Justin Bieber is still the king of the Twitter, but in 2012, One Direction’s Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, and Luis Tomlinson — each of them had the biggest percentage increase in Twitter followers, with Niall Horan leading at 712%, according to exclusive data released by Twitter.
The most tweeted about celebrities of the year? Justin Bieber!
Checkout the 2012 Twitter trends below!
Top 5 Most tweeted-about celebrities
1. @JustinBieber
2. @niallofficial
3. @Harry_Styles
4. @zaynmalik
5. @Louis_Tomlinson
The 5 most retweeted tweets
1. @justinbieber RIP Avalanna. i love you (223,771 retweets)
2. @obeyMJ R.I.P. Whitney Houston. Retweet for respect. (191,043 retweets)
3. @Harry_Styles We owe you everything. Thank you so much for this. Three VMAs!! YEAH .xx (125,379 retweets)
4. @BenSavage I’m going to be a father! Well, on TV at least. The “Boy Meets World” sequel is officially happening! (114,179 retweets)
5. @NiallOfficial Guys its been 2 years today since we were formed, its been incredible so far, its all down to you guys! Love you all soo much ! Thank you (103,772 retweets)
Celebs with biggest gains in followers in 2012
1. @Harry_Styles +6,721,195 (493.39%)
2. @Louis_Tomlinson +5,881,122 (587.79%)
3. @onedirection +6,741,263 (605.05%)
4. @Real_Liam_Payne: +6,067,452 (608.47%)
5. @NiallOfficial: +6,664,920 (712.74%)
Most tweeted-about celeb events
1. Whitney Houston’s death, Feb. 11: When the star passed away unexpectedly, the news drew more than 10 million tweets at a rate of 73,662 tweets per minute.
2. MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 6: Fans cast 52 million-plus votes via Twitter for “Most Sharable Video,” while the show itself generated 14.7 million tweets.
3. Primetime Emmy Awards, Sept. 23: Jimmy Kimmel set up a live joke during the awards broadcast, encouraging viewers and the audience to tweet, “OMG Tracy Morgan passed out on stage.”
4. All about babies: The birth of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s baby Blue Ivy in February and the announcement of Kate Middleton?s pregnancy in December drew more than 2 million tweets combined.
Most popular movie trends
1. Think Like a Man
2. The Hunger Games
3. The Avengers
4. Red Tails
5. 21 Jump Street
6. Dark Knight Rises
7. Dark Shadows
8. The Devil Inside
9. Safe House
10. The Vow
Most popular television trends
1. Family Guy
2. Big Brother 14
3. American Dad
4. Hey Arnold
5. American Idol
6. Pretty Little Liars
7. 106 & Park
8. SNL
9. Fresh Prince
10. Boy Meets World
Most popular political trends
1. #tcot
2. #teaparty
3. #gop
4. #romney
5. mitt romney
6. #dnc2012
7. charlotte
8. #gop2012
9. #rnc
10. #obama2012
Source: Twitter
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First but this is really cool!!!
YAY JUSTIN!!!:D I love u baby<3
justin bieber forever…….
F*ck yeah! Hey Arnold! and Fresh Prince are mah shows <3. 73,662 tweets a minute for Whitney? Damn.
gr8 4 Justin and 1D
Wow! Good for my justin. Luv u boy/man.
haha show’em whos the boss baybah
. i love justin…. and am staying by his side.
me too <3!
Yeah!!! Thats the truth that Justin bieber is the king of Twitter nd i wish he’ll forevah. LUV ya Baby <3
justin bieber all the way one direction are good but justin bieber a lot better
hey what r u saying justin is the best in the whole world ok i don,t like one direction i hate them so so so so so so so much they r such like ewwwwwwwwwwww
my baby justin is my everything ok he is the best
justin u r the best in this whole world i love u so so so so so so much love u justin
In my life their is a WHITE, BLUE, and RED line.
WHITE. Line is me,if u cross it u get a mean talk.
BLUE line is 1d if u cross it u get a broken bone
REDline is justin bieber youcross it u get 360 broken bobes
Srry I mean bones
1D is a group of stupid dumb boys Hahahahahaha
.Hey! When r u comin to break my bone???? Lol
Those “stupid dumb boys” you called saved my friends life, bitch
Oh, so the boy that made Never Say Never 3D, inspired millions people, and saved thousands from death, didn’t save your friends life? But, a British boy band did? Oh…okay. :/
@believe in biebah, yes they did! Obviously you know nothing what one direction does, dumb ass
@rilee LAMBO! so how did they saved ur frndz life by making horrible appearance in videoz. Hunnnnhhh
Hey 1D is not dumb your the one that is DUMB! af and your the one that is STUPID! this is not a stie to fight & GROW UP!
