Katy Perry has become the reigning queen of Twitter after Surpassing Justin Bieber's 46.47 million followers. The "Roar" singer now has 46.48 million followers on the microblogging site.
Justin Bieber became the most popular individual on Twitter in January this year when he overtook Lady Gaga's number of followers on the social networking site. However, he was dethroned this weekend when Katy Perry reported 46.48 million followers compared to Bieber's 46.47 million followers. Perry is also beating the 19-year-old "Boyfriend" singer on Facebook, boasting 59.26 million friends to Bieber's 57.28 million.
According to Shea Bennett from the All Twitter news blog, Perry just might become the first person to have 50 million followers on Twitter.
"Bieber has been quite active on his profile as he's on tour in Brazil, but Perry hasn't tweeted since October, so expect a little more action once she gets back on the train," she told BBC News.
Lady Gaga had the most number of followers on the microblogging site since 2010, after taking over Britney Spears. Gaga was also the first individual to reach the 10 million mark and the 20 million mark as well as the 30 million mark. She continues to be the Queen of Facebook with 54.98 million 'likes', compared to Justin Bieber's 50.66 million.
Owing to the fact that Perry is adding followers so fast, Bieber fans have raised questions on the authenticity of these followers, claiming most of them are fake. The "Beliebers," however, should think twice before making such accusations considering similar fingers were being pointed at them earlier this year.
The website Socialbakers published a report suggesting only 47 percent of Bieber's followers were real and linked to real twitter accounts. The company spots fake accounts by looking at the number of followers and seeing if genuine tweets have been posted, rather than spam.
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