+4
56.	Coke	245	+1
57.	Fried food	242	-5
58.	Red meat	237	+14
59.	Masturbation	233	-15
60.	Selfies	230	-18
61.	Hope	224	+23
61.	Sobriety	224	-14
62.	Procrastination	219	-4
63.	Complaining	216	+14
64.	Makeup	214	+2
64.	Caffeine	214	-12
65.	Booze	211	+17
65.	Negativity	211	+5
66.	Takeout	210	-2
67.	Eating out	184	+22
68.	Cake	183	+17
69.	Chick Fil A	179	+31
70.	Obama	178	-5
71.	Fizzy drinks	175	-9
72.	Porn	173	-4
73.	Diet Coke	172	0
74.	Pancakes	159	+5
75.	Breathing	158	0
76.	Classes	157	+55
77.	Sleep	156	+6
78.	Peanut butter	152	+2
79.	Cold weather	151	+79
80.	Hot Cheetos	145	+25
81.	Liquor	144	+13
82.	Tea	143	-4
83.	Dunkin Donuts	138	+27
84.	Taco Bell	137	-17
85.	Men	135	+21
86.	Sarcasm	133	-12
87.	Winning	127	+32
88.	Online shopping	126	+19
89.	Sweet tea	125	-8
90.	Caring	124	-14
91.	Pasta	123	-5
92.	Naps	122	+23
93.	Juice	117	+5
94.	Nothing	115	-25
94.	A levels	115	+37
94.	Being mean	115	+4
95.	Him	113	+22
96.	New Year's resolutions	112	+34
97.	My swag	111	-27
97.	Gluten	111	+4
98.	Exercise	110	-8
98.	Church	110	-4
99.	My boyfriend	109	+2
100.	Dairy	106	+26

Including Retweets

If we include retweets, here are the top ten things given up this year. It’s somewhat different:

Rank	Word	Count	Difference from non-retweet rank
1.	School	38,532	0
2.	College	17,615	+9
3.	F***boys	6,461	+9
4.	Chocolate	5,127	-2
5.	Twitter	5,074	-2
6.	Alcohol	4,427	-2
7.	Social networking	3,968	-2
8.	Swearing	3,534	-2
9.	Obama	3,351	+61
10.	You	2,940	+3
11.	Soda	2,820	-4
12.	Coffee	2,506	-2
13.	Sweets	2,499	-5
14.	Homework	2,456	+2
15.	Fast food	2,356	-6

Second-Wave Social Media

Has Instagram peaked?

Fast Food

Chipotle passes McDonald’s this year. Chick Fil A passes Taco Bell, and Whataburger continues its rise.

Snack Foods

Hot Cheetos are still on the move.

TV vs. Netflix

As TV declines, Netflix rises.

Categories

Rank	Category	Number of Tweets
1.	food	30,148
2.	school/work	10,819
3.	technology	9,277
4.	habits	8,057
5.	smoking/drugs/alcohol	6,230
6.	relationship	4,229
7.	irony	2,978
8.	sex	2,274
9.	health/hygiene	1,601
10.	religion	1,470
11.	entertainment	1,069
12.	weather	986
13.	generic	834
14.	shopping	685
15.	sports	410
16.	money	276
17.	politics	216
18.	clothes	174
19.	celebrity	165
20.	possessions	83

Media Coverage

The Lent Tracker received some media attention this year. In roughly chronological order:

1. What is Lent and when does it start? (Bath Chronicle)
2. Will millions of Christians give up Facebook and Twitter for Lent? (MarketWatch)
3. Top things Twitter users are 'giving up' for Lent (AZ Central. It even has a video.)
4. Chocolate or Facebook - what will you be giving up this Ash Wednesday for Lent? (Irish Central)
5. 7 Ideas to Give Up For Lent (or just because) (North DelaWHERE Happening)
6. Top 10 Things People Will Be Giving Up For Lent, According to Twitter (97.3 The Dawg)
7. What To Give Up for Lent? Twitter Reveals Top 100 Ideas of 2015 (Christianity Today)
8. Here’s What People On Twitter Say They’re Giving Up For Lent (Time)
9. What do Twitter users say they're giving up for Lent? (KWWL)
10. The Alpha and Omega of Lent: 5 FAQs on Ash Wednesday (AL.com)
11. Chocolate, smoking, fast food: What are you giving up for Lent? (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
12. Here’s What People on Twitter Say They’re Giving Up For Lent (Ryot News + Action)
13. When is Lent 2015 and what should I give up? (Lincolnshire Echo)
14. What people are giving up for Lent, as told to Twitter (Washington Post. I actually spoke to this reporter.)
15. School and chocolate top list of what Twitter users are giving up for Lent (Kansas City Star)

See the top 100 things people are giving up in 2015 for Lent on Twitter, continually updated until February 21, 2015. You can also use the Historical Lent Tracker to see trends since 2009, though 2015 is still in flux, so I wouldn’t draw any conclusions (except maybe relating to Hot Cheetos–I seriously don’t understand that one) until the end of the week.

