The Popular Kids of Twitter

In honor of Twitter's 8th birthday, Mashable has created a list of the top 10 most followed Twitter Accounts. Do you follow any of these accounts? What makes you follow them?

Me personally, I am only following Barack Obama on my Twitter account and that is because I feel his tweets can relate and should matter to any American. But that's just my opinion. If you are a fan of any of these accounts, surely they are a great source for their news.

May i present to you, the most popular account of Twitter

1. Katy Perry: 51.3 million followers
2. Justin Bieber: 50.2 million followers
3. Barack Obama: 41.9 million followers
4. Lady Gaga: 41.0 million followers
5. YouTube: 40.3 million followers
6. Taylor Swift: 39.7 million followers
7. Britney Spears: 36.3 million followers
8. Rihanna: 34.3 million followers
9. Instagram: 31.3 million followers
10. Justin Timberlake: 31.2 million followers

To see more information, and a wonderfully illustrated info graph, check it out here! on Mashable's site.