Despite the fact that Twitter is mainly concerned with messaging, many celebrities have joined this social network. They give updates about their daily activities to people who are following them and comment about rumors about them without contacting any other social media. Let us see the top 5 celebrities who have the largest number of followers on Twitter.
1. Britney Spears
Britney, an award winning American singer is a bit of an anomaly in Twitter. She created her account in Oct 2008 and posted only about 120 for the next 7 months. Despite this fact, she had one million followers in Apr 2009. She has the highest number of followers on Twitter – 29,650,416 Like other celebrities, she also uses this social network to thank her fans and to give away concert tickets!
2. Barack Obama
American President Barack Obama, stands 2nd among the celebrities with 20,197,295 followers on Twitter. Though he hasn’t done a lot of twittering recently, it doesn’t stop his fans from signing up to follow him.
3. Ashton Kutcher
Ashton Kutcher is the first person to have one million followers on Twitter and currently stands 3rd with 12,491,554 followers. You all might be wondering what makes Kutcher so interesting to Twitter users. Well, it is his frequency; he has more than 7,500 tweets. He also donated 10,000 mosquito nets to charity Malaria on reaching one million followers.
4. Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon, the comedy actor who gained fame through the late night television show – Saturday Night Live, has about 6,525,316 followers on Twitter today. When he joined Twitter, he sent about a thousand tweets from Sept 2008 – Apr 2009. He mainly uses Twitter to advertise his show and to also give updates about his daily life.
5. Shaquille O’Neal
Shaquille, the NBA star, is not only a leading player but also an adorable goofball with many fans across the world. He joined twitter in Dec 2008 and has more than 6,285,298 followers today. He also uses his account to give tickets to his fans.
The celebrities given above are not the only ones with a large number of followers on Twitter. There are many more who are making their way into Twitter and gathering a large number of followers.
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