1) At the 2013 Oscars, host Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie surpassed all other tweets, with almost 3.5 million retweets and over 2 million favorites.
2) With about 780,000 retweets, Obama’s loving embrace with his wife Michelle Obama upon their second presidential victory comes in second.
3) Louis Tomlinson’s loving tweet to his band mate, Harry Styles is in third with about 473,000 retweets.
4) Next, another One Direction celebrity, Niall Horan comes in with 430,000 retweets for his shirtless rap tweet.
5) Justin Bieber’s heartfelt, yet grammatically interesting tweet to his fans, comes in 5th place with 424,000 retweets.
6) Lea Michele’s tweet in remembrance of her boyfriend and cast mate Cory Monteith received 395,000 retweets, making it sixth on the list.
7) Yet another One Direction member, Zayn Malik, received 365,000 retweets on a photo of a sleeping Harry Styles. The photo has since been removed.
