What Twitterers gave up for Lent in 2013. Compare 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009.
| Rank | What | Number of Tweets |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12,449 | |
| 2. | chocolate | 12,133 |
| 3. | swearing | 8,590 |
| 4. | alcohol | 7,546 |
| 5. | soda | 7,338 |
| 6. | school | 5,400 |
| 7. | sweets | 5,386 |
| 8. | being pope | 5,220 |
| 9. | fast food | 4,817 |
| 10. | 3,752 | |
| 11. | lent | 3,322 |
| 12. | meat | 3,304 |
| 13. | junk food | 3,079 |
| 14. | sex | 3,044 |
| 15. | social networking | 2,781 |
| 16. | chips | 2,557 |
| 17. | coffee | 2,312 |
| 18. | homework | 2,244 |
| 19. | candy | 1,932 |
| 20. | bread | 1,917 |
| 21. | you | 1,507 |
| 22. | giving up things | 1,426 |
| 23. | religion | 1,386 |
| 24. | food | 1,331 |
| 25. | smoking | 1,301 |
| 26. | cookies | 1,298 |
| 27. | ice cream | 1,219 |
| 28. | beer | 1,157 |
| 29. | work | 1,047 |
| 30. | mcdonalds | 1,037 |
| 31. | starbucks | 1,011 |
| 32. | catholicism | 1,008 |
| 33. | stuff | 978 |
| 34. | virginity | 954 |
| 35. | pizza | 926 |
| 36. | marijuana | 881 |
| 37. | masturbation | 867 |
| 38. | shopping | 864 |
| 39. | boys | 841 |
| 40. | sobriety | 816 |
| 41. | life | 809 |
| 42. | cheese | 797 |
| 43. | 783 | |
| 44. | coke | 731 |
| 45. | my phone | 681 |
| 46. | desserts | 616 |
| 47. | carbs | 592 |
| 48. | fried food | 585 |
| 49. | fizzy drinks | 567 |
| 50. | chipotle | 558 |
| 51. | breathing | 546 |
| 52. | sugar | 531 |
| 53. | wine | 525 |
| 54. | rice | 524 |
| 55. | diet coke | 520 |
| 56. | valentines day | 513 |
| 57. | nothing | 504 |
| 58. | me | 498 |
| 59. | pancakes | 493 |
| 60. | procrastination | 492 |
| 61. | tea | 467 |
| 62. | red meat | 467 |
| 63. | takeout | 465 |
| 64. | french fries | 457 |
| 65. | caffeine | 454 |
| 66. | sarcasm | 426 |
| 67. | college | 404 |
| 68. | texting | 401 |
| 69. | cake | 400 |
| 70. | people | 398 |
| 71. | booze | 387 |
| 72. | makeup | 387 |
| 73. | sweet tea | 375 |
| 74. | tumblr | 368 |
| 75. | porn | 356 |
| 76. | taco bell | 350 |
| 77. | peanut butter | 347 |
| 78. | pants | 345 |
| 79. | pasta | 336 |
| 80. | caring | 329 |
| 81. | new years resolutions | 326 |
| 82. | complaining | 305 |
| 83. | church | 297 |
| 84. | the pope | 294 |
| 85. | horse meat | 291 |
| 86. | nutella | 289 |
| 87. | christianity | 288 |
| 88. | bacon | 286 |
| 89. | exercise | 284 |
| 90. | laziness | 276 |
| 91. | men | 275 |
| 92. | tv | 267 |
| 93. | eating out | 258 |
| 94. | chicken | 256 |
| 95. | sleep | 255 |
| 96. | negativity | 255 |
| 97. | being mean | 255 |
| 98. | vegetables | 247 |
| 99. | snacking | 246 |
| 100. | god | 244 |
| Rank | Category | Number of Tweets |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | food | 71,328 |
| 2. | technology | 22,888 |
| 3. | habits | 16,919 |
| 4. | smoking/drugs/alcohol | 14,404 |
| 5. | school/work | 10,211 |
| 6. | religion | 9,230 |
| 7. | irony | 7,909 |
| 8. | relationship | 6,191 |
| 9. | sex | 5,978 |
| 10. | generic | 2,969 |
| 11. | health/hygiene | 1,873 |
| 12. | shopping | 1,315 |
| 13. | entertainment | 1,183 |
| 14. | sports | 825 |
| 15. | clothes | 600 |
| 16. | money | 468 |
| 17. | celebrity | 369 |
| 18. | possessions | 316 |
| 19. | politics | 136 |
| 20. | weather | 124 |
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