Celebrity | Lady Gaga 53% of Bieber's Twitter Followers Are Fake So is Lady Gaga the real queen of Twitter? By Evann Gastaldo Posted Apr 11, 2013 1:39 PM CDT Copied In this Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Justin Bieber performs at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File) Justin Bieber is the most-followed person on Twitter, but don't be too impressed: Just 47% of his followers are real people, the BBC reports. Socialbakers, a service that identifies fake Twitter accounts, finds that 17.8 million of Bieber's 37.3 million followers are legit. The company spots real users by looking for genuine tweets vs. spam or repetitive buzzwords like "make money" and "work from home." If its report is correct, Lady Gaga has more followers than Bieber: 19 million of hers are real. Read These Next Online sleuths expose Epstein file redactions. In this murder, arresting the boyfriend was a big mistake. After Kennedy Center name change, holiday jazz concert is canceled. DOJ says it found an extra million Epstein files. Report an error