Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber may have the largest number of Twitter followers in the world - but more than half of them are fake, it emerged today. The teenage singer has 37.3million followers on the popular social network, and overtook previous record-holder Lady Gaga earlier this year. However Justin, 19, does not only hold the crown for most followers, but also the most bogus ones. Emperor's new tweets: More than half of Justin Bieber's followers are fake accounts and not real 'Beliebers', knocking off his King of Twitter crown Only 17.8million of Justin Bieber’s Twitter followers are real accounts, a mere 47 per cent of his total number of followers, according to social media analytics experts Socialbakers.
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Only 17.8million of Justin Bieber's 37.3million Twitter 'Beliebers' are real
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Bieber overtook Lady Gaga with the most followers earlier this year
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If only 'real' followers were counted, Lady Gaga would have the most
Keepin' it real: Although she lost the crown to Bieber earlier this year, the 'fake followers' figured show that @placeholder has more real Twitter followers