INDIA (September 1, 2017) — Justin Bieber just became the second person on Twitter to hit 100M followers. Music fans are strong on Twitter - of the ten most followed people on Twitter, seven of them are musicians. @KatyPerry is the most followed person, and artists following close behind Justin include @TaylorSwift13, @Rihanna, and @LadyGaga.
To celebrate this milestone, fans can Tweet with #100MBeliebers to activate Justin’s custom Twitter emoji.
Twitter looked at some fun data around Justin’s time on Twitter to date (all data below since March 2009, when he joined):
There have been over 2 billion mentions of Bieber/@justinbieber on Twitter
The word "Belieber" has been Tweeted 84 million times.
The word "Belieber" has been Tweeted 84 million times.
The five most Tweeted about Justin Bieber songs of all time are:
1. “Boyfriend”
2. “Baby”
3. “Sorry”
4. “What Do You Mean”
5. “Love Yourself”
Justin’s most RTed Tweets of all time:
Justin has used Twitter to engage with fans in fun and creative ways since he joined in 2009. Here are some of his most memorable Twitter moments:
Justin is a big Twitter DM fan:
· Justin Bieber revealed the lyrics to his song "What Do You Mean" by sending lines from the song to 49 of his superfans via DMs
· Justin Bieber used Twitter DMs again to reveal 'Cold Water' lyrics to fans. Followers that tweeted with the hashtag #ColdWater2Days began receiving verses before the single dropped.https://twitter.com/i/moments/
Justin Bieber made wishes on Twitter that came true later:
· Justin starred in his first SB commercial this year, after Tweeting that he wanted a Super Bowl commercial in 2015
· Bieber Tweeted that his dream was to win a GRAMMY in 2011. The Most RTed Tweet of the night at the 2016 GRAMMYs was his Tweet thanking fans for making his dream of winning a GRAMMY come true
Justin has always used Twitter to show his support of fellow artists:
Beliebers took to Twitter to praise the nine year anniversary of the day that Justin Bieber made his YouTube debut. #9YearsofKidRauhl is a reference to Bieber’s YouTube channel, named after his dad’s interest in a series of fantasy novels (something only a Belieber would understand). Fans used this hashtag to highlight his transformation from YouTube kid to mega pop star, and by 2:30pm that day the hashtag had been used over 400k times. Some examples of fan Tweets: 1, 2.
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