Throwdown Between Official and Fake Twitter Accounts of the Famous

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been dethroned from her top spot — at least on Twitter.


A new infographic from the Shorty Awards compares fake Twitter accounts of famous peoplea and brands with their actual accounts.


The fake Queen Elizabeth on Twitter was found to have more than double the amount of followers than the official British Monarchy account. However across the pond, the real Barack Obama and Homer Simpson have dramatically larger followings than their false counterparts.


The Shorty Awards' analysis of Unmetric data also found that parody accounts for media giants CNN and ESPN tweeted more than the actual companies during the month-long analysis period. Read more...


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