Pop princess Lady Gaga has become the first person in the Twittersphere to reach 18 million followers. Gaga leads Justin Bieber by some 1.6 million followers, which is roughly the population of Gabon.
The top ten most-followed stars on Twitter at present are:
1. Lady GaGa - 18m followers
2. Justin Bieber - 16.4m followers
3. Katy Perry - 13.9m followers
4. Shakira - 12.6m followers
5. Kim Kardashian - 12.5m followers
6. Britney Spears - 12.4m followers
7. Rihanna - 11.9m followers
8. Barack Obama - 11.9m followers
9. Taylor Swift - 10.4m followers
10. Selena Gomez - 9.6m followers
