{"id":69671,"date":"2014-09-29T15:38:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T13:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=69671"},"modified":"2014-09-29T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T13:38:35","slug":"sas-top-twitter-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/69671\/sas-top-twitter-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s top Twitter accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s Twitter user with the most followers is online celebrity Caspar Lee, followed by cricketer AB de Villiers, and comedian Trevor Noah.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter is one of the largest social networks in the world, with 271 million monthly active users and 500 million Tweets sent per day.<\/p>\n<p>The influence of Twitter users is often measured by the number of followers they have, and here singer Katy Perry leads the race.<\/p>\n<p>Perry currently has 57.5 million Twitter followers, followed by Justin Bieber with 54.9 million, and Barack Obama with 47 million.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">South Africa&#8217;s top Twitter users<\/h3>\n<p>English-born South African vlogger, actor, and Internet personality Caspar Lee is South Africa&#8217;s top Twitter user with 1.92 million followers.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is followed by comedian Trevor Noah with 1.56 million followers, and cricketer AB de Villiers with 1.41 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Twitter account<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Followers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@Caspar_Lee<\/td>\n<td>1,920,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@Trevornoah<\/td>\n<td>1,560,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@abdevilliers17<\/td>\n<td>1,410,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@Dalesteyn62<\/td>\n<td>1,100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@NelsonMandela<\/td>\n<td>979,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@News24<\/td>\n<td>803,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@Bonang_M<\/td>\n<td>764,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@GarethCliff<\/td>\n<td>756,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@GraemeSmith49<\/td>\n<td>699,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@DJFreshSA<\/td>\n<td>659,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@SuperSportTV<\/td>\n<td>616,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@SuperSportBlitz<\/td>\n<td>596,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@Julius_S_Malema<\/td>\n<td>538,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@helenzille<\/td>\n<td>491,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@5FM<\/td>\n<td>459,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@dineoranaka<\/td>\n<td>456,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>@SAPresident<\/td>\n<td>336,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>This article was <a title=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/110586-top-twitter-users-in-south-africa-2.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/110586-top-twitter-users-in-south-africa-2.html\">first published on MyBroadband<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on social media in SA<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to SA social media numbers revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/68536\/sa-social-media-numbers-revealed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SA social media numbers revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to An election too soon for social media in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/55865\/an-election-too-soon-for-social-media-in-sa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">An election too soon for social media in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Complain on social media \u2013 it works\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/55467\/complain-on-social-media-it-works\/\" 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