By Hindustan Times
Lady Gaga has set a social media record by becoming the primary person on Twitter to accumulate greater than 25 million followers. "25milliontweetymonsters wow! I'm officially feeling just like the luckiest girl on the earth today. Last sold out show in Singapore in 2 hrs!" News.com.au quoted her as tweeting from Southeast Asia, where she have been on tour.
Seven of the nine most-followed people on Twitter are pop singers: Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber (in second place with nearly 22.9 million followers), Katy Perry, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Shakira and Taylor Swift.
The outliers are US President Barack Obama, in seventh place with 17 million followers, and reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who's eighth with 14.8 million, in keeping with twittercounter.com.
Lady Gaga had earlier made Twitter history because the first to surpass the 10, 15 and 20 million follower milestones.