As I write this post, with about 4,000 tweets analyzed, perennial favorites “alcohol,” “chocolate,” and “social networking” lead the list. Given winter weather conditions in the eastern U.S., I expect that snow- and winter-related tweets will be popular this year.

Look for the usual post-mortem on February 21, 2015.

A recent study looks at the U.S. religious landscape on Twitter. The researchers analyzed nearly 100 million tweets across 250,000 Twitter accounts to identify similarities and differences among self-identified followers of Christianity, Atheism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Christians comprise the largest number of accounts, at just over 200,000, and I’ll focus on them here.

This word cloud shows the accounts that adherents to each religion are more likely to follow than people of other religions. Green is Christian, gray is atheist, orange is Jewish, pink is Muslim, yellow is Buddhist, and blue is Hindu. This figure is reproduced from the original paper.

According to the paper, here are the most-popular Twitter accounts that Christians tend to follow more than followers of other religions:

1. RickWarren
2. CSLewisDaily
3. TimTebow
4. JohnPiper
5. PastorMark
6. lecrae
7. JoyceMeyer
8. MaxLucado
9. christomlin
10. louiegiglio
11. MattChandler74
12. JohnCMaxwell
13. AndyStanley
14. BethMooreLPM
15. karijobe

(I’m estimating from the above word cloud, so the exact order may be off.)

And, again according to the paper, here are the words that Christians most-commonly use in tweets compared to followers of other religions–in other words, these words serve as statistical markers of Christianity: if you use them a lot, you’re probably a Christian or hang out with Christians.

1. Jesus
2. Christ
3. God
4. Church
5. Lord
6. Christian
7. Bible
8. Prayer
9. Pray
10. Worship
11. Grace
12. Blessed
13. Faith
14. Praise
15. Pastor

(Again, I’m eyeballing the order from the word cloud included in the paper.)

Most-popular Christian leaders on Twitter?

In March 2014, I wondered if it would be possible to identify and cluster the most-popular “Christian” Twitter accounts. Starting with a list of 100 Christian leaders on Twitter, I wrote a program to work through their friend lists (and then the friends of those friends, and so on), seeing who Christian leaders most tended to follow. After crunching the numbers for 13,316 users, I took the top 200 (using a PageRank algorithm) you see below.

The list contains 149 men, 23 women (by my count, all but nine–Christine Caine, Joyce Meyer, Bobbie Houston, Beth Moore, Lysa TerKeurst, Jen Hatmaker, Ann Voskamp, Sheila Walsh, and Anne Lamott–are artists or wives of prominent Christian men; the remainder are speakers or writers), 22 organizations, and 6 quote accounts (two for C.S. Lewis and one each for Tim Keller, A.W. Tozer, Charles Spurgeon, and Henri Nouwen).

Originally I wanted to cluster them (pastors, artists, etc.), but the math didn’t produce strong clusters except to identify the spam accounts (most of them spouting random Bible verses).

Here are the top 200 “Christian Twitterati” in March 2014, along with their descriptions as they appeared at that time.

