Happy Birthday, Twitter! It seems like yesterday that Jack Dorsey tweeted about his "twttr" for the first time, but it's actually been a decade, and a lot has happened since then. Our favorite microblogging platform has played host to celebrity feuds, ideological rants (looking at you, Kanye), political snafus, and live-tweeted events. It's supported important social movements like #BlackLivesMatter, enabled fans to connect with their idols, and voracious readers to create customized news feeds.
Thanks to Twitter, celebs can quantify their influence through follows and retweets, reaching millions of people in the process. The top ten most-followed people on the platform include pop stars, television personalities, and — oh yeah — the President of the United States. Their voices reach a combined 616.8 million people (at press time, it's always growing), and even though there's some overlap, that's a significant portion of the global population. Here are the top 10 Twitter users' most retweeted tweets, aka some of the decade's widest reaching sentiments:
Katy Perry
84.8M Followers
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Justin Bieber
77.4M Followers
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Taylor Swift
73.2M Followers
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President Barack Obama
71.4M Followers
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Rihanna
57.5M Followers
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Lady Gaga
57.3M Followers
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Ellen Degeneres
55.9M Followers
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Justin Timberlake
52.9M Followers
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Britney Spears
44.5M Followers
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Kim Kardashian
42M Followers
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It's been an #eventful 10 years on Twitter, and we can't wait to see what the next decade brings.
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