List of most-retweeted tweets

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 the news media makes lists.[1][2] As of May 2020, the top tweet has over 4.2 million retweets, which was tweeted by Yusaku Maezawa. Currently five accounts have more than one of the most-retweeted tweets in the top 30: BTS has eleven, Barack Obama has three and Maezawa, Jimmy Donaldson, and El Rubius 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 10,000 and the date it was originally tweeted. The notes include the details surrounding the tweet.

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Rank Tweet Posted by Retweets (millions) Date Context Likes (millions)
1 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 pic.twitter.com/cKQfPPbOI3 [3] Yusaku Maezawa
@yousuck2020		 4.4 January 5, 2019 [upper-alpha 1] 1.2
2 🎍謹賀新年🎍【総額10億円】#前澤お年玉 100万円を1000人にプレゼントします！100万円で皆さまの人生がよりハッピーになりますように。応募方法は僕のフォローとこのツイートのリツイート。締切は1月7日23:59まで。企画趣旨や当選条件などはYouTubeで説明してます。 pic.twitter.com/1Fr0Vq4i6Z[5] Yusaku Maezawa
@yousuck2020		 3.9 December 31, 2019 [upper-alpha 2] 1.3
3 HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3[6] Carter Wilkerson
@carterjwm		 3.4 April 5, 2017 [upper-alpha 3] 0.97
4 If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap[8] Ellen DeGeneres
@TheEllenShow		 3.1 March 2, 2014 [upper-alpha 4] 2.2
5 Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis[10] Louis Tomlinson
@Louis_Tomlinson		 2.7 October 2, 2011 [upper-alpha 5] 1.1
6 LIMONADA 🗿[12] El Rubius
@Rubiu5		 1.8 August 20, 2016 [upper-alpha 6] 1.4
7 "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm[14] Barack Obama
@BarackObama		 1.6 August 12, 2017 [upper-alpha 7] 4.3
8 LIMONADA 2.0 🗿[15] El Rubius
@Rubiu5		 1.5 September 29, 2018 1.2
9 Never Not 💜 pic.twitter.com/Ag9oUTJvrN[16] BTS
@BTS_twt		 1.4 May 3, 2020 [upper-alpha 8] 2.7
10 Duh😛 pic.twitter.com/3lGmo7GpF6[18] BTS
@BTS_twt		 1.3 June 9, 2019 [upper-alpha 9] 2.4
11 #InMyFeelingsChallenge #HopeOnTheStreet pic.twitter.com/Bm8bxtKsFq[20] BTS
@BTS_twt		 1.1 July 23, 2018 [upper-alpha 10] 1.9
12 I'm going give someone random who retweets this tweet $10,000 because it's my birthday and I feel like being nice
(you have to be following me so I can dm you the code if you win)[25]		 Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast)
@MrBeastYT		 1.1 May 7, 2019 [upper-alpha 11] 0.55
13 With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to help out those in need! pic.twitter.com/lodyOBE0eG[27] Penn State Interfraternity Council
@PennStateIFC		 1.0 August 30, 2017 [upper-alpha 12] 0.20
14 broken.
from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.[28]		 Ariana Grande
@ArianaGrande		 1.0 May 22, 2017 [upper-alpha 13] 2.4
15 If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2018 NBA finals I'll buy everyone who retweet's this a jersey...[30] Damarious Randall
@RandallTime		 1.0 May 28, 2018 [upper-alpha 14] 0.21
16 She's tough. But she's worth it pic.twitter.com/iBg7XMQdhL[32] Ryan Sesselman
@RyanSesselman		 1.0 June 9, 2018 [upper-alpha 15] 0.49
17 우리는 인종차별에 반대합니다.

우리는 폭력에 반대합니다. 나, 당신, 우리 모두는 존중받을 권리가 있습니다. 함께 하겠습니다.

We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together. #BlackLivesMatter [33]

 BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.98 June 4, 2020 [upper-alpha 16] 1.9
18 Denny JA: Dengan RT ini, anda ikut memenangkan Jokowi-JK. Pilih pemimpin yg bisa dipercaya (Jokowi) dan pengalaman (JK). #DJoJK[34] Denny Januar Ali
@DennyJA_WORLD		 0.93 June 4, 2014 [upper-alpha 17] 0.04
19 Let's set a world record together and get the most retweeted tweet on Twitter. Beating the current world record held by Yusaku Maezawa @yousuck2020 (5.3 million!)
We got this 🙌 pic.twitter.com/VkMPwJo9GI[36]		 Sam Heath
@egg_rt_record		 0.93 January 13, 2019 [upper-alpha 18] 0.56
20 어버이날 카네이션은 역시 어린이날에 만들어야! pic.twitter.com/rbWKmL3e9H[37] BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.92 May 5, 2020 [upper-alpha 19] 2.2
21 I'm going to give 100 random people who retweet this $100. Normally I'd give one person $10,000 but I want to give you guys better odds of winning :)

