The Superdome sits in partial darkness early in the third quarter. / Richard Mackson, USA TODAY Sports

The top four trends on Twitter during Super Bowl XLVII had nothing to do with the two teams playing in the game.

Users submitted 24.1 million Tweets during the Baltimore Ravens' victory over the San Francisco 49ers. According to Twitter, two events triggered the most Tweets per minute during the NFL title game: Beyonce's halftime show and the partial blackout that knocked out lights at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

The conclusion of Beyonce's performance generated 268,000 Tweets per minute, followed by the reunion of Destiny's Child (257,500) and the trio's performance of Beyonce hit Single Ladies (252,500).

The power outage during the third quarter netted the fourth-most Tweets per minute at 231,500. The most discussed play of the game was Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones' 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, which spurred more than 181,000 Tweets per minute.

On Facebook, the Ravens winning the game topped the social network's big Super Bowl moments, followed by the Beyonce performance, the blackout, and the Jones kickoff return. As for the most mentioned players, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis -- who announced his retirement before the start of the playoffs -- finished first, followed by Super Bowl MVP quarterback Joe Flacco and 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Facebook also has an interesting breakdown of the top shared terms throughout the game, which covered the game, commercials and a variety of other in-game topics. Scroll down for a closer look:

As of 7:35 PM ET:

1. Go Ravens

2. Super Bowl

3. 49er / Niners

4. Watching the Game

5. Let's Go

6. Ray

7. Commercials

8. Baltimore

9. Come On

10. Doritos

As of 8:15 PM ET:

1. Beyonce

2. Half Time Show

3. Best Performance

4. Destiny's Child

5. Kelly

6. Michelle

7. Killed It

8. Wardrobe Malfunction

9. Stage

10. Second Half

As of 10:20 PM ET:

1. 49ers

2. Let's Go

3. Come On

4. We Got a Game

5. A Farmer

5. Budweiser

6. Momentum

7. Comeback

8. Clydesdale

9. Tide

10. Paul Harvey

As of 11:00 PM ET:

1. Ravens

2. They Won

3. Team

4. Next Year

5. Baltimore

6. Congrats

7. Good Game

8. Close

9. Season

10. Baseball

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