#JeSuisParis marks Twitter's most talked of moment of 2015

The hashtag #JeSuisParis, used to show solidarity with the French capital in the wake of its second terrorist attack, marked the most talked of moment of the year on Twitter, according to the social media site.

Twitter has released its review of the year, and the I am Paris hashtag, with #PrayForParis were the most used on the micro-blogging site in 2015 after two terror attacks in the city in 10 months.

This was followed by the Black Lives Matter movement, which began in the US and has become a social campaign discussing alleged police brutality against black citizens. The hashtag or phrase was used more than nine million times in 2015.

In both the US and Ireland this year, same-sex marriage was legalised nationally, and as a result #MarriageEquality appears third on Twitter's list. The companion trends #HomeToVote, used by Irish citizens who returned to the country to support the motion, and #LoveWins which trended on June 26 when the US Supreme Court confirmed the legalisation.

Lewis Wiltshire, Twitter's director of media partnerships said: "2015 has been another phenomenal year on Twitter. Across the world people have come together to celebrate, support one another, to show...