The following is the list of the 11 most popular Lent sacrifices from last year, as compiled by the Washington Post based on Twitter mentions:

1. school (11,330 tweets);

2. chocolate (8,916);

3. Twitter (8,171);

4. swearing (6,733);

5. alcohol (5,820);

6. soda (5,087);

7. social networking (4,087);

8. sweets (3,860);

9. fast food (3,830);

10. homework (2,687); and

11. Lent (2,649).