{"id":75606,"date":"2014-12-10T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=75606"},"modified":"2014-12-10T10:58:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T08:58:15","slug":"south-africas-top-twitter-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/75606\/south-africas-top-twitter-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Most followed Twitter accounts in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter has released its year in review for 2014, showing the biggest moments and hottest topics in the South African Twitterverse.<\/p>\n

The top events that created the biggest spikes in South African Twitter traffic in 2014 showed that the country is definitely a nation of sports fans.<\/p>\n

The most Tweeted about moment in SA during the year was the semi-final between Germany and Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which saw Germany defeat the host nation by 7-1.<\/p>\n

During the game fans around the world sent more than 35.6 million Tweets – a new Twitter record. There were more than 672 million Tweets during the World Cup, the social media network said.<\/p>\n

The South Africa versus Wales rugby match caused the second biggest spike on Twitter locally in 2014, while the controversial Oscar Pistorius trial also kicked up a storm, with real-time updates coming out of the courtroom by journalists giving on-the-ground news minute- by-minute.<\/p>\n

In terms of the most popular South African personalities on the platform, YouTube sensation Caspar Lee remained the country’s most followed person, with SA-born UK cricketer\u00a0Kevin Pietersen ranking second.<\/p>\n

SA’s top 10 most followed on Twitter<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nTwitter Handle
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Person<\/strong><\/td>\nFollowers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n@Caspar_Lee<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nCaspar Lee<\/td>\n2,128,810<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n@KP24<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nKevin Pieterson<\/td>\n2,046,551<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n@Trevornoah<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nTreveor Noah<\/td>\n1,725,515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n@ABdeVilliers<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nAB DeVilliers<\/td>\n1,502,313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n@DaleSteyn62<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nDale Steyn<\/td>\n1,155,599<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n@NelsonMandela<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nNelson Mandela<\/td>\n1,009,465<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n@bonang_m<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nBonang B Matheba<\/td>\n888,466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n@angelcandice<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nCandice Swanepoel<\/td>\n872,395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n@GraemeSmith<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nGraeme Smith<\/td>\n735,660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n@GarethCliff<\/b><\/a><\/td>\nGareth Cliff<\/td>\n530,924<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

World’s top Twits<\/h3>\n

According to Twitter’s data, the “golden tweet” (the most re-tweeted message) of 2014 belongs to comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, who tweeted a star-studded selfie from the 2014 Oscars. The tweet has been republished over 3 million times, to date.<\/p>\n

\"Ellen<\/a>

Ellen Tweet<\/p><\/div>\n

Twitter also listed the most popular tweets by their peaks re-tweets, led by Justin Bieber tweeting to his fans, which hit a peak of 471,000 re-tweets.<\/p>\n

\"Justin<\/a>

Justin Bieber Tweet<\/p><\/div>\n

Other popular tweets came from pop group One Direction, and The Oscar Academy’s tribute to late actor Robin Williams.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Academy Tweet<\/p><\/div>\n

More on Twitter<\/h3>\n

Twitter moves to stem abuse and harassment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twitter is going to start tracking your apps<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twitter wants to bank on selfies: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tackling the Twitter abuse \u201ccrisis\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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