Britney Spears First to Amass 6 Million Plus Followers on Google+

Pop singer Britney Spears became the first Google+ user to amass more than 6 million followers on the site, GPlusData shows.

Pop singer Britney Spears became the first Google+ user to amass more than 6 million followers on the site, GPlusData shows.

Spears and her pop rival Lady Gaga, the only two Google+ users to have more followers than Google CEO Larry Page, are helping the site shed its reputation for being primarily used by Google employees.

Page has 5.3 million followers.

But while the sexy stars help boost the image of Google’s lagging social platform, their follower numbers highlight just how far ahead Facebook still is.

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