The 20 Most Popular Brands On Twitter [STATS]

@YouTube remains the top, most-followed brand on Twitter, with its more than 40 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 are 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.

Meanwhile, @Facebook should soon pass @twitter_es, Twitter’s official Spanish-tweeting profile, for fifth place overall amongst all brands, @nytimes jumps two places to eighth and @FCBarcelona and @UberSoc swap places.

The Top 20 Brands On Twitter

1. YouTube (@YouTube, 40,952,108 followers)
2. Instagram (@instagram, 31,749,156)
3. Twitter (@twitter, 29,729,815)
4. CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk, 16,194,447)
5. Twitter en español (@twitter_es, 13,805,109)
6. Facebook (@Facebook, 13,621,306)
7. CNN (@cnn, 12,423,369)
8. The New York Times (@nytimes, 11,482,078)
9. FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona, 11,387,118)
10. UberSocial (@UberSoc, 11,348,304)
11. MTV (@MTV, 10,624,583)
12. Real Madrid F.C. (@realmadrid, 10,575,641)
13. NBA (@NBA, 9,497,158)
14. BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking, 9,028,842)
15. TwitPic (@twitpic, 9,001,324)
16. Vine (@vineapp, 8,969,014)
17. ESPN (@espn, 8,963,433)
18. Programa Pânico (@programapanico, 8,255,091)
19. A Googler (@google, 8,111,711)
20. Ramalan Indonesia (@TweetRAMALAN, 8,053,697)

(Source: Twitter Counter.)