With over 300 million people signed up to the microblogging phenomenon, Twitter, millions of Tweets are generated each day as users spread news like wildfire, catch up on celebrity gossip and post about every aspect of their lives.

What The Trend, who has spent every waking moment studying the social networking site, has been knees-deep in research this week to uncover the top trends of 2011. The list below, presented by a very swanky infographic, shows some surprising results revealing that the Twittersphere looks like it's mostly inhabited by celebrity-stalking teenagers.

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Included in the list is Justin Bieber, Britney Spears and One Direction. Does anyone even care about "real" issues any more? Maybe it's a sign of our age, but what or who is Super Junior?

If you’re interested in seeing more about what people are talking about, What The Trend dissects Twitter data on a daily basis. For more information visit: http://whatthetrend.com/