Lady Gaga Hits 20 Million Twitter Followers, And Other Celebrity Rankings.
Lady Gaga rules twitter. The big monster (I can only assume since she calls her fans ‘little monsters’ that she’s the big monster, or mama monster, or something) has an astounding 20 million followers—the first Twitter user to ever to reach that milestone. That’s more than the entire population of New York state.
Behind her in the rankings? Justin Bieber has a very respectable 18.1 million followers, Katy Perry‘s got 15.7 million, Shakira clocks in at 14.7 million, and Rihanna rounds out the top five with 14.5 million followers.
And while there’s no denying that Gaga is supremely successful, the world of twitter is a strange one. Consider these other interesting numbers (these do not round out a sequential list, they’re just some other notable names rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.) It shows that twitter doesn’t necessarily paint an accurate picture of net worth or social relevence to the public as a whole:
Celebrities and their current number of twitter followers:
Britney Spears 13.6
Kim Kardashian 13.6 million
Taylor Swift 11.5 million
Ellen Degeneres 9.7 million
Ashton Kutcher 9.7 million
Oprah: 9.5 million
Chris Brown 8.6 million
Charlie Sheen 6.8 million
Jim Carrey 6.8 million
Paris Hilton, 6.3 million
Tyra Banks 5.5 million
Conan O’Brien 5.1 million
Jennifer Lopez, 5 million
Perez Hilton 4.6 million
Thalia (latina singer and wife of Tommy Mottola) 3.3 million
Lindsay Lohan, 3.1 million
Tom Cruise 2.7 million
Martha Stewart: 2.5 million.
Paula Abdul, 2.3 million
Denise Richards 2.3 million
Simon Cowell, 1.7 million
Adam Levine 1.8 million
Blake Shelton 1.2 million
Christina Aguilera 1.1 million
Barbara Walters 945,876
Tori Spelling, 661,113
Cher 518,910 (If you saw her tweets you would follow her – they’re completely candid and often hysterical)
Katie Couric 390,330
Pope Benedict XIV, 47,460
Interestingly, pop rival Madonna has all but abandoned twitter, and my guess is she isn’t likely to rejoin the site now that she’d have to catch up so much.
In case you didn’t already notice, success at the box office, music biz or in the television world don’t necessarily generate an enormous twitter following simply by default. As a general rule, those celebrities who interact with their followers the most tend to gain the most followers. Or, quite frankly, the ones that reach a younger, hipper audience. (Are we really surprised that the Pope doesn’t garner an enormous twitter following?) Musicians also do particularly well, as you can see from the top five list… in part because they can release links to sneak peeks of music and videos.
Meanwhile, as we wrap this up, note that while I’m not a celebrity, I have been completely eclipsed in followers by Pepto Bismol. Who the hell is following Pepto Bismol on twitter?!? Do we really own up to that kind of thing? so be a peach and follow me on twitter!
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