02-05-2021

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Twitter launched its standalone music app yesterday following a week long beta release for selected musicians. We've taken a look at musicians on Twitter and it looks like the decision to give music special treatment is backed up by the data.

Eight of the ten most followed Twitter accounts are musicians, with teen favourites Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry claiming the top three spots, each boasting over 35m followers. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, is the first non-musician on the list, ranked fourth.

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Even when we broaden the scope to the 100 most followed accounts, half of them are musicians. The remainder consist largely of celebrities from the film, sport or TV industries plus some news organisations and digital brands.

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Of the current top 100 musicians on Twitter, 57 come from the US, where most of Twitter's users are based. The UK comes in second with 14 representatives, although it's worth noting that six of those are from British-Irish boyband One Direction (the band's official account plus each member's account).

At the time of writing it takes 3.3m followers to make it onto the list of the top 100 most popular music artists on Twitter. For a spot in the top 10, more than 16m followers are needed. On average, musicians who made it onto the list have been on Twitter for 49 months, since early 2009. Most of them have been avid tweeters since (or, more likely than not, had avid tweeters take care of their accounts). The median number of tweets sent from those musicians' accounts stands at 4,425.

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Data summary

Twitter's 100 most followed music accounts
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Overall Twitter Rank	Twitter handle	Followers
Source: Public domain
1	1	Justin Bieber	@justinbieber	Canada	37617919
2	2	Lady Gaga	@ladygaga	USA	36218810
3	3	Katy Perry	@katyperry	USA	35048911
4	5	Rihanna	@rihanna	USA	29217969
5	6	Taylor Swift	@taylorswift13	USA	26317147
6	8	Britney Spears	@britneyspears	USA	25757555
7	9	Shakira	@shakira	Colombia	20373031
8	10	Justin Timberlake	@jtimberlake	USA	18854773
9	17	Jennifer Lopez	@JLo	USA	16407892
10	18	Nicki Minaj	@NICKIMINAJ	USA	16257145
11	19	Bruno Mars	@BrunoMars	USA	15895645
12	21	P!nk	@Pink	USA	14883194
13	22	Selena Gomez	@selenagomez	USA	14794264
14	23	Marshall Mathers	@Eminem	USA	14187868
15	25	demetria lovato	@ddlovato	USA	13247361
16	26	Adele	@OfficialAdele	United Kingdom	13008150
17	27	Alicia Keys	@aliciakeys	USA	12654136
18	28	Chris Brown	@chrisbrown	USA	12418597
19	29	Harry Styles	@Harry_Styles	United Kingdom	12264098
20	31	Miley Ray Cyrus	@MileyCyrus	USA	11763425
21	32	One Direction	@onedirection	United Kingdom	11199725
22	34	Lil Wayne WEEZY F	@LilTunechi	USA	11111693
23	35	Niall Horan	@NiallOfficial	United Kingdom	10940372
24	38	Snoop Dogg	@SnoopDogg	USA	10626289
25	41	Louis Tomlinson	@Louis_Tomlinson	United Kingdom	10042876
26	42	Mariah Carey	@MariahCarey	USA	10015009
27	43	Liam Payne	@Real_Liam_Payne	United Kingdom	10009445
28	44	Coldplay	@coldplay	United Kingdom	10002184
29	45	Wiz Khalifa	@wizkhalifa	USA	9951338
