What Twitterers are giving up for Lent in 2019. Compare 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009. Also interactively compare how what people have been giving up for Lent has changed over the past ten years.
| Rank | What | Number of Tweets |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | social networking | 1,529 |
| 2. | alcohol | 1,498 |
| 3. | 1,409 | |
| 4. | chocolate | 818 |
| 5. | lent | 770 |
| 6. | meat | 684 |
| 7. | swearing | 606 |
| 8. | coffee | 563 |
| 9. | soda | 561 |
| 10. | sex | 511 |
| 11. | fast food | 473 |
| 12. | sweets | 460 |
| 13. | school | 414 |
| 14. | men | 374 |
| 15. | work | 367 |
| 16. | religion | 346 |
| 17. | college | 346 |
| 18. | bread | 336 |
| 19. | you | 327 |
| 20. | plastic | 312 |
| 21. | sugar | 294 |
| 22. | catholicism | 290 |
| 23. | giving up things | 289 |
| 24. | beer | 274 |
| 25. | chips | 269 |
| 26. | life | 258 |
| 27. | 227 | |
| 28. | marijuana | 224 |
| 29. | brexit | 212 |
| 30. | boys | 204 |
| 31. | 195 | |
| 32. | virginity | 187 |
| 33. | me | 182 |
| 34. | smoking | 175 |
| 35. | candy | 161 |
| 36. | starbucks | 144 |
| 37. | stuff | 142 |
| 38. | junk food | 138 |
| 39. | hope | 128 |
| 40. | homework | 128 |
| 41. | rice | 127 |
| 42. | breathing | 125 |
| 43. | donald trump | 122 |
| 44. | cheese | 122 |
| 45. | red meat | 121 |
| 46. | lying | 118 |
| 47. | food | 113 |
| 48. | carbs | 111 |
| 49. | wine | 111 |
| 50. | winter | 110 |
| 51. | fried food | 109 |
| 52. | masturbation | 109 |
| 53. | gossip | 108 |
| 54. | depression | 105 |
| 55. | myself | 103 |
| 56. | my job | 103 |
| 57. | ice cream | 103 |
| 58. | anxiety | 103 |
| 59. | him | 98 |
| 60. | cookies | 98 |
| 61. | pizza | 96 |
| 62. | dairy | 94 |
| 63. | people | 94 |
| 64. | booze | 92 |
| 65. | procrastination | 91 |
| 66. | eating out | 84 |
| 67. | single use plastic | 84 |
| 68. | liquor | 81 |
| 69. | juuling | 80 |
| 70. | boba | 79 |
| 71. | christianity | 76 |
| 72. | caffeine | 75 |
| 73. | takeout | 75 |
| 74. | shopping | 74 |
| 75. | negativity | 73 |
| 76. | my will to live | 69 |
| 77. | sobriety | 68 |
| 78. | online shopping | 66 |
| 79. | bills | 64 |
| 80. | french fries | 64 |
| 81. | lint | 63 |
| 82. | sleep | 61 |
| 83. | chick fil a | 61 |
| 84. | complaining | 61 |
| 85. | church | 60 |
| 86. | desserts | 60 |
| 87. | coke | 59 |
| 88. | pussy | 59 |
| 89. | hot cheetos | 56 |
| 90. | netflix | 55 |
| 91. | god | 54 |
| 92. | porn | 53 |
| 93. | spending | 50 |
| 94. | snapchat | 50 |
| 95. | stress | 50 |
| 96. | oxygen | 50 |
| 97. | this | 48 |
| 98. | pancakes | 46 |
| 99. | crying | 46 |
| 100. | diet coke | 46 |
| Rank | Category | Number of Tweets |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | food | 8,004 |
| 2. | technology | 3,688 |
| 3. | habits | 2,963 |
| 4. | smoking/drugs/alcohol | 2,820 |
| 5. | irony | 2,097 |
| 6. | relationship | 1,800 |
| 7. | school/work | 1,490 |
| 8. | sex | 1,164 |
| 9. | religion | 1,016 |
| 10. | politics | 440 |
| 11. | generic | 427 |
| 12. | money | 353 |
| 13. | health/hygiene | 348 |
| 14. | entertainment | 224 |
| 15. | shopping | 182 |
| 16. | weather | 171 |
| 17. | sports | 165 |
| 18. | possessions | 54 |
| 19. | celebrity | 24 |
| 20. | clothes | 16 |
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