Our team at Imagesound was curious about musicians on Twitter, so we started doing a little digging to find out about popular and influential musicians on Twitter.
We have a list of 100 most popular musicians on Twitter, ranked by followers, going with the ‘the more followers you have, the more popular you are’ theory.We also have a list of 100 musicians on Twitter with the highest Klout score, which is the Twitter influence score.
Not surprisingly, most influential musicians on Twitter are US-based although we did find some UK gems in there, including Coldplay, Jessie J and Oasis, who all ranked high in the Klout influence list. It is interesting to compare the two lists, the latter even includes legends who are no longer with us, including the King of Pop Michael Jackson, the King of Rock Elvis Presley, our guitar hero Jimi Hendrix and reggae legend Bob Marley!
Check out the full lists below.
Rank | Musician | Followers |
1 | Justin Bieber | 39217140 |
2 | Lady Gaga | 37344573 |
3 | Katy Perry | 36611206 |
4 | Rihanna | 29621408 |
5 | Taylor Swift | 27848825 |
6 | Britney Spears | 26980664 |
7 | Shakira | 20699246 |
8 | Justin Timberlake | 20340623 |
9 | Jennifer Lopez | 18269986 |
10 | Nicki Minaj | 16488365 |
11 | Bruno Mars | 16118728 |
12 | P!nk | 15927399 |
13 | Selena Gomez | 15125180 |
14 | Marshall Mathers | 14550865 |
15 | Adele | 14090882 |
16 | Demi Lovato | 14018468 |
17 | Alicia Keys | 13518306 |
18 | Harry Styles | 12976287 |
19 | Chris Brown | 12592110 |
20 | Miley Ray Cyrus | 11953425 |
21 | One Direction | 11199725 |
22 | Lil Wayne | 11111693 |
23 | Niall Horan | 10940372 |
24 | Snoop Dogg | 10626289 |
25 | Louis Tomlinson | 10042876 |
26 | Mariah Carey | 10015009 |
27 | Liam Payne | 10009445 |
28 | Coldplay | 10002184 |
29 | Wiz Khalifa | 9951338 |
30 | Pitbull | 9665355 |
31 | Avril Lavigne | 9435229 |
32 | Ashley Tisdale | 9343766 |
33 | Kanye West | 9310315 |
34 | Alejandro Sanz | 8965234 |
35 | Diddy | 8958131 |
36 | Zayn Malik | 8761045 |
37 | Ricky Martin | 8483946 |
38 | David Guetta | 8292003 |
39 | Ivete Sangalo | 7895392 |
40 | 50cent | 7802833 |
41 | Juanes | 7515720 |
42 | Beyoncé Knowles | 7503011 |
43 | Ludacris | 7380986 |
44 | Usher | 7239902 |
45 | Agnes Monica | 7235243 |
46 | will.i.am | 6430308 |
47 | Paulina Rubio | 6413946 |
48 | Jessie J | 6413816 |
49 | Jessica Simpson | 6317136 |
50 | Trey Songz | 6173332 |
51 | Ed Sheeran | 6167140 |
52 | Nick Jonas | 6012511 |
53 | Carly Rae Jepsen | 5858141 |
54 | Sherina Munaf | 5698343 |
55 | T-Raww | 5303959 |
56 | Joe Jonas | 5132156 |
57 | Soulja Boy | 5066129 |
58 | Jason Mraz | 4932803 |
59 | Kelly Rowland | 4867481 |
60 | David Bisbal | 4831240 |
61 | Calle 13 | 4820257 |
62 | Luis Fonsi | 4699810 |
63 | Thalia | 4576359 |
64 | Queen Latifah | 4563508 |
65 | Daddy Yankee | 4562339 |
66 | Vidi Aldiano | 4527451 |
67 | Cody Simpson | 4511128 |
68 | LMFAO | 4431082 |
69 | Luan Santana | 4375047 |
70 | Christina Aguilera | 4369579 |
71 | Cher Lloyd | 4249328 |
72 | Olly Murs | 4249175 |
73 | Afgansyah reza | 4192871 |
74 | Lenny Kravitz | 4188820 |
