The Pope Already Outpacing Justin Bieber On Twitter

Here’s a comparison we never thought we’d make: the Pope is proving to be more Twitter-popular than pop culture tween icon Justin Bieber.

In his first full week on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI is already scoring impressive stats.

A recent analysis shows that the Pope’s Twitter followers are exponentially more likely to retweet his messages than The Biebs’ followers are.

Here’s a look at the two stars’ most popular tweets to date:

On September 26, Bieber posted what turned out to be his most retweeted tweet ever, and the second most retweeted message of all of 2012.

Bieber wrote the tweet in honor of his six-year-old fan Avalanna Roth who died of cancer.

He

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