Name And Shame: The 20 Celebrities On Twitter Who Follow The Fewest Number Of People

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Twitter’s four most popular users – Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Barack Obama and Britney Spears – collectively have over 38 million followers. Sure, there’s some crossover there, but that’s a pretty huge number.

Together, they also follow about 1.37 million people, which means they have followed about one person for every 27 users who follow them. Relatively, at about 3.61%, that might seem like a pretty low ratio, but it’s an absolute dream level of reciprocation compared to many of the most popular celebrities on Twitter – five of whom follow a big fat zero.

Here are Twitter’s 20 meanest celebrities:

  1. Eminem (4,651,945 followers, follows zero)
  2. Kanye West (3,511,165 followers, follows zero)
  3. Stephen Colbert (2,381,463 followers, follows zero)
  4. Rev Run (2,234,416 followers, follows zero)
  5. Dalai Lama (1,887,415 followers, follows zero)
  6. Jim Carrey (3,353,449 followers, follows 1 person)
  7. Conan O’Brien (3,276,722 followers, follows 1 person)
  8. 50 Cent (4,705,536 followers, follows 3 people)
  9. Bill...
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