People on Facebook shared more stories about fox hunting than about Brexit over the course of the general election campaign, according to an analysis of the most shared issues since the vote was called.

Young voter registration, the NHS, and Jeremy Corbyn's security record were topics all shared more than stories around Brexit, BuzzFeed News analysis reveals.

And several major political developments that featured prominently in the newspapers during the campaign, such as Labour's nationalisation plans and the Conservative U-turn on social care, also failed to set social media alight, compared with other issues like the NHS or school meals.

The BuzzFeed News Social Barometer has tracked the 250 most shared links about the election on Facebook, and their sentiment, since Theresa May announced her intention to go to the polls on 18 April. It has previously shown that stories that are pro-Labour or anti-Tory have consistently been shared far more than their right-wing counterparts – and that even among right-wingers, none of the most shared stories were supportive of May.



As the campaign ends, we've analysed the most viral articles of the entire period and grouped them by topic, to see which broader issues and themes dominated the online conversation. Unsurprisingly, the strongly pro-Labour trend is reflected here too, with the single most viral topic being endorsements of Jeremy Corbyn from figures as diverse as Danny DeVito, grime star Akala, and "British volunteers fighting against ISIS".