Top Facebook topics of 2014

So, what have have been the popular conversations of 2014?  Here are the results from the folks at Facebook.

I'll give you two sets of top ten topics.  The first list is the most talked about global stories.  The second set will be the hot topics, here, in the U.S.

You will notice that several topics overlap on the two lists.

First we'll look at the global conversation counting up from number ten to number one.

10.  Sochi Winter Olympics

9.  Michael Brown / Ferguson

8.  Super Bowl

7.  Malaysia Airlines

6.  Conflict in Gaza

5.  Ice Bucket Challenge

4.  Robin Williams

3.  Brazil Elections

2.  Ebola

1.  World Cup

Here are Facebook's top ten conversations in the U.S. counting up to number one.

10.  ISIS

9.  Malaysia Airlines

8.  Midterm Elections

7.  Conflict in Gaza

6.  World Cup

5.  Michael Brown / Ferguson

4.  Super Bowl

3.  Robin Williams

2.  Ice Bucket Challenge

1.  Ebola