Pop Star Katy Perry just recently rounded off a clean 50 million followers on Twitter, beating Justin Bieber to the social media milestone who is sitting pretty at about 49.2 million.
One thing to consider when thinking about this accomplishment is that Twitter does remove fake, spam or interactive accounts when displaying the overall tally of followers. A "fake follower check" on StatusPeople.com reports that 34% of Katy Perry's followers are fake. An impressive number, nonetheless. Below is the current top ten "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