Rank	Account	Name	Type	Description (March 2014)
1.	RickWarren	Rick Warren	male	No socks. Loves Jesus & people.Mentors young leaders. Helps the poor, sick & lost thru P.E.A.C.E. Plan. Serves Saddleback. Encourages pastors. Wrote some books
2.	louiegiglio	Louie Giglio	male	Happy to be a door holder.
3.	MattChandler74	Matt Chandler	male	Grace addict, husband to @laurenchandler, father of three, Lead Pastor @villagechurchtx, President @Acts29 Church Planting Network
4.	joelhouston	Joel Timothy Houston	male	Gracious fury, written in my saviours scars; Mercy Mercy, now engraved upon my heart. ZION - 26 • 2 • 13
5.	shelleygiglio	shelley giglio	female	part of the 268generation...
6.	lecrae	Lecrae	male	Booking: Mike infocmg@wmeentertainment.com Larry larryshields@theagencygroup.com
7.	timkellernyc	Timothy Keller	male	This is Timothy Keller. Sometimes my son and others post here as well. Founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and City to City. Husband to Kathy.
8.	BrianCHouston	Brian Houston	male	My wife and I are pastors and founders of a church called Hillsong. We are pretty passionate about our family, the Church, & helping people any way we can!
9.	DarleneZschech	Darlene Zschech	female	Married 2 Mark, Mum 2 Amy& Andrew, Chloe & Zoe, Grammie 2 Ava Pearl, Roman Emmanuel & Ruthie Feather,committed 2 serving Christ & worshipping Him with all I am.
10.	christynockels	Christy Nockels	female	Wife! Mother, singer, poet, songwriter
11.	ChristineCaine	Christine Caine	female	Follower of Jesus Christ.
12.	CTmagazine	Christianity Today	organization	Christianity Today is the source for those eager to engage the world for Christ and curious about the people, events, and trends shaping the church and culture.
13.	CSLewisDaily	C. S. Lewis	quotes	C. S. Lewis Quotes - Everyday
14.	christomlin	Chris Tomlin	male	husband, father, songwriter
15.	MaxLucado	Max Lucado	male	i played tuba in the High School marching band. been trying to stay in step with the music ever since.
16.	drmoore	Russell Moore	male	President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
17.	PastorMark	Mark Driscoll	male	A nobody trying to tell everybody about Somebody.
18.	edstetzer	Ed Stetzer	male	Christian, hubby, #DadOf3Girls, pres of @LifeWayResearch, missiologist, @GoGraceChurch pastor. Too loud. Fast talker. Sry I can't read/reply to all msgs & DMs.
19.	passion268	Passion Conferences	organization	A student movement inspiring a generation to live for what matters most. [Isa. 26:8]
20.	bradlomenick	Brad Lomenick	male	leading the charge on CATALYST (@CatalystLeader), a movement of young leaders
21.	craiggroeschel	Craig Groeschel	male	Husband, Dad, Pastor of LifeChurch.tv
22.	mattmahermusic	Matt Maher	male	newfoundland to phoenix to nashville to ________
23.	AndyStanley	AndyStanley	male	Do more. Give more. Be Rich.
24.	crowdermusic	David Crowder	male
25.	matt_redman	Matt Redman	male	Husband, Father, Songwriter
26.	israelhoughton	israelhoughton	male	Husband, Father, Friend of God.
27.	bubbawatson	bubba watson	male	Christian. Husband. Daddy. Pro Golfer. Check out BubbaGolf on iTunes! #bubbagolf #urwelcome
28.	judahsmith	Judah Smith	male	Lead Pastor at @thecitychurch, husband, father, and golfer. http://t.co/2xyMToSx6q
29.	BillHybels	Bill Hybels	male	Sr. Pastor of Willow Creek, convener of The Global Leadership Summit, passionate about the local church, author, speaker, sailor, and grandfather to Henry & Mac
30.	reuben_morgan	Reuben Morgan	male	writer+believer. thankful to be here now on a mission with people I love
31.	JohnPiper	John Piper	male	Founder-Teacher, Desiring God, Chancellor, BCS. Spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.
32.	carllentzNYC	carl lentz	male	HILLSONGNYC..if you don't know, now you know...
33.	JoyceMeyer	Joyce Meyer	female	Sharing Christ – Loving People
34.	jdgreear	J.D. Greear	male	Lead Pastor of the Summit Church. Husband to Veronica, dad of Kharis, Allie, Ryah and Adon. Author of 'Gospel.' Not 'the' gospel, but a book about it. Rom 1:16.
35.	kpstanfill	Kristian Stanfill	male	#Passion2014 // Atlanta Jan 17-18 // Houston Feb 14-15 // two cities...one heartbeat.
36.	bobbiehouston	Bobbie Houston	female	Wife of Brian, mum of Joel/Esther/Ben/Luc/Laura/Pete, Grammie of Sav, Lexi,Bailey, Willow,Jack,ZIon. Grateful follower of Christ!
37.	stevenfurtick	Steven Furtick	male	Pastor of Elevation Church. New book - CRASH THE CHATTERBOX - now available
