Friday, January 25, 2013
Top 10 Celebrities with the Highest Number of Twitter Followers
Before social networking sites became a hit online, people are already sociable. Even in the early days of human existence, communication, being one with neighbors, and extending helping hands were all part of social interaction. The only difference that we can see from before and today is the development of technology. The evolution of Friendster, Facebook, and of course, the growing members of Twitter that serves as an avenue to update our friends about our statuses, feelings, and building camaraderie with other people, truly builds friendship and association. Moreover, much of the celebrities, singers, and other high-profile people use Twitter instead of Facebook. In fact, it becomes a channel for fans to follow their idols. Recently, the newest update has been released about the newest most followed persons on Twitter. Who are the celebrities? Let’s find out the top 10 celebrities with the most Twitter followers, and what they have done to get so much attention across the globe.
10. Kim Kardashian
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Through the help of the Twitter counter, the followers of Kim Kardashian are increasing. In fact, the tracking has been up since 2009. As of January 23, she got 2,627 new followers and placed her to the 10th spot in the Twitter world. Based on the statistics issued, her total followers reached to 17,241,607 while her total tweets of 14, 531, but she only follows 129.
9. Shakira
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The attention of social media gets unto her because she already gave birth to a healthy baby boy to her boyfriend, Gerard Pique, on January 22, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, wherein she made that announcement via her Twitter. Moreover, it has boosted the curiosity of others to follow her after she gave birth that made her to the 9th rank because of the 19,454,089, while just following 72.
8. YouTube
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This is the only social media that has been included on this top 10 list of celebrities that have gained followings. With its 22, 279,641 followers, 6807 tweets, and 435 following, it’s pretty obvious that the power of social sites like YouTube has increased tremendously. In fact, it becomes an avenue as well to earn, to advertise, and of course, get into the ladder of success and limelight like Justin Beiber who has only uploaded his video, and became an instant celebrity and heartthrob.
7. Taylor Swift
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She possesses one of the most beautiful faces in the music industry, and her seemingly sweet aura is really inviting to her fans. In fact, majority of her fanatic followers on Twitter are teenagers. You could see tons of Twitter accounts that have been created by her devotees. Amidst the negative articles written about her being a “playgirl” and a user, she still maintains her popularity in most of the social networking sites especially on Twitter, where she has 23,233,456 followers, while following only 87 people. It’s safe to say that she’s also active with her tweets of 1,641.
6. Britney Spears
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The 31-year old singer and mom is under the heat of controversy right now after her split with Jason Trawick and followed by her loose fitting dress. She might be ringless right now, but definitely her 23,392,392 followers are sufficient boosters for her that many love her despite of her ups and down in life. She has reciprocated that confidence by following 411,796 of them and making a total tweets of 2, 230. It indicates that she finds time to extend gratitude to those people who believe her through Twitter.
5. Barrack Obama
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Last Monday, January 21, 2013, President Barrack Obama finally made his second vow as he stood again before the people of America, where he promised to serve them for second time around as the US President. No wonder, why there was a sudden increase of Twitter followers during the inauguration and after. Although, his Twitter account is being managed by his staff, and it’s not really his personal account, it got 26,226,291 Twitter followers and it follows 666,859 people and groups. It’s very evident that it’s very active because of its 8,372 tweets.
4. Rihanna
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She caught the heart of her millions of fans because of her voice, although she received a criticism from Lena Dunham, which has been one of the topics in social media sites. She told how Rihanna is a bad example to the youth for being reunited to Chris Brown. If we will recall this couple’s relationship that begun during the recent years, a split and legal case put a division between the two after Chris Brown allegedly physically abused the singer. Nonetheless, she still manages to receive followers on Twitter, where it has reached 27,966,096, and she uses this actively to promote her album, as seen in her 7,343 tweets while following 910 people.
3. Katy Perry
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She just came back from President Obama’s inauguration, but people who have seen her picture without her boyfriend, John Mayer, were already in suspicions if something happened between the two of them. None could really predict since everyone saw the two attended the second pledge of the US President, but definitely, everyone would be watching on her Twitter, especially now that she has 31,525,489 followers that placed her to the 3rd most followed celebrity on this site. She’s kind of active too because of her 4,485 tweets while following 118 people which are not bad at all.
2. Lady Gaga
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She held the title as the Queen of Twitter for over two years, and with the recent Twitter counter, Justin Bieber took that spot by surpassing her number of followers. She has 33,364,593 while following 136,632 and keeping 2,593 active tweets in her account. She’s getting too much attention not just on the way she dressed differently from other singers, but because of the songs that she writes, and has written.
1. Justin Bieber
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Last year, Justin Bieber’s YouTube video that got the most views has been snatched away from him because of the instant craze and sensation that Psy brought to the world because of Gangnam Style. Now, he has snatched from the Mother Monster, Lady Gaga, that title, when he reached 33,386,249 followers, and you could see that he’s very active on this social media site because he’s the only celebrity on this list that made total tweets of 20,545 while following 123,843. It could be the effect of his separation to her girlfriend, Selena Gomez, that has thrown criticisms and bashing on Twitter.
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