Haje Jan Kamps dives deep into more than 100,000 of the social media giant’s top users shows that journalists and sports figures dominate the platform. It’s a fascinating read that ends with the list of Twitter’s most followed, most friended and most tweets.
Top 100 by number of followers
1. @katyperry (70.1m)
2. @justinbieber (64.1m)
3. @BarackObama (59.6m)
4. @taylorswift13 (57.9m)
5. @YouTube (51.1m)
6. @ladygaga (46.8m)
7. @rihanna (45.8m)
8. @jtimberlake (45.6m)
9. @TheEllenShow (43.6m)
10. @britneyspears (41.9m)
11. @twitter (39.6m)
12. @instagram (39m)
13. @Cristiano (35.7m)
14. @JLo (32.1m)
15. @KimKardashian (32m)
16. @shakira (31.3m)
17. @selenagomez (29.2m)
18. @ArianaGrande (28.9m)
19. @ddlovato (28.5m)
20. @Oprah (27.6m)
21. @cnnbrk (26.8m)
22. @jimmyfallon (25.4m)
23. @Harry_Styles (24.7m)
24. @onedirection (23.6m)
25. @Drake (23m)
26. @LilTunechi (22.9m)
27. @KAKA (22.7m)
28. @OfficialAdele (22.7m)
29. @NiallOfficial (22.3m)
30. @BillGates (22.2m)
31. @aliciakeys (21.8m)
32. @KingJames (21.3m)
33. @BrunoMars (21m)
34. @pitbull (20.2m)
35. @Real_Liam_Payne (20.2m)
36. @wizkhalifa (19.7m)
37. @Louis_Tomlinson (19.6m)
38. @MileyCyrus (19.5m)
39. @Eminem (19.4m)
40. @NICKIMINAJ (19.3m)
41. @KevinHart4real (19.2m)
42. @espn (19.1m)
43. @AvrilLavigne (18.8m)
44. @neymarjr (18.3m)
45. @EmWatson (17.9m)
46. @davidguetta (17.6m)
47. @SportsCenter (17.3m)
48. @CNN (17.2m)
49. @danieltosh (16.9m)
50. @aplusk (16.9m)
51. @nytimes (16.8m)
52. @ActuallyNPH (16.1m)
53. @realmadrid (16m)
54. @MariahCarey (15.5m)
55. @BBCBreaking (15.4m)
56. @FCBarcelona (15.1m)
57. @SrBachchan (14.9m)
58. @xtina (14.8m)
59. @coldplay (14.7m)
60. @NBA (14.6m)
61. @zaynmalik (14.6m)
62. @JimCarrey (14.4m)
63. @kourtneykardash (14.4m)
64. @chrisbrown (14.2m)
65. @vine (14.1m)
66. @facebook (13.9m)
67. @edsheeran (13.8m)
68. @RyanSeacrest (13.5m)
69. @ParisHilton (13.3m)
70. @iamsrk (13.2m)
71. @iamwill (13.2m)
72. @agnezmo (13.2m)
73. @ivetesangalo (12.9m)
74. @LeoDiCaprio (12.8m)
75. @ashleytisdale (12.8m)
76. @aamir_khan (12.7m)
77. @tyrabanks (12.6m)
78. @narendramodi (12.5m)
79. @kanyewest (12.4m)
80. @AlejandroSanz (12.4m)
81. @MTV (12.3m)
82. @blakeshelton (12.2m)
83. @SnoopDogg (12.2m)
84. @ricky_martin (12.2m)
85. @BeingSalmanKhan (12m)
86. @SimonCowell (12m)
87. @nfl (11.5m)
88. @charliesheen (11.5m)
89. @WayneRooney (11.3m)
90. @google (11.2m)
91. @ClaudiaLeitte (11.1m)
92. @DalaiLama (11m)
93. @maroon5 (10.9m)
94. @UberFacts (10.8m)
95. @carlyraejepsen (10.8m)
96. @ZacEfron (10.7m)
97. @KendallJenner (10.7m)
98. @SamsungMobile (10.6m)
99. @LucianoHuck (10.6m)
100. @marcosmion (10.6m)
Top 100 by number of friends
(i.e. the number of people they follow)
1. @6BillionPeople (2.4m)
2. @hootsuite (1.6m)
3. @LILBTHEBASEDGOD (1.2m)
4. @yokoono (970k)
5. @SleepSkee (860k)
6. @colortheory (840k)
7. @benlandis (810k)
8. @Radioblogger (810k)
9. @miguelhotero (800k)
10. @lonelyplanet (700k)
11. @threadless (670k)
12. @BarackObama (640k)
13. @FreddyAmazin (600k)
14. @sherylunderwood (570k)
15. @fuzethemc (570k)
16. @DjKingAssassin (550k)
17. @JohnCMaxwell (540k)
18. @WholeFoods (540k)
19. @Cooperativa (520k)
20. @Spruke (520k)
21. @Emol (510k)
22. @StartupPro (490k)
23. @JoeyBats19 (470k)
24. @RayWJ (470k)
25. @alispagnola (440k)
26. @shwood (440k)
27. @MrKRudd (410k)
28. @britneyspears (400k)
29. @LFC (400k)
30. @TayeDiggs (390k)
31. @PleasureEllis (390k)
32. @thebeatles (390k)
33. @ElNacionalWeb (370k)
34. @NOH8Campaign (350k)
35. @BreadBoi (340k)
36. @BenjaminEnfield (330k)
37. @gimmemotalk (320k)
38. @thejimjams (320k)
39. @PenguinUKBooks (320k)
40. @ClaroArgentina (320k)
41. @JohnEMichel (320k)
42. @mallikasherawat (300k)
