Katy Perry is the most followed on twitter

On January 31, 2014 Katy Perry became the first person to reach over 50 million Twitter followers. Even though Justin Bieber was the first to get to 40 million --in June, 2013 -- by November Katy had
overtaken him. Here's the top ten most followed on Twitter as of January, 2014:

1. Katy Perry -- 50 million
2. Justin Bieber -- 49.2 million
3. Barack Obama -- 41.2 million
4. Lady Gaga -- 41 million
5. YouTube -- 38.9 million
6. Taylor Swift -- 38.7 million
7. Britney Spears -- 35.6 million
8. Rihanna -- 33.8 million
9. Instagram -- 30.9 million
10. Justin Timberlake -- 30.5 million