@inez Ph@g*¤t!!!! I’ve already grown up so atleast u don’t need to tell me nd for your kind information this site isn’t made for mi*n*a fu*k pi**s takers and lill immature Directioners,,, this site is just 4 the BELIEBERS Beliebers n beliebers Only.
@Rilee, okay tell me what they do. Besides smoking & drinking. (Unlike Justin) The only song that isn’t about a girl is Forever Young. Wich makes no sense. Justin has Never Say Never & Pray wich are actually good inspiring songs. Before you call me a dumbass, check yourself dip shit. -____-
Justin is the king of Twitter
justin is the king of twitter and the prince of my heart….<3
woooow king of pop and king of twitter perfect so so so so ………………………… what?……
uhm he’s not the king of pop idiot, he’s the prince of pop
no offense to justin fans but mj still the king of pop. justin has a long road ahead of him. even with all of those awards and cd sales michael jackson is still the king of pop.
agreed
Try again
Justin is the PRINCE. All you bitches hail to him. LOL
i <3 u my cute (justin bieber) u are the king of twiter
i love justin bieber and my sister love 1direction
crap one direction is taking over. why there are so many boy bands? they suck the wanted rules and selena,demi,bridgit meddler, pink,carrie underwood rules too. off course justin too.
awesome love ‘em alls K1DRAUHL_FOREVER
yup JB is the KİNG !!!
Let’s get this straight, the 5 most gayest people on twitter are the most talked about. -_____- this world is surely doomed.
We’re doomed because your stupidity is spreading like a disease.
We’re also doomed by your stank a** mouth, so do us a favor by shutting it.
Ha!
If those 5 most gayest guys are One Direction, then ok.
But if it includes Justin, then b*tch, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED SELENA GOMEZ IS A GIRL.
@retarted fangirls
Your mom should’ve f*cking shut her legs.
╭∩╮(︶︿︶）╭∩╮
@jayla bieber, and your momma should’ve aborted you.
Woahhh… Crossing the line there? o.O
@retarted fangirls
That’s f*cking sweet that you feel that way. I’m actually glad you feel that way.
Umm, Imma just be here…
YAY JUSTIN BIEBER
he is the best top 4 ever …..yuuuuupéé j.bieber
Justin have one of the most tweeted cool
Yeah hey Arnold i wacth it all the time
justin is on the top tweeted horay!
Yeah justin!
Yeah, datz ma babe Justin.. he’s da best ever love u Justin
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back away from justin hes mine
Congrats justin u da man and I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeee uuuuuuuu….MUAH MUAH MUAH………….MUAH …MUAH – lol
hey there is no new news of my baby i want to see his news i am sad today bcs there is no new news plz add some enjoyment here plz give my baby Justin,s news here and not about break up bcs Selena Gomez news is full of Justin bieber and Selena Gomez break up news not any new so not about the same plz but only about my Justin
hey all of u did u know they broke up again bot they Selena again broke up and now she is with Jonas brothers guy and that is nick Jonas
can u believe she break up with Justin again and its 2nd time now and now after her 2nd break up
she is behind of nick Jonas
plz selena leave my justin alone now plz i request u now plz don,t do that again with my baby plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz his beliebers r with him he can spent his whole life with out u
and with his beliebers and with his family yes he can
and justin plz don,t feel sad we all r with u plz justin i love u don,t think that i am doing this to fight or i have some thing with selena i am doing this just for u
plz and if u feel sad then i am sorry but she use u and only use u
i am sorry justin and i love u so so so so so much
PERSON WHO WROTE THIS JB ZONE ENTREE, I KNOW YOU SPELLED LOUIS’ NAME WRONG ON PURPOSE!!!!!!!!!!!(LUIS?)
hey justin,whats seen going on woth selena and every fan in the world like you guys broke and got back together so big deal and like one day i will probably be mrs.bieber cause like he hugged me backi stage (ha ha) like get over it!!:)
JUSTIN BIEBER IS WAY BETTER THAN ONE DIRECTION HES EVEN GOT MORE SWAGG THAN ONE DIRECTION NO ONE IS BEETER THAN JUSTIN BIEBER (EXCEPT GOD) SWAGGIE
im a forever belieber
The most tweeted tweet of all time (and this year) was actually Obamas-”Four more years” attached with a picture of him and Michelle hugging; It had 817 000 RTs compared with Justin’s 223 000
JUSTIN BIEBER IS GOOD BUT 1D IS BETTER THEN EVER AND YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY.
people said if u love justin bieber so much that u can like one if u are a beielieve
IS THAT TRUE PEOPLE
ıs that people