Twitter: #Who Are the Most Followed Latinos Right Now?
Latinos have a lot to say - and the numbers show that their voices impact social media with increasing popularity on Twitter.
Eighty percent of Latino adults in the U.S. use social media, beating out Caucasians at 70 percent and African Americans at 75 percent. Along with the Latino population, social media use continues to grow, which is shown by an increase from 72 percent of Hispanics in 2012 to 80 percent now (an overall increase of 8 percent), according to a Pew Report.
Which Latino is spreading their social media wings the most - and how far do they span?
According to the Twitter Counter, people are most interested in hearing what Latin megastar, Jennifer Lopez has to say. Lopez is ranked as No. 12 worldwide on Twitter.
The Latina megastar, whose twitter handle is @JLo has 25,063,682 followers; she's following 338 people and she has 2,577 tweets. Lopez beat out Ellen DeGeneres who is No. 13 as well as Oprah who came in at No. 16.
What are some things that are tweeted by or about Lopez?
The star's festive Halloween celebration with boyfriend, Casper Smart was tweeted. The two, who were reportedly on the verge of a breakup, celebrated Halloween together on Thursday, Oct. 31, sporting matching ninja costumes, E! Online reports.
Smart tweeted: "CAUGHT!!! @jlo & I...#ninjas #sneaky #halloween," the 25-year-old dancer-choreographer captioned a photo of himself and Lopez channeling their inner-ninja, while Casper hangs from a tree as J.Lo looks ready to pounce.
"Me and my Ninjas @BEAUcasperSMART @Didntinviteme @lizimperio," Lopez, "the mother of two, shared another fun shot of her entire crew all sporting their ninja costumes while keeping their mouths covered, holding swords and striking a fighter pose for extra authenticity."
What other Latin celebrities have a huge following on Twitter?
Colombian singer Shakira came in at No. 14 with her Twitter handle, @shakira. She has 22,636,337 followers; she's following 91 people and has 2,117 tweets.
Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese soccer player, who plays as a forward for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and who serves as captain of the Portuguese national team comes in at No. 15 with the Twitter handle @Cristiano came in at No. 15, followed by singer Demi Lovato at No. 18.
Other popular Twitter handles include: @KAKA, which is owned by Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, commonly known as Kaká or Ricardo Kakà, a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Milan and the Brazilian national team; followed by singer Bruno Mars at No. 24 and singer Selena Gomez at No. 26. (Her ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber takes the coveted No. 1 spot with 46,387,801 followers.)
Twitter is introducing a new element to its site, which Latinos might like as well.
Recently, Twitter, which has been built around 140-character snippets of text since its founding in 2006, has added photo and video previews to the feed of items that users see when they log onto the service from the Web or mobile applications. In the past, Twitter users had to click on a link to see a photo or video, The New York Times reports.
"The change, which helps Twitter catch up to recent moves by rivals like Facebook to showcase photos and videos more prominently, could help increase the use of Twitter as the company prepares to sell stock to the public for the first time in an offering expected to occur next week," the NY Times adds.