Adafruit’s Top Ten Tweets of 2017 #AdafruitTopTen @Twitter
TL;DR: Raspberry Pi, cosplay, #startrekcats, maker history past and now, sales, and security.
Below are embeds of our most popular Twitter tweets from 2017, rated from #10 to #1 by reach (impressions, views, etc). Of course thanks to everyone who follows us on Twitter and engages with us in that space.
Our #10 most-popular tweet had a notable 572k impressions (and it only gets better from there!):
Free Online Courses From The Raspberry Pi Foundation on Future Learn #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi https://t.co/QhsAJlIqlK
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) June 16, 2017
#9:
How to Make a Furry Monsters Inc. Sully Cosplay https://t.co/tmFRObwukD
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) November 13, 2017
#8:
Using Tensorflow on a Raspberry Pi in a Chicken Coop @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi https://t.co/WxNbBG78ym
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) July 28, 2017
#7:
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Reveals the Star’s True Self https://t.co/hZITOUrP8g
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) December 4, 2017
#6:
DIY Complete Philips Hue Home Automation @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi https://t.co/sWUrkglB9k
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) August 18, 2017
#5:
Sales, deals, donations, and more for makers BESIDES @adafruit
This is MASSIVE #BlackFriday #CyberMonday #ADADEALS https://t.co/Uu8H2y3qr2
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) November 24, 2017
#4:
go to MIT, get on the cover of magazines, be a manufacturer of electronics in the USA… get banned from @facebook no posts, just existing http://pic.twitter.com/3j7NOT4aFn
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) October 18, 2017
#3: At an even 1 million impressions was this #startrekcats tweet:
for everyone wondering about #startrekcats here is the artist and site https://t.co/M9tZdENHd3 @jennyparksillus (thanks again @iammoshow) http://pic.twitter.com/WiiAl5xNum
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) August 22, 2017
#2: This one clearly made an impression with a reach of 2.4m users:
looks like there is some news @adafruit about @RadioShack … photo by @CollinMel https://t.co/Z2WqsKyF73 http://pic.twitter.com/GmdMnRI6LJ
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) October 7, 2017
It should also be noted this was our most engaging tweet, with an astounding 1.1k responses!
#1: And our most-reached tweet of the year actually went out on New Year’s Eve if you can believe that. (Humblebrag it was a blog by moi and intentionally timed to publish at 9:11AM.) It helps when you get a few notable retweet assists 
Turn a ‘Burner’ Android Device into a Remote Sensor Station. Introducing #Haven App. | via @GuardianProject @FreedomofPress @GetHavenApp @Snowden https://t.co/c4iRLWkE3x
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) December 31, 2017
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