The Top 10 Most-Followed Twitter Accounts

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The Top 10 Most-Followed Twitter Accounts
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So who's her competition? We compiled the top 10 most-followed Twitter accounts — five women, three men and two brands — to see how they compare

See also: The Illustrated History of Twitter (http://mashable.com/2014/03/21/twitter-8th-birthday-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Below, check out how the top accounts stack up: Who has tweeted the most? Who follows the most accounts? And, most importantly, who had the most embarrassing first tweet? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/21/top-10-twitter-accounts/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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