Wizkid Sets New Record For Social Media Users

Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has hit two
million-mark following on Twitter. With the figure, he
has set a new record for Nigerian users on the micro-
blogging site.
As of Sunday, the young musician, whose followers
reached two million last Monday, had increased his
Twitter community to 2.1 million.
Following the record, Wizkid remains Nigerian most
followed Twitter user, a position once occupied by the
Founder and Senior Pastor of Christ Embassy, Pastor
Chris Oyakhilome.
As of 2013, Oyakilome had exceeded one million
followers on the site. But his community has
experienced a slower growth rate in the past three
years. Last year, the cleric moved up to 1.36 million.
But as of Sunday, the number of users on his page had
reduced to 1.22 million.
Notwithstanding his dwindling social media ‘fortune’, the
televangelist is still the most-followed Nigerian pastor
on Twitter. He is many miles ahead of his
contemporaries on the site.
On Twitter, Oyakilome has more members than other
famous Nigerian clerics, such as the General Overseer
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch
Adeboye, and his counterpart at The Latter Rain
Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare.
But while Adeboye has what could be described as a
compact Twitter page – a contract with his expansive
congregation, his Facebook has recorded over 2.8
million likes. With this, Adeboye, perhaps, boasts the
largest social media account in the country.
Yet, Wizkid still has a larger combined following. While
his Twitter page has 2.1 million users, his Facebook
page has garnered over 1.36 million people. Thus, his
following on Twitter and Facebook adds up to 3.46
million.
Wizkid is just a member of the league of entertainers
that flaunt millions of followers on the platform. David
Adeleke (also known as Davido) comes behind Wizkid
with 1.75 million fans.  With 1.49 million users, the
Chief Executive of Mavin Records, Michael Ajere
(popularly known as Don Jazzy), comes third.
Oladapo Oyebanj (D’banj) has 1.45 million, while Tiwa
Savage, another musician, has 1.4 million users.
Other entertainers in the one million followers category
are Banky Wellington (Banky W), Bright Okpocha
(Basketmouth), Peter Okoye of PSquare and Genevieve
Nnaji.
In political circle, the record of former President
Goodluck Jonathan, who first announced his intention
to contest the 2011 presidential race on Facebook, has
remained unbeaten. His Facebook page stands at 2.02
million likes as against President Muhammadu Buhari’s
173,000.
However, @MBahri , one of the President’s major Twitter
handle, has 528,000 users whereas Jonathan’s newly-
created @GEJonathan has 24,000.





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