Most popular Personalities on Twitter and their Guinness World Records

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo plays as a forward for Juventus F.C.and captains the Portugal National Football Team. He started his career at Clube Desportivo Nacional of Madeira, then moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal and making his debut on Sporting’s first team in 2002.

Ronaldo is one of football’s best forwards players and the greatest player of all time; Cristiano Ronaldo has won five Ballon d’Or awards and four European Golden Shoes as Europe’s leading scorer. Meanwhile, he made a Guinness World Record as the Most followers on Twitter for an athlete with 45,642,117 followers as of Aug 23, 2016. As of right now, he has 93.4 Million Followers in 2021.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres is a multi talented stardom in American comedian, actress, talk show host, writer, and producer. She was born on 26 Jan 1958 in Louisiana, US.

She made a Guinness World Record, as the Most followers on Twitter for a TV personality, with 61,848,366 followers, on 5 September 2016. Considered overall, she is the seventh most followed person on Twitter. She also set another record for the most retweeted message, a selfie taken at the 2014 Oscars, filled with A-list movie stars, viral on Twitter. According to Aug 2021, Ellen DeGeneres has 78 Million Followers in Twitter.

Katy Perry

Katy Perry is an American singer, lyricist, actress, and television jury. She was born in Santa Barbara, California, US, on October 25, 1984. She is the first individual to hit 100 Million followers on Twitter on June 16, 2017.

At the same time, Katy Perry also made the record of the Most followers on Twitter. With 109,576,700 Twitter followers, Katy Perry set another Guinness Record as the Most followers on Twitter Female on April 22, 2021.

Barack Obama

The former U.S. President, who is active in social media, is the most famous Politician on Twitter. He has made the Guinness Record “the Most Followers on Twitter For a Politician” with 130,272,840 followers as of 22 April 2021.

In addition to being the leader of the country, Barack Obama is also a distinguished author. He has written bestselling books, including Dreams from My Father in 1995 and The Audacity of Hope in 2006. He is the most famous author on Twitter, who took place in the Guinness Records as the Most Followers on Twitter For an Author. With 77,004,056 followers as of 1 September 2016, Obama made this second Guinness record. Although he left from leadership, he continues to tweet on various subjects. In response to the violence at a protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, his tweet became the most popular tweet of 2017. Hence, Barack Obama makes a third record as the Most Followers on Twitter Male with 130,272,840 followers as of 22 April 2021.

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI is a resigned prelate of the Catholic Church, born as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Marktl, Germany, on 16 April 1927. He served as the head of the Church and the sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 to 2013. Benedict decided to be known by the title “pope emeritus” upon his retirement.

Pope Benedict XVI is the first Holy father to have a Twitter account. And he made a Guinness Record as the First Pope with a Twitter account. He tweeted his first message on 12 December 2012. 

Bill Gates

On October 28 in 1955, William Henry Gates III, generally known as Bill Gates, was born in Seattle, Washington, the U.S. As a great software developer, investor, and entrepreneur, he co-founded the Microsoft Corporation, an American multinational technology.

He is a famous personality in social media who tweets about technology, software, climate change, etc. Entrepreneur Bill Gates had 45,846,749 followers on the social media site as of April 23, 2018. He has achieved a Guinness Record as the Most followers on Twitter for an entrepreneur.

Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams, widely called Serena Williams, is a celebrated American tennis player and former world number one Champion in women’s singles tennis. On September 26, 1981, Serena was born in Saginaw, Michigan. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and four Olympic gold medals.

Serena Williams is the most famous athlete on Twitter. As of April 23, 2018, she had 10,895,119 followers. She also made a Guinness Record as the Most Followers on Twitter For an Athlete Female. While comparing overall, Williams is the 31st most followed athlete on Twitter.

David Guetta

David Guetta is a renowned French DJ, songwriter, music programmer, and record producer. He has piled up more than 50 million record deals worldwide, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011 and 2020, Guetta was voted the No.1 DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll.

In addition, Guetta had won two Grammy Awards, a Billboard Music Award and an American Music Award. Further, he also made a Guinness Record as the Most followers on Twitter for a DJ, with 21,368,464 followers as of 5 June 2019.

K-Pop

K-Pop refers to Korean Popular Music, which is a music genre that originates in South Korea. The term K-pop get popular in the 2000s. Before that, South Korean Music was referred to by gayo. In 2018, K-pop experienced rapid growth, and it ranked 6th position among the top ten music markets in 2019. 

Meanwhile, K-pop also continues to dominate the conversation on Twitter universally, where fans join with their favorite K-pop artists and the #KpopTwitter community globally. Between 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, there were 7.5 billion Tweets about K-pop. It made K-pop set a world record as the most number of Tweets annually related to K-pop.

Ivy Bean

Ivy Lesly Bean, known as Ivy Bean, was a British internet personality, holds the Guinness World Record for the World’s Oldest Twitter User Ever.

While she was in a care home, she learned to use online in 2007. Being the oldest person on Facebook and Twitter, Ivy tweeted several topics about her favorite meals, family and friends, and more about British singer Peter Andre.

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