Ash Barty and Tayla Harris were the most Tweeted about Australian athletes in 2019, while there were more Tweets about the AFL than the NRL.
Those are just some of the findings as Twitter Australia revealed the athletes and the hashtags that lit up social media over the past 12 months.
Barty tops the list of the most Tweeted about Aussie athletes after winning her maiden Grand Slam title at the French Open and rising to world number one .
Harris is second on the list after hitting back at social media trolls when a photo of her kicking a goal for Calton's AFLW team went viral.
Harris' Tweet about the photo is also the most liked Tweet of 2019.
We start with the most liked Tweet of 2019, and that honour goes to none other than @taylaharriss..
— Twitter Australia (@TwitterAU) December 9, 2019
With 62K likes and counting, Tayla's Tweet inspired people of all ages and genders to strive for equality throughout the sporting world:https://t.co/SQG6urRXOz
Dylan Alcott, who won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon quad wheelchair titles was the third most Tweeted about Australian athlete of the year.
Alcott went viral for his epic victory speeches after winning in Melbourne and London .
Nick Kyrgios and Andrew Bogut were the fourth and fifth most Tweeted about Australian athletes of 2019.
Kyrgios hit the headlines a lot in 2019. For wins, outbursts, spats, feuds, clapbacks and a car crash.
Bogut caused worldwide headlines after his angry reaction following the Boomers' FIBA World Cup semi-final defeat to Spain.
The #AFL hashtag took out number one spot for the most used sporting hashtag of the year, with #ashes and #ausopen in second and third spots.
#AFL was the eighth most popular hashtag in Australia, with #auspol, #GameofThrones and #ClimateStrike rounding out the top three.
The #NRL hashtag was back in fourth ahead of #cwc19 and #origin.
#rwc2019 and #melbournecup were seventh and eighth, ahead of the GWS Giants' epic #bigbigsound theme song ahead of the AFL Grand Final.
In another big moment for women's sport, #aflw was 10th on the list of most Tweeted about sporting hashtags.
The sports hashtags that lit up Twitter this year in 🇦🇺 #ThisHappened2019 pic.twitter.com/adNhjTMvvF
— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSportsAU) December 9, 2019
No athletes made it onto the list of the most followed Australians on Twitter, which is again headed by Hugh Jackman, with Iggy Azalea, Chris Hemsworth and Miranda Kerr also in the top 10.