30	47	Pitbull	@Pitbull	Cuba	9665355
31	49	Avril Lavigne	@AvrilLavigne	Canada	9435229
32	50	Ashley Tisdale	@ashleytisdale	USA	9343766
33	51	Kanye West	@kanyewest	USA	9310315
34	53	Alejandro Sanz	@AlejandroSanz	Spain	8965234
35	54	iamdiddy	@iamdiddy	USA	8958131
36	56	Zayn Malik	@zaynmalik	United Kingdom	8761045
37	60	Ricky Martin	@ricky_martin	Puerto Rico	8483946
38	62	David Guetta	@davidguetta	France	8292003
39	69	Ivete Sangalo	@ivetesangalo	Brazil	7895392
40	70	50cent	@50cent	USA	7802833
41	72	Juanes	@juanes	Colombia	7515720
42	73	Beyoncé Knowles	@Beyonce	USA	7503011
43	75	Ludacris	@Ludacris	USA	7380986
44	78	Usher	@UsherRaymondIV	USA	7239902
45	79	Agnes Monica	@agnezmo	Indonesia	7235243
46	89	will.i.am	@iamwill	USA	6430308
47	91	Paulina Rubio	@paurubio	Mexico	6413946
48	92	Jessie J	@JessieJ	United Kingdom	6413816
49	97	Jessica Simpson	@JessicaSimpson	USA	6317136
50	100	Trey Songz	@TreySongz	USA	6173332
51	101	Ed Sheeran	@edsheeran	United Kingdom	6167140
52	104	Nick Jonas	@nickjonas	USA	6012511
53	107	Carly Rae Jepsen	@carlyraejepsen	Canada	5858141
54	112	Sherina Munaf	@sherinamunaf	Indonesia	5698343
55	127	T-Raww	@Tyga	USA	5303959
56	132	joe jonas	@joejonas	USA	5132156
57	133	Soulja Boy	@souljaboy	USA	5066129
58	136	Jason Mraz	@jason_mraz	USA	4932803
59	138	Kelly Rowland	@KELLYROWLAND	USA	4867481
60	139	David Bisbal	@davidbisbal	Spain	4831240
61	140	Calle 13	@Calle13Oficial	Puerto Rico	4820257
62	145	Luis Fonsi	@luisfonsi	Puerto Rico	4699810
63	150	Thalia	@thalia	Mexico	4576359
64	152	Queen Latifah	@IAMQUEENLATIFAH	USA	4563508
65	153	Daddy Yankee	@daddy_yankee	Puerto Rico	4562339
66	156	Vidi Aldiano	@vidialdiano	Indonesia	4527451
67	158	Cody Simpson	@CodySimpson	Australia	4511128
68	163	LMFAO	@LMFAO	USA	4431082
69	169	Luan Santana	@luansantana	Brazil	4375047
70	170	Christina Aguilera	@xtina	USA	4369579
71	180	Cher Lloyd	@CherLloyd	United Kingdom	4249328
72	181	Olly Murs	@ollyofficial	United Kingdom	4249175
73	185	afgansyah reza	@afgansyah_reza	Indonesia	4192871
74	186	Lenny Kravitz	@LennyKravitz	USA	4188820
75	187	Jonas Brothers	@JonasBrothers	USA	4185361
76	191	John Legend	@johnlegend	USA	4158382
77	195	Lily Allen	@lilyrosecooper	United Kingdom	4113226
78	196	Rev Run	@RevRunWisdom	USA	4110300
79	199	Adam Levine	@adamlevine	USA	4099147
80	214	Sandy Leah	@SandyLeah	Brazil	3917949
81	216	Mary J. Blige	@maryjblige	USA	3890543
82	223	Sean Kingston	@SeanKingston	USA	3801223
83	227	Jaden Smith	@officialjaden	USA	3753717
84	228	Big Sean	@BigSean	USA	3740183
85	230	Cheryl Cole	@CherylCole	United Kingdom	3726256
86	232	T.I.	@Tip	USA	3723170
87	234	Kelly Clarkson	@kelly_clarkson	USA	3706494
88	236	Yoko Ono	@yokoono	Japan	3690882
89	245	Ricardo Montaner	@montanertwiter	Argentina	3614485
90	246	Mac Miller	@MacMiller	USA	3600670
91	249	LL COOL J	@llcoolj	USA	3590239
92	254	Chayanne	@CHAYANNEMUSIC	Puerto Rico	3531081
93	257	Ne-Yo	@NeYoCompound	USA	3512828
94	258	J. Cole	@JColeNC	USA	3512091
95	262	Juan Luis Guerra	@JuanLuisGuerra	Dominican Republic	3474002
96	264	Miranda Cosgrove	@MirandaCosgrove	USA	3447970
97	267	Enrique Iglesias	@enrique305	Spain	3421631
98	271	Ciara	@ciara	USA	3391816
99	274	Siwon Choi	@siwon407	South Korea	3377469
100	279	Ke$ha	@keshasuxx	USA	3328797

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