Most followed Celebrities in Twitter year 3

Gaga is still  rules this list. For just a span of 12 months Gaga doubled her12 million followers last year to 28 million.
Here are the list updated 08/29/2012

1.  Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)
28,893,351 followers
(last year 1)

2.  Justin Bieber  (@justinbieber)
27,242,174 followers
(last year 2)

3. Katy Perry  (@katyperry)

25,747,827 followers

(last year 5)

4. Rihanna  (@rihanna)

24,930,318 followers

(last year 13)

5. Britney Spears(@britneyspears)

19,865,575 followers

(last year 4)

6.  Barack Obama  (@BarackObama)
19,021,985 followers
(last year 3)

7. Shakira  (@shakira)
18,022,632 followers
(last year 8)

8. Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)
17,970,542 followers
(last year 9)

9. Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian)
15,996,778 followers
(last year 6)

10. Nicki Minaj  (@NICKIMINAJ)

14,344,291 followers

(new)

11. Justin Timberlake  (@jtimberlake)
13,546,910 followers
(last year 14)

12. Oprah Winfrey  (@Oprah)
13,539,754 followers
(last year 11)

13 Ellen DeGeneres  (@TheEllenShow)
13,200,243 followers
(last year 10)

14.  Cristiano Ronaldo  (@Cristiano)
12,720,975 followers
(new)

15. Kaka  (@KAKA)
12,515,560 followers
(last year 15)

16. Selena Gomez  (@selenagomez)
12,481,521 followers
(last year 12)

17. Marshall Mathers (@Eminem)
12,188,412 followers
(last year 16)

18. ashton kutcher  (@aplusk)
12,064,885 followers
(last year 7)

19. Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars)
11,651,694 followers
(new)

20.  Chris Brown (@chrisbrown)

11,175,759 followers

(new)

these celebs almost made it to the top 20 list:


21 Jennifer Lopez  (@JLo)
10,802,281 followers

22 P!nk  (@Pink)
10,357,323 followers

23 Snoop Dogg  (@SnoopDogg)
10,012,274 followers

24 Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys)
9,171,661 followers

25 Adele (@OfficialAdele)
9,067,650 followers

26 demetria lovato (@ddlovato)
8,919,450 followers

27 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey)
8,868,144 followers

28. Drizzy  (@Drake)
8,761,784 followers

29 Paris Hilton  (@ParisHilton)
8,523,191 followers

30 Kanye West  (@kanyewest)
8,407,605 followers