You must be following me so I can dm you the code if you win! Will show proof![38]

 Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast)
@MrBeastYT		 0.91 July 24, 2019 [upper-alpha 20] 0.43
22 방탄생일 축하해 주셔서 감사해요 저도 작은 선물 준비했어요 😊🙏❤️ #JIMIN #방탄생일ㅊㅋ pic.twitter.com/lhuEliUCgf[39] BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.90 June 13, 2019 [upper-alpha 21] 1.9
23 Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom[40] Barack Obama
@BarackObama		 0.86 November 6, 2012 [upper-alpha 22] 0.57
24 teamwork makes the dream work.[42] BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.85 March 19, 2013 [upper-alpha 23] 0.68
25 Congratulations to the Astronauts that left Earth today. Good choice [43] Andy Milonakis
@andymilonakis		 0.83 May 30, 2020 [upper-alpha 24] 3.8
26 요거는...기대해주세용 ㅎㅎ pic.twitter.com/AWIFVQqeep[45] BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.83 August 31, 2019 [upper-alpha 25] 1.7
27 Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe—not in my ability to create change, but in yours.[46] Barack Obama
@POTUS44		 0.82 January 10, 2017 [upper-alpha 26] 1.7
28 혼자 앉아서 듣기 좋은 곡 같아서 추천해요! 오늘 하루도 수고했어요 #BOTD #BTS_OF_THE_DAY pic.twitter.com/aMoahS5u3T[47] BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.81 April 16, 2020 [upper-alpha 27] 2
29 Army painted me😁 pic.twitter.com/iQcyJsL7gb[48] BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.81 May 25, 2020 [upper-alpha 28] 2.4
30 여러분 심심하면 티비와 대화하세요~#집콕챌린지 pic.twitter.com/ZcboiW4Bnj[49] BTS
@BTS_twt		 0.79 April 5, 2020 [upper-alpha 29] 2.1

