Katy Perry, the U.S. singer and songwriter, has become the first person on Twitter to reach 100 million followers. To congratulate the star, Twitter tweeted a video compilation of her tweets, with a messaging saying "Today, we #WITNESS history."
The pop star who broke onto the music industry with her 2008 single I Kissed A Girl, joined Twitter in 2009 and has sent out about 8,500 messages since.
The next celebrity with the second highest number of followers, is the Canadian singer Justin Bieber at 96.7 million followers. Third, is former U.S. President Barack Obama with almost 91 million. Perry has more than triple the number of followers that President Donald Trump has, and about 15 million more than Taylor Swift.
The rest of the top 100 accounts that made Twitter's highest number of followers, are mostly attributed to singers, sport stars, media companies and also politicians.
Today, we #WITNESS history.
Congratulations @katyperry, the first to reach 100 million followers! #LoveKaty pic.twitter.com/41aJyPTtZ2— Twitter (@Twitter) June 16, 2017
Thank you, @Twitter, for always giving me an opportunity to have a voice! #LoveKaty https://t.co/Lpc1DSk4Kw
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) June 16, 2017
While Twitter can be a friendly place for humans, it is also a place where bots can share a happy live with their fellow human users.
Searches using the tool Twitter Audit that analyses a sample of followers and calculates a score based on factors including the number of tweets they have sent, concluded that about two-thirds of both Perry's and Bieber's followers are questionable. What this means, their followers may not be real humans.
Some Twitter users have been using bots to boost the number of their followers, send messages that are usually attributed to spam, boosting interest in trending topics, and others.
