Reaching his Twitter follower number 16 million on New Year's Day makes it seem more special somehow, but Justin Bieber just seems grateful to fans for getting him there.
In the early morning hours of January 1, 2012, Bieber became the second human on earth to amass that figure, Lady Gaga having been the first. As of this writing two days later, Bieber is approaching 16,010,000 followers. Not bad for a kid who 3 years ago was a 14-year-old busking on the streets of Stratford, Ont..
Bieber got to 12 million followers in late August and has been gaining followers at an increasingly rapid pace since. On New Year's Day he tweeted about reaching 16 million, it seems doing so because he got so many tweets from Bieliebers telling him what he'd achieved. He answered them with this: "2012 is going to be so good," he began. "#16millionbeliebers, and I can already tell this year will be as good if not better than 2011."
The stats come from Famecount.com, a site that "generates statistics across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, to help you track the trends and rank the stars." Bieber is in the lead when it comes to being viewed on Youtube, with over 2,238,000,000 (yes, billion) Youtube views. Top 10 Twitter followers are: Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Shakira, U.S. President Barack Obama, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez
It may only be a matter of time until he catches Lady Gaga in Twitter followers, though she's lead for over a year and is currently 1,540,000 followers ahead. He's gaining more daily followers than she is right now though, a stat that tends to fluctuate depending on how much news the artist is generating. With the recent release of 'Under the Mistletoe' Bieber got lots of press and lots of new followers.
Bieber will soon be back working on another new album, 'Believe', and if he hasn't got her by the time the record comes out he might do so then. Given his flair for finding dramatic days to hit milestones perhaps he'll pass her on March 1, his 18th birthday.
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