See also

Notes
  1. On January 5, 2019, Japanese billionare 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.[4]
  2. On January 1, 2020, Japanese billionare 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.[7]
  4. 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.[9]
  5. This tweet by One Direction member Louis Tomlinson saw its retweet count gradually increase as the band's fanbase continued to grow. It is the most-retweeted tweet without a picture. It is a reference to the relationship between Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, also known as Larry Stylinson.[11]
  6. El Rubius, a Spanish YouTube influencer, 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.[13]
  7. This tweet was the first of three tweets 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.
  8. BTS member Jungkook singing "Never Not" by American singer Lauv.[17]
  9. BTS member Jungkook dancing to "Bad Guy" by America 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.[19]
  10. BTS member J-Hope doing the #InMyFeelingsChallenge,[21] a viral internet dance trend created by social-media comedian Shiggy for Canadian rapper Drake's song, "In My Feelings".[22] The clip was Twitter's most liked tweet of 2018,[23] as well as the most liked and retweeted tweet in South Korea that year.[24]
  11. Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, is the owner of a YouTube channel that is well-known for giving large amounts of money to strangers. In this tweet, Donaldson promised to give $10,000USD to a random Twitter user that retweeted the tweet and followed his Twitter account, in celebration of his birthday.[26]
  12. This tweet encouraged relief efforts in Houston following Hurricane Harvey.
  13. American singer Ariana Grande tweeted this several hours after her performance at Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. A suicide bombing had occurred after the end of the concert in the foyer of the arena; the explosion killed 23 people (including the attacker) and injured 250 more.[29]
  14. Randall incited anger from Clevelanders by openly cheering for the Warriors to defeat his hometown Cavs in the 2018 NBA Finals. As a make-good, he offered to purchase jerseys for everyone who retweeted if the Cavs won the championship.[31]
  15. Ryan Sesselman asked his mother how many retweets were needed to adopt a puppy. The target – one million retweets – was met five days later on June 14.
  16. Tweeted in response to the killing of George Floyd.
  17. This tweet by Indonesian entrepreneur Denny Januar Ali is voicing his support of Joko Widodo ahead of the 2014 Indonesian presidential election. It was awarded by Twitter as The World No. 2 Golden Tweet 2014.[35]
  18. On January 4, 2019, a post was made to Instagram, in an attempt to make the highest liked post on the site a picture of an egg, which it achieved within 10 days. This tweet was made on January 13, around the time Instagram's new record was set, in an attempt to achieve Twitter's most retweeted tweet, with just a picture of an egg once again.
  19. This tweet is made by V and Jungkook while preparing carnations for Parent's Day.
  20. Mr Beast, known online as MrBeast, is the owner of a YouTube channel that is well-known for giving large amounts of money to strangers, online streamers, and even other YouTube channels. In this tweet, Donaldson promised to give $10,000USD to a random Twitter user that retweeted the tweet and followed his Twitter account, in celebration of his birthday.
  21. Jimin's thank you present for BTS' 6th anniversary.
  22. On the night he was re-elected in 2012, Barack Obama's staff posted an image of the President embracing First Lady Michelle Obama. It was the most-retweeted tweet ever until it was surpassed by Ellen DeGeneres's selfie in 2014.[41]
  23. This tweet contains a phrase that would eventually be adopted as the official slogan for the fanbase.
  24. This tweet was written by Andy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests in wake of the launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2 by SpaceX on May 30, 2020. [44]
  25. This tweet includes a snippet of an original song by Jungkook on his birthday to the fanbase.
  26. This tweet was made in closing days of Obama's last term as U.S. President.
  27. This tweet includes a recommended song by Jungkook and photos of himself wearing glasses.
  28. This tweet is a thankful note to a fan by V as he finally got a Simpson's inspired painting of himself that he asked for.
  29. V dancing to a song by Postmodern Jukebox, encouraging people to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  15. El Rubius [@ElRubiu5] (September 29, 2018). "LIMONADA 2.0 🗿" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. BTS [@bts_twt] (May 3, 2020). "Never Not 💜" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  25. MrBeast (May 7, 2019). "I'm going give someone random who retweets this tweet $10,000 because it's my birthday and I feel like being nice (you have to be following me so I can dm you the code if you win)". @MrBeastYT. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
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  27. Penn State [@PennStateIFC] (August 30, 2017). "With the current devastation in Houston, we are pledging $0.15 for every RT this gets! Please forward this along to help out those in need!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. Ariana Grande [@ArianaGrande] (May 22, 2017). "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  30. Damarious Randall [@RandallTime] (May 28, 2018). "If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2018 NBA finals I'll buy everyone who retweet's this a jersey..." (Tweet). Retrieved May 28, 2018 – via Twitter.
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  32. Ryan Sesselman [@RyanSesselman] (June 9, 2018). "She's tough. But she's worth it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  33. BTS [@bts_twt] (June 4, 2020). "우리는 인종차별에 반대합니다. 우리는 폭력에 반대합니다. 나, 당신, 우리 모두는 존중받을 권리가 있습니다. 함께 하겠습니다. We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together. #BlackLivesMatter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  34. Denny Januar Ali [@DennyJA_WORLD] (June 4, 2014). "Denny JA: Dengan RT ini, anda ikut memenangkan Jokowi-JK. Pilih pemimpin yg bisa dipercaya (Jokowi) dan pengalaman (JK). #DJoJK" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  36. @egg_rt_record (January 13, 2019). "Let's set a world record together and get the most retweeted tweet on Twitter. Beating the current world record held by Yusaku Maezawa @yousuck2020 (5.3 million!). We got this 🙌" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  37. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (May 5, 2020). 어버이날 카네이션은 역시 어린이날에 만들어야! [Of course, carnations for Parents' Day should be made on Children's Day!] (Tweet) (in Korean) – via Twitter.
  38. MrBeast (July 24, 2019). "I'm going to give 100 random people who retweet this $100". @MrBeastYT. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  39. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (June 13, 2019). 방탄생일 축하해 주셔서 감사해요 저도 작은 선물 준비했어요 😊🙏❤️ #JIMIN #방탄생일ㅊㅋ [Thank you for congratulating us on BTS' (6th) anniversary Also I have made a small gift 😊🙏❤️ #JIMIN #HBD_BTS] (Tweet) (in Korean) – via Twitter.
  40. Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (November 6, 2012). "Four more years" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  42. BTS [@bts_twt] (March 19, 2013). "teamwork makes the dream work" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  45. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (August 31, 2019). 요거는...기대해주세용 ㅎㅎ [Here it is... please anticipate it hehe] (Tweet) (in Korean) – via Twitter.
  46. Barack Obama [@POTUS44] (January 10, 2017). "Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe—not in my ability to create change, but in yours" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  47. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (April 16, 2020). 혼자 앉아서 듣기 좋은 곡 같아서 추천해요! 오늘 하루도 수고했어요 #BOTD #BTS_OF_THE_DAY [I recommend this song because it seems to be a good one to listen to while sitting by yourself! You all worked hard today too. #BOTD #BTS_OF_THE_DAY] (Tweet) (in Korean) – via Twitter.
  48. BTS [@bts_twt] (May 25, 2020). "Army painted me😁" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  49. 방탄소년단 [@BTS_twt] (April 5, 2020). 여러분 심심하면 티비와 대화하세요~#집콕챌린지 [Everyone, if you're bored please talk with the TV~ #StayHomeChallenge] (Tweet) (in Korean) – via Twitter.
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