What Twitterers gave up for Lent in 2012. Compare 2011, 2010, and 2009.
| Rank | What | Number of Tweets |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13,938 | |
| 2. | chocolate | 13,003 |
| 3. | swearing | 11,736 |
| 4. | alcohol | 9,997 |
| 5. | soda | 9,940 |
| 6. | 9,025 | |
| 7. | fast food | 6,529 |
| 8. | sex | 6,146 |
| 9. | sweets | 4,973 |
| 10. | meat | 4,444 |
| 11. | lent | 4,171 |
| 12. | school | 3,976 |
| 13. | junk food | 3,388 |
| 14. | chips | 3,150 |
| 15. | coffee | 2,263 |
| 16. | candy | 2,217 |
| 17. | bread | 2,124 |
| 18. | you | 2,056 |
| 19. | smoking | 2,002 |
| 20. | giving up things | 2,001 |
| 21. | homework | 1,908 |
| 22. | food | 1,800 |
| 23. | social networking | 1,754 |
| 24. | religion | 1,701 |
| 25. | marijuana | 1,594 |
| 26. | beer | 1,359 |
| 27. | work | 1,331 |
| 28. | mcdonalds | 1,199 |
| 29. | virginity | 1,152 |
| 30. | cookies | 1,137 |
| 31. | masturbation | 1,134 |
| 32. | ice cream | 1,113 |
| 33. | shopping | 1,068 |
| 34. | fried food | 993 |
| 35. | boys | 956 |
| 36. | sobriety | 910 |
| 37. | coke | 899 |
| 38. | catholicism | 881 |
| 39. | cheese | 858 |
| 40. | nothing | 831 |
| 41. | carbs | 818 |
| 42. | red meat | 758 |
| 43. | procrastination | 738 |
| 44. | desserts | 733 |
| 45. | pizza | 714 |
| 46. | pancakes | 650 |
| 47. | sugar | 645 |
| 48. | rice | 633 |
| 49. | breathing | 631 |
| 50. | me | 628 |
| 51. | texting | 627 |
| 52. | starbucks | 623 |
| 53. | fizzy drinks | 595 |
| 54. | french fries | 593 |
| 55. | diet coke | 572 |
| 56. | porn | 562 |
| 57. | tumblr | 548 |
| 58. | wine | 546 |
| 59. | makeup | 539 |
| 60. | liquor | 534 |
| 61. | booze | 530 |
| 62. | college | 524 |
| 63. | my phone | 508 |
| 64. | life | 486 |
| 65. | caffeine | 466 |
| 66. | laziness | 453 |
| 67. | chipotle | 452 |
| 68. | tea | 445 |
| 69. | chicken | 442 |
| 70. | cake | 440 |
| 71. | sarcasm | 429 |
| 72. | new years resolutions | 422 |
| 73. | takeout | 417 |
| 74. | men | 412 |
| 75. | pork | 394 |
| 76. | christianity | 388 |
| 77. | sleep | 386 |
| 78. | people | 384 |
| 79. | caring | 377 |
| 80. | juice | 357 |
| 81. | snacking | 345 |
| 82. | lying | 333 |
| 83. | tv | 332 |
| 84. | complaining | 331 |
| 85. | church | 328 |
| 86. | him | 327 |
| 87. | lint | 326 |
| 88. | sweet tea | 326 |
| 89. | talking | 323 |
| 90. | bacon | 321 |
| 91. | being mean | 320 |
| 92. | pasta | 316 |
| 93. | eating out | 316 |
| 94. | negativity | 314 |
| 95. | eating | 298 |
| 96. | biting my nails | 294 |
| 97. | nutella | 291 |
| 98. | vegetables | 280 |
| 99. | this | 262 |
| 100. | being nice | 258 |
| Rank | Category | Number of Tweets |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | food | 79,977 |
| 2. | technology | 28,215 |
| 3. | habits | 21,836 |
| 4. | smoking/drugs/alcohol | 19,073 |
| 5. | sex | 9,948 |
| 6. | irony | 9,352 |
| 7. | school/work | 8,567 |
| 8. | relationship | 6,919 |
| 9. | religion | 4,157 |
| 10. | generic | 2,841 |
| 11. | health/hygiene | 2,076 |
| 12. | shopping | 1,491 |
| 13. | entertainment | 1,344 |
| 14. | money | 526 |
| 15. | sports | 512 |
| 16. | celebrity | 461 |
| 17. | possessions | 376 |
| 18. | clothes | 111 |
| 19. | politics | 105 |
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