Justin Bieber, Super Junior top trending Twitter topics for 2011

Thanks to the Beliebers, Monsters and ELFs, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Super Junior are in the Top Trending Topics on Twitter for the year 2011.

Social media and technology news site Mashable has announced the list of Top 10 trending singers, movies, news, sports events and US TV shows for 2011.

“The People’s Republic of Twitterstan had quite a year indeed, what with record-breaking tweet surges, a growing active user base and some serious celebrity brouhaha,” wrote Matt Silverman on Mashable.com.

In the overall Top 10 Trending Topics on Twitter for 2011, teenage singer sensation Justin Bieber topped the list followed by soccer/football, Lady Gaga, NBA, Jonas Brothers, Christmas, Korean boy band Super Junior, Britney Spears, Japan earthquake and British-Irish boy band One Direction.

“This 9 member South Korean boy band is known throughout Asia for their Super Show,” Mashable wrote.

Super Junior is the only Korean artist that made the list.

Mashable said as of September 2011, there are 200 million registered Twitter users of which there are 100 million active users who log in once a month and 50 million active users who log in every day.

In the Top 10 Trending Musical Artists, Justin Bieber is No. 1 followed by Lady Gaga, Jonas Brothers, Super Junior, Britney Spears, One Direction, Rebecca Black, Demi Lovato, Drake and Lil Wayne.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” topped the Top 10 Trending Movies followed by “Harry Potter” series, “Phineas & Ferb: The Movie,” the “Twilight” series, “Never Say Never 3D,” “Cowboys & Aliens,” “Finding Nemo,” “Batman: Dark Knight Rises,” “Queen: Days of Our Lives,” and “A Fairly Odd Movie.”

The Top 10 Trending US TV Shows are “Glee,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Vampire Diaries,” The Jersey Shore,” “106 & Park,” Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, MTV VMAs, Kids Choice Awards and Golden Globe Awards.

By JONATHAN M. HICAP
mb.com.ph

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