38.	donaldmiller	Donald Miller	male	Founder of StoryBrand, a process that helps companies speak clearly to their customers. Husband to @queenboots.
39.	Jentezen	Jentezen Franklin	male
40.	DailyKeller	Tim Keller Wisdom	quotes	Fan Promo Site for Tim Keller @timkellernyc. Tweeting all things Keller and Gospel related - Books, Quotes, News, Blogs, Updates, and Kindle Deals Daily.
41.	LisaBevere	Lisa Bevere	female	A woman w/a weapon who wants to be sure every girl has a sword. Author-Advocate & Speaker. Wife of John Bevere-mother of 4 sons-Gmama of 2+.
42.	BethMooreLPM	Beth Moore	female	Crazy about Jesus. Saved my life. Want to see people know Him and love Him.
43.	nickygumbel	Nicky Gumbel	male	Husband of @pippagumbel, Vicar of @htbchurch & pioneer of @alphacourse. Pippa & I write a daily Bible commentary http://t.co/y7xmCjzhta #BiOY #Alpha #TryAlpha
44.	davidnasser	David Nasser	male	Husband,father, author, speaker, pastor...
45.	darrinpatrick	Darrin Patrick	male	Son, Husband, Father, Pastor, Chaplain to the St Louis Cardinals - Author of The Dude's Guide to Manhood
46.	TGC	The Gospel Coalition	organization	TGC exists to promote gospel-centered ministry for the next generation.
47.	LigonDuncan	Ligon Duncan	male	Chancellor/CEO of the Reformed Theological Seminary system @ReformTheoSem and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology
48.	JohnCMaxwell	John C Maxwell	male	Bestselling author & speaker on leadership. Christian. Blogger. Trainer. Coach. Assisted by Stephanie Wetzel (SW).
49.	DaveRamsey	Dave Ramsey	male	New York Times best-selling author and host of The Dave Ramsey Show. Follow the rest of my team at @RamseyShow, @DaveRamseyLIVE, and @EntreLeadership
50.	michaelwsmith	Michael W. Smith	male	New single YOU WON'T LET GO now available EVERYWHERE! From the new Michael W. Smith album, SOVEREIGN available everywhere May 13, 2014!
51.	HarrisJosh	Joshua Harris	male	Pastor @Covenantlife. In love with Shannon. Three awesome kids. Learning to be a disciple of Jesus day by day. Written some books.
52.	TimTebow	Tim Tebow	male	Blessed
53.	TripLee116	Trip Lee	male	Rapper, Author. Living by faith in a good God. The Good Life Album and Book are in stores now
54.	Chris_Hodges	Chris Hodges	male	Follower of Jesus, husband, dad, senior pastor of Church of the Highlands, author of Fresh Air.
55.	rayortlund	Ray Ortlund	male
56.	greglaurie	Greg Laurie	male	Pastor and Evangelist :: Knowing God and Making Him Known :: Maintained by Pastor Greg and the Harvest Web Team
57.	perrynoble	Perry Noble	male	Senior Pastor of @NewSpring. Author of Unleash! and Overwhelmed.
58.	EdYoung	Ed Young	male	I'm Ed Young, husband, father of four and the senior pastor of Fellowship Church, located in Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX; Miami, FL; Columbia, SC; and London, England.
59.	PaulTripp	Paul David Tripp	male	Pastor. Author. Conference Speaker. Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.
60.	MarkBatterson	Mark Batterson	male	Lead Pastor, National Community Church in Washington DC. Author, The Circle Maker, All In, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, Soulprint...
61.	hillsongunited	Hillsong United	organization	White Album avalaible for pre purchase - http://t.co/tOkODeCkb7
62.	karijobe	Kari Jobe	female	Worshipper. Girly-girl. Longboard skateboard-er. World traveller. Random tweeter. Songwriter. I love life and Jesus. MAJESTIC CD/DVD will release March 25!
63.	BishopJakes	TD Jakes	male	Official Twitter for Bishop T. D. Jakes
64.	albertmohler	albertmohler	male	President @sbts; author; broadcaster; theologian
65.	TozerAW	A W Tozer	quotes	Inspiring, encouraging and challenging quotes from the new works of AW Tozer--including My Daily Pursuit--and a few of his classic quotes.
66.	CSLewisU	C. S. Lewis	quotes	Daily Thoughts and ideas from CS Lewis
67.	JudWilhite	Jud Wilhite	male	Senior Pastor at @centralonline. Married to @Lori_Wilhite with 2 kids. New York Times Best-Selling author. Espresso addict & Dallas Cowboys fan.
68.	PriscillaShirer	Priscilla Shirer	female	Just a girl....with a Sword
69.	jamesmacdonald	James MacDonald	male	Revelation 1:2 - For the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ
70.	ScottyWardSmith	Scotty Smith	male	Founding Pastor of Christ Community Church. Husband, dad, granddad, lover of the gospel, photographer, fisherman, and so blessed
