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Do not fill this in! ==Statistics== === User accounts with large follower base === {{Main|List of most-followed Twitter accounts}} {{as of|2024|04|14}}, the ten X accounts with the most followers were: {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Top ten most-followed X accounts !scope="col"| Rank !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Change {{efn|Raw number of followers compared to June 12, 2023}} !scope="col"| Account name !scope="col"| Owner !scope="col"| Followers <br /> (millions) !scope="col"| Activity !scope="col"| Country |- ! align="center" | 1 | align=center | {{up}} |scope="row"| @elonmusk | [[Elon Musk]] | align=center | 180.3 | [[Business magnate]] and Chairman |{{Flag|ZAF}}<br />{{Flag|CAN}}<br />{{Flag|USA}} |- ! align="center" | 2 | align=center | {{Same}} |scope="row"| @BarackObama | [[Barack Obama]] | align=center | 131.8 | data-sort-value="President, former" | 44th [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] |{{Flag|USA}} |- ! align="center" | 3 | align=center | {{up}} |scope="row"| @Cristiano |[[Cristiano Ronaldo]] | align="center" | 111 |[[Association football|Footballer]] |{{Flag|PRT}} |- ! align="center" | 4 | align=center | {{Same}} |scope="row"| @justinbieber | [[Justin Bieber]] | align=center | 110.9 | [[Musician]] |{{Flag|CAN}} |- ! align="center" | 5 | align=center | {{Same}} |scope="row"| @rihanna | [[Rihanna]] | align=center | 107.9 | [[Musician]] and [[Businessperson|businesswoman]] |{{Flag|BRB}} |- ! align="center" | 6 | align=center | {{down}} |scope="row"| @katyperry | [[Katy Perry]] | align=center | 106.5 | [[Musician]] |{{Flag|USA}} |- ! align="center" | 7 | align="center" | {{up}} | scope="row" | @narendramodi | [[Narendra Modi]] | align="center" | 97.2 | [[Prime Minister of India]] |{{Flag|IND}} |- ! align="center" | 8 | align="center" | {{Same}} | scope="row" | @taylorswift13 | [[Taylor Swift]] | align="center" | 95.2 | [[Musician]] |{{Flag|USA}} |- ! align="center" | 9 | align=center | {{up}} |scope="row"| @realDonaldTrump | [[Donald Trump]] | align=center | 87.3 | data-sort-value="President, former" | 45th [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] |{{Flag|USA}} |- ! align="center" | 10 | align=center | {{up}} |scope="row"| @LadyGaga | [[Lady Gaga]] | align="center" | 83.4 | [[Musician]] and [[Actor|actress]] |{{Flag|USA}} |} ===Record tweets=== {{Main|List of most-retweeted tweets|List of most-liked tweets}} A [[selfie]] orchestrated by [[86th Academy Awards]] host [[Ellen DeGeneres]] during the March 2, 2014, broadcast<ref name="ertw">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/statuses/440322224407314432|title=If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars|last=DeGeneres|first=Ellen|publisher=Twitter|date=March 2, 2014|access-date=November 15, 2022}}</ref> was, at the time, the most retweeted image ever.<ref name="ellen_2014">{{cite news|title=Selfie at Oscars breaks retweet record|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-26410106|work=[[BBC News]]|date=March 3, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2014}}</ref> DeGeneres said she wanted to pay homage to [[Meryl Streep]]'s record 17 Oscar nominations by setting a new record with her and invited other Oscar celebrities to join them. The resulting photo of twelve celebrities broke the previous retweet record within forty minutes and was retweeted over 1.8 million times in the first hour.<ref name="bbcrt">{{cite news|author=BBC Trending |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-26410106 |title=#BBCtrending: Selfie at Oscars breaks retweet record |publisher=Bbc.com |date=March 3, 2014 |access-date=July 28, 2014|work=BBC News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 3, 2014 |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20140303/ENT/140309799/1326?Title=Ellen-DeGeneres-Selfie-at-Oscars-Sets-Retweet-Record-Crashes-Twitter |title=Ellen DeGeneres' Selfie at Oscars Sets Retweet Record, Crashes Twitter |newspaper=The Ledger |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303110006/http://www.theledger.com/article/20140303/ENT/140309799/1326?Title=Ellen-DeGeneres-Selfie-at-Oscars-Sets-Retweet-Record-Crashes-Twitter |url-status=dead }}<!-- Pictured: [[Jared Leto]], [[Jennifer Lawrence]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Bradley Cooper]], [[Peter Nyong'o Jr.]], and, second row, from left, [[Channing Tatum]], [[Julia Roberts]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Brad Pitt]], [[Lupita Nyong'o]] and [[Angelina Jolie]].