Lady Gaga’s social standing
Top-ranked US artist across social media platforms? That would be Lady Gaga, who heads the Groovecount US Music Leaderboard, compiled by Groovecount.com for brand-m, writes Maria Stadtmueller. The chart aims to provide a comprehensive perspective on popularity and digital reach in the region, aggregating data from five social networks and digital services.
Lady Gaga has racked up more than 2 billion video views on YouTube, and boasts over 18 million followers on Twitter, as well as a Last.fm playcount of 156 million.
Second-placed Eminem now has 51 million fans on Facebook and 3.2 million Last.fm listeners, while third-ranked Katy Perry is strong on Twitter with in excess of 14 million followers of her tweets. Perry’s Spotify popularity stands at 70%.
Michael Jackson is in sixth place with 43 million Facebook fans, 870 million YouTube views and Spotify popularity of close to 80%.