71.	dinorizzo	Dino Rizzo	male	Husband to DeLynn, father to three awesome kids, and author of the book Servolution.
72.	plattdavid	David Platt	male	Husband to Heather. Dad to Caleb, Joshua, Mara Ruth, & Isaiah. Pastor of The Church at Brook Hills.
73.	JosephPrince	Joseph Prince	male	It’s my passion to share God’s grace radically & see lives gloriously transformed!
74.	between2worlds	BetweenTwoWorlds	male	Justin Taylor: Christian, husband, father, elder, acquisitions editor, blogger
75.	desiringgod	Desiring God	organization	We want people everywhere to understand and embrace the truth that *God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him*
76.	MarkDever	Mark Dever	male
77.	CJMahaney	C.J. Mahaney	male	Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.
78.	RevKevDeYoung	Kevin DeYoung	male	Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church. Married to Trisha. Five children. Christian.
79.	ThabitiAnyabwil	Thabiti Anyabwile	male	Foreknown, predestined, called, justified, glorified. Hubby to Kristie, daddy to 3, Pastor of FBC, satisfied in Christ.
80.	GabeLyons	Gabe Lyons	male
81.	JeffersonBethke	Jefferson Bethke	male	I like to drink coffee, create stuff, & sleep. Husband to @alyssajoybethke & Co-Founder of @clarocandles. Author of this -- http://t.co/wLOFZhkjh1
82.	jackngraham	Jack Graham	male	Husband to Deb. Dad to Jason, Kelly, Josh. Dad in love 2 Toby, Kaytie. Grandad to Ian, Dylan, Levi. Pastor Prestonwood.
83.	bobgoff	Bob Goff	male	Author of Love Does. President and Founder, Restore International
84.	CatalystLeader	Catalyst	organization	A Convergence of Next Generation Leaders
85.	KayWarren1	Kay Warren	female	Mom of 3,Grammy of 5, pastor's wife, speaker, author,& advocate for those living with HIV, mental illness & 4 orphans. Determined 2 say yes to God, 2 choose joy
86.	TonyDungy	Tony Dungy	male	Husband to @LaurenDungy, father of nine, author (http://t.co/mOupp6iBLw), retired NFL coach, National Spokesman for @AllProDad. Live by Mark 8:36
87.	mandisaofficial	Mandisa	female	Jesus-follower. Contemporary Christian recording artist. Author. American Idol Season 5 finalist. Picture of health wrapped in a not-so-perfect tent...for now!
88.	macpowell	Mac Powell	male	Lead Singer of Third Day. Solo Country Project now available!
89.	JohnBevere	John Bevere	male	Husband of Lisa. Father to Addison & Juli, Austin, Alec, & Arden + G-Daddy to Asher & Baby Sophia! Author & Ambassador of Jesus Christ.
90.	pwilson	Pete Wilson	male	Pastor of @crosspoint_tv in Nashville, author of #LetHopeIn, husband, and father of 3 boys.
91.	richwilkersonjr	Rich Wilkerson Jr.	male	Married to the greatest lady in the world. Young adult pastor of The Vous (http://t.co/P23VgE2sqM)
92.	laurenchandler	Lauren Chandler	female	wife to matt. mother to audrey, reid + norah. lover of God. singer of songs. writer of stuff.
93.	AndyMineo	Andy Mineo	male	-|| Artist | Unashamed | #116 | Never Land EP & Heroes For Sale out now! ||- Booking (WME): http://t.co/0B2UdfwgWx
94.	Spurgeon_	Charles Spurgeon	quotes
95.	theResurgence	Resurgence	organization	Resurgence serves the church on mission by creating tools, training believers & connecting leaders. Sign up for our Resurgence conference http://t.co/A8kt1gsbwW
96.	RealJohnGray	John Gray	male	Aventer's husband. John IV and Theory's dad. Alice's son. God's Servant. Associate Teaching Pastor, Lakewood Church.
97.	stovallweems	Stovall Weems	male
98.	drtonyevans	Tony Evans	male	Serving my Savior and my King. #KingdomMan #KingdomAgenda
99.	JustinHolcomb	Justin Holcomb	male	Episcopal priest, professor, & author
100.	MatthewBarnett	Matthew Barnett	male	Pastor of The Dream Center & Angelus Temple. Pre-order my new book “God’s Dream For You” -http://t.co/tCqS3DA2wT - Follow me on Instagram http://t.co/8SovoK95h3
101.	TheA21Campaign	The A21 Campaign	organization	We abolish human trafficking in the 21st century.
102.	kevingerald	Kevin Gerald	male	Leader, wife-lover, Jesus follower. http://t.co/sYxprXXCKS
103.	randyalcorn	Randy Alcorn	male	Author of over forty books, founder of Eternal Perspective Ministries; love Jesus, my wife Nanci, daughters, sons and five grandsons!
104.	collinhansen	Collin Hansen	male	Editorial Director for The Gospel Coalition, Author of 'A God-Sized Vision' and 'Young, Restless, Reformed'
105.	jonathanfalwell	Jonathan Falwell	male	Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, VA.
