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"If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that tweeters love a good laugh. It's no surprise then that the annual worldwide Prank-a-Palooza \u2014 April Fool's Day \u2014 was top-of-mind in the Twitterverse this past week, and came in at number one on our chart. No doubt the antics of our favorite tech companies fueled the buzz, though Twitter users shared their own prank ideas with friends and colleagues as well.\nInterestingly, the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, which aired on April 2, trumped both March Madness (number three) and the world of pro soccer (number six) to take second place this week. Surprising trends like this always lead us to wonder about the ever-shifting demographics of our beloved microblogging network.\nTo see the full list, check out the chart below, compiled by our friends at What the Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. The aggregate is based on Twitter's own trending algorithm, and does not necessarily reflect raw tweet volume.\nYou can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section, and read more about this past week\u2019s trends on What The Trend.\nTop Twitter Trends This Week: 4/1 - 4/7\n\n\n\n\n        Rank\n\n     Topic\n\n     Intensity\n\n     Description\n\n  \n       #1\n    April Fool's Day\n    2\n     April 1 was April Fool's Day, and people and websites played practical jokes. Most popular were Google's Gmail Motion and Google's search antics around fonts Helvetica  and Comic Sans.\n  \n        #2\n\n    Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards\n    1\n    Nickelodeon's 24th Annual Kids' Choice Awards were held on April 2 at the University of Southern California. Fans were excited that Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez won awards.\n  \n       #3\n    NCAA March Madness\n    1\n    College basketball fans watched the Final Four games and the NCAA finals between Butler and UConn and Notre Dame and Texas A&amp;M. Generating the most talk were women's players, Skylar Diggins and Maya Moore.\n  \n        #4\n\n    Academy of Country Music Awards\n    1\n    Country music fans watched the ACMs and were enthusiastic about Taylor Swift winning Entertainer of the Year.\n  \n       #5\n    U.S. Politics\n    1\n    U.S. legislators are working to see if any compromise can be reached before a possible government shutdown. There were also many people following the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, which was very close.\n  \n        #6\n\n    Soccer/Football\n    1\n    Soccer fans talked about players Joey Barton (Newcastle), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Xavi Hern\u00E1ndez (Barcelona) and Dejan 'Stanky' Stankovic (Internazionale).\n  \n       #7\n    Cricket World Cup\n    1\n    India and Sri Lanka met for the World Cup cricket finals and the Indian Cricket Team was victorious.\n  \n        #8\n\n    Tom &amp; Jerry\n    1\n    Tom &amp; Jerry started trending when users responded to the Twitter account @PROMOTEfor, which tweeted: \"SCOOBY DOO / TOM &amp; JERRY?\" But later people talked about the cartoon series they watched as children which seems to have been universally popular.\n  \n       #9\n    Justin Bieber\n    1\n    On April Fool's Day, there was some Justin Bieber follower tomfoolery, as his fans consider Bieber quite the prankster.\n  \n        #10\n\n    Jonas Brothers\n    1\n    Jonas Brother fans got into a lather about a photoshoot where they were all shirtless.\n  \n\n\n\n\nTop trend illustration courtesy of SoftFacade.\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, 123render\n\nInterested in more Twitter resources? Check out Mashable Explore, a new way to discover information on your favorite Mashable topics."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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