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Justin Bieber overtakes Lady Gaga as most-followed person on Twitter
Photo credit: Getty Images | Justin Bieber performs onstage during Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 at Madison Square Garden. (Dec. 7, 2012)
Watch your back, Gaga. Justin Bieber may be the most popular person in the universe -- or at least the Twitterverse.
The teen pop icon recently bested Lady Gaga to become the most-followed person on the social media platform, the tweet-tracking tool Twitaholic reports.
As of Monday, Bieber (@justinbieber) had 33,938,371 Beliebers following him, compared with Lady Gaga's (@ladygaga) 33,766,160 Little Monsters. Gaga had held the No. 1 spot on Twitter since August 2010, when she ousted Britney Spears, who has fallen to No. 6.
Here's a list of the top 10 most followed accounts:
1. Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) 33,859,203
2. Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) 33,732,164
3. Katy Perry (@katyperry) 31,862,081
4. Rihanna (@rihanna) 28,110,529
5. Barack Obama (@BarackObama) 26,697,779
6. Britney Spears (@britneyspears) 23,610,525
7. Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) 23,590,129
8. YouTube (@YouTube) 22,742,716
9. Shakira (@shakira) 19,626,891
10. Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) 17,302,709