106.	RealEricGeiger	Eric Geiger	male	Vice President LifeWay Christian Resources. I follow Jesus and serve His Church, love my wife and kids, and want to play more basketball.
107.	enditmovement	❌ END IT	organization	Shine A Light on Slavery.
108.	kirkfranklin	Kirk Franklin	male	The Official Kirk Franklin
109.	NatalieGrant	Natalie Grant	female	Jesus girl. Family girl. Singer girl. Freedom fighter.
110.	PastorTullian	Tullian Tchividjian	male	Pastor of @coralridgepc. Founder of @liberatenet. Grandson of @BillyGraham. Learning everyday that Jesus + Nothing = Everything.
111.	PhilCooke	Phil Cooke	male	Helping churches & nonprofits not suck at the media. http://t.co/EDnq7j8qXD http://t.co/Z4XZwHOgMk Recent books: One Big Thing & Unique
112.	RaviZacharias	Ravi Zacharias	male	Founder & President of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. Atlanta | Worldwide. Helping Thinkers Believe & Believers Think. Staff assists with tweets.
113.	LysaTerKeurst	Lysa TerKeurst	female	I've had a crush on Art for 20 years. We love 5 kids like crazy. I adore my team at Proverbs31ministries. I wrote Made to Crave, Unglued, and a few others.
114.	PsRobertMorris	Robert Morris	male	Official Twitter for Robert Morris, Senior Pastor of @GatewayPeople, and the author of The Blessed Life and The Blessed Church. http://t.co/WsY79Qngh8
115.	israelnewbreed	israelnewbreed	organization
116.	caseytreat	Casey Treat	male	Senior Pastor @CFCSeattle, husband, father, friend, & author. Romans 12:2 changed my life & can change yours too.
117.	rick_bezet	Rick Bezet	male	Husband to Michelle, Dad to Hunter/Hailee/Tanner/Grace! Pastor to New Life Church in AR! My dog hates me.
118.	JenHatmaker	JenHatmaker	female	Wife, mama of 5 (3 the old fashioned way...2 from Ethiopia), writer, speaker, foodie, Wii Just Dance Champion, gardener, hash tag abuser, Jesus girl.
119.	JLin7	Jeremy Lin	male	to know Him is to want to know Him more
120.	BillyGraham	Billy Graham	male	Official Twitter page of Rev. Billy Graham. Account is run by @BGEA staff.
121.	joechampion	Joe Champion	male	Love Jesus, Love my family, Love my Church.
122.	PastorSergio	Sergio De La Mora	male	Pastor of the Cornerstone Church of San Diego, Father, Husband, Visionary, Author of The Heart Revolution.
123.	realrobbell	Rob Bell	male
124.	hillsonglive	Hillsong LIVE	organization	The Official Hillsong LIVE Twitter. Our latest live album #GloriousRuins is now available! http://t.co/8M8uQwehgs
125.	JoelOsteen	Joel Osteen	male	Daily inspiration to help you live the life of victory and abundance that God intended for you. http://t.co/6apEukVPbT
126.	_Matt_Carter	Matt Carter	male	Lover of Jesus. Husband of an amazing woman. Father to 3 delightful children. Pastor of Preaching @ The Austin Stone. Author of The Real Win w/ Colt McCoy
127.	MichaelHyatt	Michael Hyatt	male	Author of the New York Times bestseller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. Founder of http://t.co/UNZmxcFox9. Forbes Top 50 Social Media Influencer 2013
128.	LeeStrobel	Lee Strobel	male	Follower of Jesus. Husband, dad, grandfather. Author of 20+ books, including The Case for Christ & The Case for Faith. Professor at Houston Baptist University
129.	bennyperez	Benny Perez	male	Husband, Father, Lead Pastor of The Church LV. Join us for @DedicatedLV in Vegas June 25th-27th. Register at http://t.co/z89UxZQAkd
130.	TroyGramling	Troy Gramling	male	Husband, Father of 3, Lead #Pastor at @PotentialChurch.
131.	Pontifex	Pope Francis	male	Welcome to the official Twitter page of His Holiness Pope Francis
132.	RealRomaDowney	Roma Downey	female	Roma actress and producer of emmy nominated series The Bible seen by over 100 million people in USA and Son of God to be released Feb 28th 2014
133.	bobbygwald	Bobby Gruenewald	male	Pastor, Innovation Leader @ LifeChurch.tv. a founder @ http://t.co/QDlDdOyo. Passionate about my family, The Church, Leadership, Mobile Technology.
134.	DarrenWhitehead	Darren Whitehead	male	Husband to Brandy. Dad to Sydney, Scarlett & Violet. Aussie. Author of Rumors of God.
135.	AnnVoskamp	Ann Voskamp	female	Wife to the Farmer: Mama to 6 : Author of NYTimes Bestsellers: One Thousand Gifts ... & ... The Greatest Gift. Seeking to follow One alone.
136.	IJM	Intl Justice Mission	organization	Official International Justice Mission twitter securing rescue for victims of slavery & other violent forms of oppression. Tweeters: Austin/Tierney/Jaclyn
