Lady Gaga's 20 million Tweeps: By the numbers

Mother Monster becomes the first celebrity to amass 20 million Twitter followers. Is it too late for Justin Bieber to catch up?

Lady Gaga: Twitter monster
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Lady Gaga made Twitter history this month by becoming the first person to amass 20 million followers or "Tweeps" (twitter + people) on the micro-blogging juggernaut. What accounts for her unrivaled popularity? Social media analyst Stewart Townsend tells BBC News that Gaga is "active, she participates, she listens, she engages." And unlike many other celebrities, Gaga reportedly writes her own tweets. Here, a numerical breakdown of the pop superstar's Twitter dominance:

20,255,774

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