The 20 Most Popular Brands On Twitter [STATS]

@YouTube maintains its position as the most popular brand on Twitter, with its more than 45 million followers placing it well ahead of all other brands, including the official @Twitter profile.

Indeed, @Twitter isn’t even second on its own network – that space has long been reserved for @Instagram, although both remain many millions behind @YouTube. There’s also quite a divide between Twitter’s top three and fourth-placed @cnnbrk. Social media profiles continue to dominate Twitter, accounting for five of the first six spots, with @Facebook closing in very rapidly on @twitter_es, Twitter’s Spanish-tweeting profile.

This month, @cnn jumps two places to fifth overall – CNN now has two Twitter properties in the top five – while @ESPN climbs an eye-opening five spots to eleventh.