137.	RevRunWisdom	Rev Run	male	Words of wisdom non-stop.. Pls don't be offended if I don't reply or follow u, But I Love you!
138.	DannyAkin	Daniel Akin	male
139.	ahc	Andy Crouch	male	Writer (Playing God, Culture Making) | Executive Editor (@CTmagazine) | Producer (@ct_city) | Dad
140.	hillsong	Hillsong Church	organization	Hillsong Church is all about loving God and people.
141.	PastorChrisHill	Chris Hill	male	Official Twitter for Pastor Chris Hill. Son, husband, father, friend, mentor, preacher & Senior Pastor of The Potter's House Church of Denver.
142.	JonAcuff	Jon Acuff	male	New York Times Bestselling Author of Start/Speaker. Married to Jenny. Dad to L.E. and McRae.
143.	ronniefloyd	Ronnie Floyd	male	Senior Pastor of @CrossChurch, a multi campus faith family, the founder of @CCSchoolofMin. Passionate about preparing leaders for global Gospel advancement.
144.	johnnymhunt	Johnny Hunt	male	Pastor of FBC Woodstock since Dec. 1986. FORMER President of the Southern Baptist Convention
145.	SheilaWalsh	SheilaWalsh	female	Born in Scotland, now a US citizen, wife, mom of 1 boy and 3 pups. Overwhelmed by the fiery love and mercy of God, found it impossible to keep it to myself
146.	Crossway	Crossway	organization	Crossway is a not-for-profit publisher of Christian books, the ESV Bible, and gospel tracts. Tweets by @angelacheatham and @jameskinnard [at the time tweeted as @CrosswayBooks]
147.	bilcornelius	Bil Cornelius	male	Leader/founding pastor/speaker/author/entrepreneur I love Jesus, @jesicacornelius,my 3 kids, @bafchurch, & people.I could eat Mexican food 5 days a week.
148.	9MarksOnline	9Marks	organization	9Marks exists to equip church leaders with a biblical vision and practical resources for displaying God's glory to the nations through healthy churches.
149.	RichWilkerson	Rich Wilkerson	male	Pastor @TrinityMiami husband of 1 wife Robyn 4 sons 2 daughters 1 GrandDarling... Love God & Love Ppl
150.	KerryShook	Kerry Shook	male	Senior pastor of @WoodlandsChurch. Husband to the beautiful @ChristineShook. Dad to Ryan, Josh, Megan & Steven. NY Times Bestselling author.
151.	gregsurratt	Greg Surratt	male	Pastor - Seacoast Church
152.	TommyTenney	Tommy Tenney	male	Happy husband to the ever amazing @JeannieTenney • Father to 3 delightful daughters • Blessed with 4 grandchildren • Son of @TFTenney • Christ follower • Cajun
153.	scotmcknight	scotmcknight 	male	Professor @nseminary
154.	DrHenryCloud	Dr. Henry Cloud	male	Psychologist, Author, and Leadership Consultant. http://t.co/haDxnxImhX
155.	mattfry	Matt Fry	male	Lead Pastor C3 Church http://t.co/Pr8QOnjHgq ARC Lead Team http://t.co/wtA6HwBOFi
156.	pastoremase	Eric Mason	male	Jesus follower, Husband of @ImmNehe, Father, Pastor @epiphfellowship Author of #ManhoodRestored
157.	bibleseries	The Bible' Series	organization	The Bible' is an epic journey from Genesis through Revelation produced by Roma Downey & Mark Burnett. Emmy nominated & seen by 100 million people & counting!
158.	tommybarnett	Tommy Barnett	male	Senior Pastor, Phoenix First Assembly in Phoenix (http://t.co/jUYIccxdTd), Arizona; co-founder of the LA Dream Center and NY Dream Center
159.	ericmetaxas	Eric Metaxas	male	is the author of BONHOEFFER: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and AMAZING GRACE: William Wilberforce & the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery.
160.	FirstLadyJakes	Serita Jakes	female	Official Twitter for First Lady Serita Jakes
161.	erwinmcmanus	Erwin McManus	male	traveling the universe with my band of outsiders in search of beauty, wonder, and a good story.
162.	johnortberg	John Ortberg	male	Author Speaker Pastor
163.	Fred_Buechner	Frederick Buechner	male	Christian theologian and author of 36 books, including fiction, autobiography, essays, sermons, quotes, and other nonfiction.
164.	hillsongNYC	Hillsong NYC	organization	The best way to stay in touch with what's happening in Hillsong NYC! Also, check out - http://t.co/3WbMj7pyX8 and http://t.co/X7ytKmHdiE
165.	jrvassar	JR Vassar	male	Christ follower, Husband, Father, Pastor.
166.	ANNELAMOTT	ANNE LAMOTT	female	Author - Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies, Some Assembly Required, Help Thanks Wow. Mom, Nana, activist; elder at St. Andrew Prez--services at 11:00.
167.	RedeemerNYC	Redeemer Pres NYC	organization
