South Korean band BTS has posted 18 of the 30 most retweeted tweets on X (Twitter).
This list contains the top 30 posts/tweets with the most reposts/retweets (an account's post that is sent again by additional accounts without any change) on the social networking platform X, formerly and commonly known as Twitter. X does not provide an official list but news and mainstream media make lists.[1][2] As of February 2025, the top post/tweet has over 3.8 million reposts/retweets and was posted by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Four accounts have more than one of the most-reposted posts in the top 30: South Korean band BTS has eighteen, while Maezawa and YouTubers El Rubius and Hikakin each have two.
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The following table lists the top 30 most-retweeted posts on X/Twitter, the account that posted or tweeted it, the total number of retweets or reposts rounded down to the nearest hundred thousand, and the date it was originally posted. Posts that have an identical number of reposts are listed in date order with the most recent post ranked highest. The notes include the details surrounding the post.
[It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman. Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage IV... ][10]
^On January 5, 2019, Japanese billionaire 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 nuggets tweet within 24 hours.[4]
^On January 22, 2024, one week after uploading a full length video to X, YouTuber and philanthropist MrBeast said in a tweet that he would give away $250k USD (the revenue he received from said video) between 10 fans who retweeted the tweet and followed his account. By January 23, the tweet had surpassed 3 million retweets, soon overtaking Wilkerson's nuggets tweet as the most retweeted English language tweet.[citation needed]
^On January 1, 2020, Japanese billionaire 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.[7]
^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.[9]
^Tweet announcing the death of American actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died after complications with colon cancer, which he had been diagnosed with four years prior; the diagnosis was only made public after his death.[11] It is the most retweeted tweet of 2020.[12]
^This is a tweet by One Direction member Louis Tomlinson to fellow band member Harry Styles.[16] It is noted among One Direction fans known as Larries.[17] It surpassed 770,000 retweets in January 2015 and overtook Barack Obama's "Four more years" tweet to become the then second most-retweeted tweet of all time, only behind Ellen Degeneres's Oscars selfie tweet.[18] The post's retweet count gradually increased as the band's popularity continued to grow.[16]
^Japanese YouTuber Hikakin made a tweet in which he promised to give away 103 iPhone 13 smartphones (worth ¥10 million in total) as a holiday gift to random individuals who retweeted the tweet and followed his account.[20]
^Video clip of BTS member Jungkook singing "Never Not" by American singer Lauv.[22] The tweet accumulated 1.5 million retweets.[23]
^Spanish YouTuber El Rubius 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 Islandemoji.[25]
^This tweet was the first of three, by former US President Barack Obama, quoting a passage from Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, in response to the 2017 Charlottesville attack.[27] The accompanying picture, taken in 2011 by former White House photographer Pete Souza, shows Obama visiting a day care center in Bethesda, Maryland.[27] Four days after the tweet was posted, Twitter publicly confirmed that it had become the new most-liked tweet on the platform, with over 3.3 million likes at the time of announcement.[27] The tweet surpassed previous record holder Ariana Grande's Manchester tweet on August 15, 2017, when it reached 2.7 million likes three days after being posted.[28]
^Video clip of BTS member Jungkook dancing to "Bad Guy" by American 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.[30]
^This tweet contains a phrase that was eventually adopted as the official slogan of the group's fanbase.
^BTS tweeted this video of the band celebrating in response to the news that their latest single "Dynamite", released on August 21, 2020, had remained at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week.[34]
^BTS member V tweeted this video of him wishing bandmate Jungkook a happy birthday in Korean in celebration of the latter's 23rd birthday that day.[36]
^Japanese YouTuber Hikakin made a tweet in which he promised to give away 40 Nintendo Switch OLED model consoles (worth ¥1.5 million in total) to random individuals who retweeted the tweet and followed his account.[38]
^BTS member V posted a pair of selfies from behind-the-scenes of a photoshoot.[42] In December 2020, Twitter revealed that his tweet was both the most-liked K-pop related tweet and the most-liked BTS tweet of the year with 3.2 million likes.[43]
^BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie with self-dyed blue hair.[47]
^This tweet contains a phrase used by BTS every time the band achieves certain milestones. They have tweeted the phrase seven times in seven years.
^BTS member J-Hope posted a video of him doing the #InMyFeelingsChallenge,[54] an internet dance trend created by social-media comedian Shiggy for Canadian rapper Drake's song, "In My Feelings".[55] The clip accumulated over 500,000 retweets in 24 hours.[56] It was Twitter's most-liked tweet of 2018 globally[57] and in South Korea.[58]
^BTS tweeted a message in response to an increase in racially motivated violence against Asian people as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[61] Per Twitter's year-end review, it was the most-retweeted tweet of 2021.[62]
^Yusaku, Maezawa [@yousuck2020] (December 31, 2019). 🎍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。 [🎍Happy New Year🎍 [Total 1 billion yen] #MaezawaNewYearsgift 1 million yen will be given to 1000 people! I hope that a million yen will make your lives happier. To apply, follow me and retweet this tweet. The deadline is 23:59 on January 7. The purpose of the project and the winning conditions are explained on YouTube.] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved September 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
^「ヒカキン」1,000万円分のiPhone 13を103台配布へ、視聴者ファーストな企画と絶賛の声 [Hikakin to Distribute 10 Million Yen Worth of iPhone 13 Smartphones to 103 Individuals, Garnered significant viewership] (in Japanese). Otona Life. December 22, 2021. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Excite Japan.
^Jungkook [@BTS_twt] (May 2, 2020). "Never Not 💜" (Tweet). Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
^BTS [@BTS_twt] (September 8, 2020). This is just... #우리아미상받았네 [This is just... #OurARMYReceivedAnAward] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
^V [@BTS_twt] (August 16, 2020). "Hi Army😊" (Tweet). Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
^Lee, Seung-hoon (August 17, 2020). "눈빛에 치인다"..방탄소년단 뷔, 할 말 잃게 만드는 '남신 비주얼' [★SHOT!] ["I'm struck by your eyes".. BTS V, a 'male god visual' that makes you speechless [★SHOT!]]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Naver.
^Hwang, Ji-young (December 8, 2020). 방탄소년단, 전 세계 트위터에서 가장 많이 언급된 계정 1위 [BTS, the world's most mentioned account on Twitter]. Daily Sports (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Naver.
^BTS [@BTS_twt] (December 13, 2022). 우리 형 !! 잘 다녀와요!! [Our hyung !! Go and come back well!! 💜 Love you 💜] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Twitter.
^J-Hope [@BTS_twt] (November 20, 2021). "💘 @Harry_Styles 💝" (Tweet). Retrieved November 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
^Jungkook [@BTS_twt] (February 24, 2021). 셀프 염색 :) #JJK [Self dye :) #JJK] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Twitter.
^Hwang, Hye-jin (December 8, 2020). 방탄소년단 정국, 파랑머리 셀프 변신…더 청량해졌네[SNS★컷] [BTS Jungkook, self-transformation with blue hair... It's cooler[SNS★cut]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^Jungkook [@BTS_twt] (January 24, 2021). "😙" (Tweet). Retrieved September 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
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