Katy Perry made Twitter history Friday, becoming the first person ever with more than 50 million followers on twitter microblogging website.Twitter Counter, a service for tracking Twitter usage, said Perry had picked up tens of thousands of followers since Thursday, as she roared her way to 50,025,667.
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50 million Twitter followers this week, becoming the first user hit the milestone after losing the race to 40 million followers to Justin Bieber in June 2013.
Bieber, who was recently arrested for a DUI in Miami, is close behind with 49.2 million followers.
A "fake follower check" on StatusPeople.com reports that 34% of Katy Perry's followers are fake, based on data retrieved from her first 50,000 followers, which isn't necessarily a fair assessment. But in November, StatusPeople conducted a deeper dive and discovered 42% of "33,000 followers across her first 1.25 million followers" were fake.
Here are top 10 "most-followed" Twitter users:
- Katy Perry (@KatyPerry): 50 million followers
- Justin Bieber (@JustinBieber): 49.2 million followers
- Barack Obama (@BarackObama): 41.2million followers
- Lady Gaga: (@LadyGaga): 41 million followers
- YouTube: (@YouTube): 38.9 million followers
- Taylor Swift: (@TaylorSwift13): 38.7 million followers
- Britney Spears: (@BritneySpears): 35.6 million followers
- Rihanna (@Rihanna): 33.8 million followers
- Instagram (@Instagram): 30.5 million followers
- Justin Timberlake (@JTimberlake): 30.2 million followers
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