168.	RichStearns	Rich Stearns	male	President of World Vision USA, and author of The Hole in Our Gospel and Unfinished: Believing Is Only the Beginning (April, 2013)
169.	ihoughton	Israel Houghton	male	Husband, Father,Friend of God
170.	LarryOsborne	Larry Osborne	male	Pastor, Author - North Coast Church, Vista CA Blog:http://t.co/cybdjDrxo6
171.	PastorChrisSeay	Chris Seay	male	Pastor of Ecclesia Houston, President of Ecclesia Bible Society/Translator of The Voice ( a beautiful and faithful translation of scriptures), Husband and Dad
172.	charitywater	charity: water	organization	We're an NYC-based charity working in 20 developing countries around the world, bringing clean water to people in need.
173.	Michael_Card	Michael Card	male	Christian Author, Singer/ Songwriter. Written 23 books and 30 albums Well known and loved through songs like El Shaddai, Immanuel and Come Lift Up Your Sorrows
174.	CharlesJenkins7	Charles Jenkins	male	I laugh I serve I create I give
175.	dancathy	Dan T. Cathy	male	CEO and President of Chick-fil-A, but I like to say I'm in Customer Service
176.	kimwalkersmith	Kim Walker-Smith	female	I love Jesus, Skyler (my knight-in-shining-armor), Wyatt (my wildly handsome son), Duke & Stella (my cuddly dogs), and chocolate. In that order.
177.	RELEVANT	RELEVANT Magazine	organization	The leading magazine on faith, culture & intentional living. Covering what's relevant to your life—in print, iPad & daily online. (Founded by @CameronStrang.)
178.	tonymorganlive	Tony Morgan	male	I help leaders and organizations get unstuck.
179.	therealtobymac	TobyMac	male	I got my eye on it!!
180.	Clayton_king	Clayton King	male	Founder & President of Crossroads Ministries, Teaching Pastor @ Newspring Church, Campus Pastor @ Liberty University, Author for Lifeway & Baker Pub
181.	JeanneMayo	Jeanne Mayo	female	Wife + Mom + Nana + Coach + Author + Speaker + Cadre + Atlanta Leadership College + 212 Director = Love to Meet You!! #follow #StuMin @YLCoach
182.	jaredcwilson	jaredcwilson	male	Husband, father, pastor, author. My latest book STORYTELLING GOD available now from Crossway.
183.	JonTyson	Jon Tyson	male	Trinity Grace Church : City Collective : City Renewal. Planting in Midtown Manhattan. Pursuing the way of Jesus : Joining God in the renewal of all things.
184.	brandonheath	Brandon Heath	male	Don't miss Brandon on #HitsDeepTour and check out his album Blue Mountain on iTunes http://t.co/WnmvSIeP3E
185.	jamiemunson	Jamie Munson	male	CoPresident of @Storyville Coffee, Writer at http://t.co/IDic6PFedy, Author of 2 Books - Authority and Money
186.	BurkParsons	Burk Parsons	male	I'm not my own but belong to Jesus Christ whom I trust, follow, and preach as an ordinary pastor, dad, and husband making disciples of nations for God's glory.
187.	philwickham	Phil Wickham	male	The Ascension now available on iTunes! http://t.co/fMqmAHW5bS
188.	HenriNouwen	Henri Nouwen	quotes	Henri Nouwen - author, theologian, mentor, pastor, activist, Dutch priest, and above all - beloved.
189.	MikeFoster	Mike Foster	male	Lover of imperfectionists. Founder of @POTSC. Author of Freeway: A Not-So-Perfect Guide To Freedom. I believe in love, God and you.
190.	cameronstrang	Cameron Strang	male	Founder of @RELEVANT, daddy of Cohen, follower of Jesus, publisher, podcaster, fan of the Magic & Gators. But not in that order.
191.	bloodwater	Blood:Water	organization	Partnering with Africa to end the HIV/AIDS & water crises
192.	jonforeman	Jon Foreman	male	I play music in bands called switchfoot, and fiction family. I am grateful to be alive.
193.	JonathanMerritt	Jonathan Merritt	male	Senior Columnist, Religion News Service @RNS; Author of A Faith of Our Own (2012) and Jesus is Better Than You Imagined (2014)
194.	loswhit	Carlos Whittaker	male	Author of Moment Maker :: Hater of Meatloaf :: Lover of Familia
195.	DanKimball	Dan Kimball	male	on staff at Vintage Faith Church, author of They Like Jesus But Not The Church
196.	stevekmccoy	Steve K. McCoy	male	I've heard and I believe. I study and I preach. I imagine and I create. I am loved and I love.
197.	challies	challies	male	Owner and proprietor of http://t.co/UVIRyi9y.
198.	lovedoes	Love Does	organization
199.	williebosshog	Willie Robertson	male	President of Duck and Buck Commander. Personality on both, Duck Dynasty and Buck Commander Protected by Under Armour.
200.	coltondixon	Colton Dixon	male	love God. love music. love people

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