Sorry, Chicken Nugget Kid - This Random Twitter Account Just Got The Most Retweets EVER!

Carter Wilkerson found Internet fame in 2017 by getting the most retweets of any tweet ever.
In case you don’t remember, it was all about getting free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s.

HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017

That got retweeted 3.55 million times.
Folks appreciate a craving, y’all.
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But now the 15 minutes are up — nearly two years later — and the title has been taken by… (drumroll)…
@yousuck2020
Really?!
Here’s the tweet in question:

ZOZOTOWN新春セールが史上最速で取扱高100億円を先ほど突破！！日頃の感謝を込め、僕個人から100名様に100万円【総額1億円のお年玉】を現金でプレゼントします。応募方法は、僕をフォローいただいた上、このツイートをRTするだけ。受付は1/7まで。当選者には僕から直接DMします！ #月に行くならお年玉 pic.twitter.com/cKQfPPbOI3

— 前澤友作┃お金配り毎日実施中 (@yousuck2020) January 5, 2019

5.45 MILLION retweets. Confirmed by Twitter:

Drumroll please ????????????

This Tweet from Japanese entrepreneur @yousuck2020 now holds the title of most Retweeted Tweet.https://t.co/HV5DEldmtC

— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) January 7, 2019

Why?? What’s it all about??
Apparently Yusaku Maezawa, a billionaire who founded Zozotown, Japan’s biggest online fashion retailer, went for it not by trying to score free stuff but by GIVING AWAY free stuff.
He promised to pay ¥100 million — that’s about $920,000 — in cash to 100 random people who followed his account and retweeted the message.
Welp, that’ll do it.
Carter responded to the news with typical optimism, writing:

it has been an amazing year and a half and i want to thank everyone who retweeted and helped my receive my year of free chicken nuggets

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) January 7, 2019