It's been an eventful year in news and entertainment, as anyone with a Facebook profile will tell you. Facebook has collected the information from millions of statuses and posts to determine which subjects were the site's most talked-about in 2015.
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Apart from Caitlyn Jenner, all of the top celebrities on Facebook were musicians, with British pop singer Ed Sheeran taking the top spot. The top 10 list:
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Taylor Swift
3. Kanye West
4. Nicky Jam
5. Wiz Khalifa
6. Drake
7. Pitbull
8. Caitlyn Jenner
9. The Weeknd
10. Shakira
The year's most buzzworthy film was, unsurprisingly, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, though that's still momentous since the movie remains unreleased as of Facebook's data collection. American Sniper creeped in at number 5, even though it released late in 2014. The full top 10:
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Fast & Furious 7
3. Jurassic World
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron
5. American Sniper
6. Straight Outta Compton
7. Fifty Shades of Grey
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
9. Magic Mike XXL
10. Pitch Perfect 2
The top television show, no doubt due to that unforgettable Season 5 finale, was HBO's Game of Thrones, though The Walking Dead provided fans with plenty of shocking moments as well. That top 10 includes:
1. Game of Thrones
2. The Walking Dead
3. The Daily Show
4. Saturday Night Live
5. WWE Raw
6. The Simpsons
7. 19 Kids and Counting
8. Grey's Anatomy
9. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
10. Orange is the New Black