--></ref><ref name="latos">{{cite news |last=Hubbard |first=Amy |date=March 2, 2014 |title=Oscars 2014, the year of the selfie: Ellen tweet grabs retweet record |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.com/nation/shareitnow/la-sh-most-retweeted-twitter-ellen-oscar-selfie-0140302,0,6042820.story |access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref> By the end of the ceremony it had been retweeted over 2 million times.<ref name=bbcrt /> On May 9, 2017, Ellen's record was broken by Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) by collecting nearly 3.5 million retweets in a little over a month.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=862098695357046784|user=Twitter|title=@carterjwm π It's official. Carter, your Tweet is the most Retweeted of all time. #NuggsForCarter |access-date=May 9, 2017|date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> This record was broken when [[Yusaku Maezawa]] announced a giveaway on Twitter in January 2019, accumulating 4.4 million retweets. A similar tweet he made in December 2019 was retweeted 3.8 million times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/most-retweeted-tweets/|title=The 20 Most-Retweeted Tweets|date=July 30, 2020|access-date=November 15, 2022}}</ref> The most tweeted moment in the history of Twitter occurred on August 2, 2013; during a Japanese television airing of the [[Studio Ghibli]] film ''[[Castle in the Sky]]'', fans simultaneously tweeted the word {{Nihongo|''balse''|γγ«γΉ}}βthe incantation for a destruction spell used during its climax, after it was uttered in the film. There was a global peak of 143,199 tweets in one second, beating the previous record of 33,388.<ref>{{cite web|last=Oremus |first=Will |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/19/balse_festival_japan_castle_in_the_sky_airing_breaks_twitter_record_for.html |title=Balse Festival: Japan "Castle in the Sky" airing breaks Twitter record for tweets per second |magazine=Slate |date=August 19, 2013 |access-date=June 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://kotaku.com/5868320/how-an-old-japanese-anime-broke-twitter-records/|title=How an Old Japanese Anime Broke a Twitter Record |last=Ashcraft |first=Brian |work=Kotaku|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> The most discussed event in Twitter history occurred on October 24, 2015; the hashtag ("#ALDubEBTamangPanahon") for ''[[Tamang Panahon]]'', a live special episode of the Filipino variety show ''[[Eat Bulaga!]]'' at the [[Philippine Arena]], centering on its popular on-air couple [[AlDub]], attracted 41 million tweets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/TwitterData/status/658724283011735552 |title=Fans in the Philippines & around the world sent 41M Tweets mentioning #ALDubEBTamangPanahon |date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |work=Twitter Data Verified Account}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mendoza |first=Arvin |url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/181811/aldub-breaks-fifa-world-cups-twitter-record |title='AlDub' breaks FIFA World Cup's Twitter record |date=October 25, 2015 |access-date=October 25, 2015 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> The most-discussed sporting event in Twitter history was the [[Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)|2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final]] between Brazil and Germany on July 8, 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tomchak |first=Anne-Marie |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28226010 |title=#BBCtrending: Brazil's World Cup thrashing breaks Twitter records |date=July 9, 2014 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |work=BBC Online}}</ref> According to ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', the fastest pace to a million followers was set by actor [[Robert Downey Jr.]] in 23 hours and 22 minutes in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 12, 2014 |title=Fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter |work=[[Guinness World Records]] |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-time-to-reach-1-million-followers-on-twitter |access-date=May 19, 2015}}</ref> This record was later broken by [[Caitlyn Jenner]], who joined the site on June 1, 2015, and amassed a million followers in just 4 hours and 3 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parkinson |first=Hannah Jane |date=June 2, 2015 |title=Caitlyn Jenner smashes Twitter world record, reaching a million followers |url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/02/caitlyn-jenner-twitter-record-million-followers-vanity-fair |access-date=May 20, 2022 |website=the Guardian}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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