For many social media users, 2016 is a year they’d rather forget. The deaths of multiple celebrities, Brexit, Donald Trump, terrorist attacks and violence around the world combined to make a truly forgettable year.
But it hasn’t all been bad news.
It was also the year of the democracy sausage, the Rio Olympics, Eurovision, Pokemon Go, new Star Wars movies and marriage equality campaigns.
Let's start with the good news.
Chewbacca Mum
Remember Chewbacca Mum? The mother, Candace Payne, who became a social media superstar after she filmed herself laughing and wearing a Chewbacca mask?
It was the most shared video on Facebook this year with more than 164 million views.
Feel free to relive the Chewbacca Mum hilarity:
Pokemon Go
Nintendo created a storm in July with the release of Pokemon Go, a virtual reality game that saw players running and walking around in the strangest places at the strangest times, catching Pokemon and hatching eggs.
Some neighbourhoods became inundated with players searching for rare and difficult to catch Pokemon and police issued warnings to drivers not to Pokemon and drive.
Rio 2016
Despite tight social media restrictions, the 2016 Rio Olympic Games provided plenty of click-worthy moments.
But predictably, the best one came from Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt who was able to let his cheeky personality shine through even while running a million miles an hour.
Also, let us never forget the social media sensation that was the Tongan flag bearer Pita Nikolas Taufatofua.
Oscars
The conversation that dominated this year's Oscars lead up? Leonardo DiCaprio and the fact that, despite years and years of trying and nominations he was yet to actually bring one home.
But 2016 was his year.
He was awarded best actor for his performance in 'The Revenant'.
And host Chris Rock got good reviews for feeding Girl Scout cookies to the starving movie stars and highlighting the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The bad news
Unfortunately, not everything that happened in 2016 was cheery.
The year on social media was dominated by terrorist attacks, the rise of the so-called alt-right, the loss of many beloved celebrities, bitter political campaigns and natural disasters.
Brexit, Trump and Australia votes
Some of the biggest shocks and surprises came from politics in 2016.
Major votes like Brexit and the US presidential election rocked the globe with unexpected, for some confusing, and potentially damaging results in both.
There was a mixture of global horror and jubilation as reality TV star and real estate billionaire Donald Trump grabbed power in an election everyone predicted he would lose.
Closer to home, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called a double dissolution election with an eight week election campaign - the longest in Australia's political history.
Terrorist attacks around the world
This year was marred by several major terrorist attacks, including the truck attack on Bastille Day (July 14) in Nice, multiple bombings in Turkey, the June 12 Orlando nightclub massacre, the co-ordinated suicide bombings at Brussels airport on March 22 and the December 19 truck attack at a Berlin Christmas market.
Countries like Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Afghanistan, Egypt and Pakistan were also frequent targets of bombings and other attacks.
Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum in 2016 largely due to the frequency of police officers shooting and killing often unarmed black men, including Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
There were mass protests across the United States, and even in Australia, as the vast majority of those police officers were not charged following the shootings.
Celebrities like Beyonce and tennis player Serena Williams spoke out in support of the movement while other people have interpreted Black Lives Matter as a group working against white Americans.
