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Twitter UK celebrity chart – 22nd May

May 22, 2009 by Mike Teasdale

A month since our last celeb chart, so what’s new?

Celeb Followers
Coldplay 848,910
Stephen Fry 510,333
Neil Gaiman 425,767
Lily Allen 385,495
Imogen Heap 363,913
Richard Bacon  336,431
Russell Brand 331,545
Jonathan Ross 270,432
Eddie Izzard 251,613
John Cleese 172,803
Phillip Schofield 166,120
Chris Moyles 159,523
Alan Carr 154,538
Fearne Cotton 119,004
Jimmy Carr 114,234
Richard Branson 109,932
Holly Willoughby 74,359
Andi Peters 53,019
Alan Davies 54,557
David Mitchell 56,740


Last month I confidently predicted that Richard Bacon would soon be top five – and naturally I was wrong.  He has almost doubled his follower count, but only makes it to number six.

The story instead is of the rise of musicians, with Lily Allen and Imogen Heap both easing into the top five – replacing Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. 

With Coldplay now massively out at the front of the pack, it seems that Twitter could be replacing MySpace as the primary way for musicians to connect with their fans. 

Finally one big new entry to the chart – Eddie Izzard rocks in with 250k followers – an unfortunate omission (although he was born in the Yemen, so possibly doesn’t count!).  With Eddie’s arrival, Rob Brydon (46k) drops off the chart for the time being.

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