75 | Jonas Brothers | 4185361 |
76 | John Legend | 4158382 |
77 | Lily Allen | 4113226 |
78 | Rev Run | 4110300 |
79 | Adam Levine | 4099147 |
80 | Sandy Leah | 3917949 |
81 | Mary J. Blige | 3890543 |
82 | Sean Kingston | 3801223 |
83 | Jaden Smith | 3753717 |
84 | Big Sean | 3740183 |
85 | Cheryl Cole | 3726256 |
86 | T.I. | 3723170 |
87 | Kelly Clarkson | 3706494 |
88 | Yoko Ono | 3690882 |
89 | Ricardo Montaner | 3614485 |
90 | Mac Miller | 3600670 |
91 | LL COOL J | 3590239 |
92 | Chayanne | 3531081 |
93 | Ne-Yo | 3512828 |
94 | J. Cole | 3512091 |
95 | Juan Luis Guerra | 3474002 |
96 | Miranda Cosgrove | 3447970 |
97 | Enrique Iglesias | 3421631 |
98 | Ciara | 3391816 |
99 | Siwon Choi | 3377469 |
100 | Ke$ha | 3328797 |
Rank | Musician | Klout Score |
1 | Elvis Presley | 94 |
2 | Justin Bieber | 93 |
3 | Rihanna | 93 |
4 | Yoko Ono | 93 |
5 | Trent Reznor | 93 |
6 | Nine Inch Nails | 93 |
7 | Lady Gaga | 93 |
8 | Mariah Carey | 92 |
9 | Snoop Dogg | 92 |
10 | Justin Timberlake | 92 |
11 | Michael Jackson | 92 |
12 | Kanye West | 92 |
13 | Depeche Mode | 92 |
14 | Paul McCartney | 92 |
15 | Taylor Swift | 91 |
16 | Jay-Z | 91 |
17 | Beyonce | 91 |
18 | Shakira | 91 |
19 | Nicki Minaj | 91 |
20 | 50 Cent | 91 |
21 | Katy Perry | 91 |
22 | Coldplay | 90 |
23 | Alicia Keys | 90 |
24 | Green Day | 90 |
25 | Jennifer Lopez | 90 |
26 | Amanda Palmer | 90 |
27 | 30 Seconds To Mars | 90 |
28 | Drake | 90 |
29 | Avril Lavigne | 90 |
30 | Cher | 90 |
31 | Don Omar | 90 |
32 | Christina Aguilera | 90 |
33 | Ludacris | 90 |
34 | Christina Milian | 90 |
35 | T.I. | 90 |
36 | Bruno Mars | 90 |
37 | Marshal Mathers | 90 |
38 | Chris Brown | 89 |
39 | Selena Gomez | 89 |
40 | Adele | 89 |
41 | Akon | 89 |
42 | Linkin Park | 89 |
43 | LL Cool J | 89 |
44 | Mark Hoppus | 89 |
45 | David Guetta | 89 |
46 | Paramore | 89 |
47 | Wiz Khalifa | 89 |
48 | Dolly Parton | 89 |
49 | Kelly Clarkson | 89 |
50 | Pantera | 89 |
51 | Ricky Martin | 89 |
52 | Blink 182 | 89 |
53 | Muse | 89 |
54 | Pearl Jam | 89 |
55 | Radiohead | 89 |
56 | One Direction | 89 |
57 | Slash | 89 |
58 | John Legend | 88 |
59 | Nelly Furtado | 88 |
60 | Ciara | 88 |
61 | Jimi Hendrix | 88 |
62 | Jonas Brothers | 88 |
63 | Ne-yo | 88 |
64 | Simple Plan | 88 |
65 | Maroon 5 | 88 |
66 | Adam Levine | 88 |
67 | Aerosmith | 88 |
68 | Janet Jackson | 88 |
69 | Megadeth | 88 |
70 | Foo Fighters | 88 |
71 | Ozzy Osbourne | 88 |
72 | Timbaland | 88 |
73 | Bob Marley | 88 |
74 | Nelly | 88 |
75 | Michael Buble | 88 |
76 | Enrique Iglesias | 88 |
77 | Tim McGraw | 88 |
78 | The Killers | 88 |
79 | Black Eyed Peas | 88 |
80 | Armin van Buuren | 88 |
81 | Trey Songz | 88 |
82 | Kiss | 88 |
83 | DJ Tiesto | 88 |
84 | Wyclef Jean | 88 |
85 | Duran Duran | 88 |
86 | Jessie J | 87 |
87 | Psy | 86 |
88 | Oasis | 87 |
89 | Lenny Kravitz | 87 |
90 | My Chemical Romance | 87 |
91 | Sean Kingston | 87 |
92 | Joe Jonas | 86 |
93 | Frank Ocean | 86 |
94 | Questo Roots | 86 |
95 | Hayley from Paramore | 86 |
96 | A.R. Rahman | 86 |
97 | Paula Abdul | 86 |
98 | Miguel | 85 |
99 | Demi Lovato | 85 |
100 | Pink | 83 |