43. @ConsiderMeDead (300k)
44. @Variety (300k)
45. @ammr (280k)
46. @chessqueen (280k)
47. @AdelineMx (280k)
48. @_ChadKowal (280k)
49. @spacemarch (280k)
50. @iamtherealtaj (280k)
51. @Sephora (280k)
52. @toddcarey (280k)
53. @charitywater (280k)
54. @stonefiregrill (280k)
55. @MoeRockOnline (270k)
56. @viajaVolaris (270k)
57. @KameronBennett (270k)
58. @NateMaingard (270k)
59. @Interior (270k)
60. @maddijanemusic (260k)
61. @KINGLilKeis (260k)
62. @BillZucker (260k)
63. @samsung (250k)
64. @sandikrakowski (250k)
65. @Interscope (240k)
66. @latercera (240k)
67. @thinkgeek (240k)
68. @SFMOMA (240k)
69. @kinseyschofield (230k)
70. @DanielGoddard (230k)
71. @livestrong (230k)
72. @Korn (230k)
73. @SEGA (230k)
74. @EminikOfficial (230k)
75. @gavinmikhail (220k)
76. @sport (220k)
77. @TOMS (220k)
78. @McInTweet (220k)
79. @zerohora (220k)
80. @yvesjean (220k)
81. @Diego_Arria (220k)
82. @nucfootball (220k)
83. @mariashriver (210k)
84. @justinbieber (210k)
85. @designtaxi (210k)
86. @Rene (210k)
87. @CodySimpson (210k)
88. @yo (210k)
89. @corbinbleu (210k)
90. @HRC (200k)
91. @WeAreTheInCrowd (200k)
92. @IslandRecords (200k)
93. @JohnBoy (200k)
94. @Lennar (200k)
95. @Calle7_TVN (200k)
96. @DominicScott (200k)
97. @folha (190k)
98. @theoduscrane (190k)
99. @DefJamRecords (190k)
100. @JuliaGillard (190k)
Top 100 by number of tweets
1. @AmexOffers (2.9m)
2. @CocaNoMc (2m)
3. @MovistarArg (1.8m)
4. @la_patilla (1.8m)
5. @Telkomsel (1.5m)
6. @PersonalAr (1.5m)
7. @ElNacionalWeb (1.2m)
8. @virginmedia (1.1m)
9. @VZWSupport (1.1m)
10. @noticias24 (950k)
11. @AmericanAir (900k)
12. @Tesco (900k)
13. @BTCare (820k)
14. @detikcom (810k)
15. @ATTCares (810k)
16. @ElUniversal (790k)
17. @BCCI (780k)
18. @indosatcare (750k)
19. @O2 (720k)
20. @ClaroArgentina (690k)
21. @ATVIAssist (670k)
22. @SkyHelpTeam (670k)
23. @sprintcare (640k)
24. @NigeriaNewsdesk (610k)
25. @Shorouk_News (610k)
26. @PublimetroChile (590k)
27. @KLM (570k)
28. @ASOS_HeretoHelp (530k)
29. @teleSURtv (530k)
30. @FamousBirthdays (510k)
31. @VIVAcoid (510k)
32. @StradeANAS (510k)
33. @SinEmbargoMX (500k)
34. @Cooperativa (500k)
35. @NS_online (500k)
36. @Metro_TV (490k)
37. @SafaricomLtd (490k)
38. @XLCare (460k)
39. @Battlefield (450k)
40. @BofA_Help (450k)
41. @IAmRichTheKid (450k)
42. @TWC_Help (450k)
43. @DeltaAssist (450k)
44. @Cicmty (440k)
45. @united (440k)
46. @rcnlaradio (430k)
47. @VTVcanal8 (430k)
48. @HuffingtonPost (410k)
49. @vodafoneNL (410k)
50. @ThreeUKSupport (410k)
51. @NikeSupport (400k)
52. @pontofrio (400k)
53. @greateranglia (390k)
54. @TelkomCare (390k)
55. @VirginTrains (380k)
56. @MMDA (380k)
57. @FGW (380k)
58. @DIRECTVServicio (380k)
59. @ChipotleTweets (370k)
60. @EE (370k)
61. @RoyalMail (370k)
62. @fmfukuoka (370k)
63. @VodafoneIN (370k)
64. @g1 (360k)
65. @MeridianoTV (360k)
66. @telegraaf (350k)
67. @victoria1039fm (350k)
68. @Antena2RCN (350k)
69. @talk2GLOBE (350k)
70. @Netflixhelps (350k)
71. @Walmart (340k)
72. @LondonMidland (340k)
73. @GlennF (340k)
74. @Safaricom_Care (340k)
75. @inquirerdotnet (340k)
76. @Telstra (330k)
77. @diariopanorama (330k)
78. @gmanews (320k)
79. @temponewsroom (320k)
80. @Tahrir_News (320k)
81. @pizzahut (320k)
82. @NoticiasCaracol (310k)
83. @elespectador (310k)
84. @ElliottWilson (310k)
85. @latercera (310k)
86. @monaeltahawy (310k)
87. @VodafoneEgypt (310k)
88. @VodafoneUKhelp (310k)
89. @ZiggoWebcare (310k)
90. @VerizonSupport (300k)
91. @SpotifyCares (300k)
92. @24HorasTVN (300k)
93. @KingGage_ (290k)
94. @Milenio (290k)
95. @El_Universal_Mx (290k)
96. @VodafoneUK (290k)
97. @manila_bulletin (290k)
98. @JhTV3 (280k)
99. @bomani_jones (280k)
100. @Hootsuite_Help (280k)
