Netizens have been challenged to articulate their thoughts and opinions in a brief and concise manner, specifically in 140 characters or less.
For celebrities, the social media site’s interactive feature has brought them closer to their fans and followers, and has added immensely to their influential power.
With Anne Curtis as the most followed female celebrity on Instagram and Angel Locsin as the most liked on Facebook, here are the top ten most followed female celebrities who are active on Twitter.
The rankings were based on figures gathered on March 16.
Lea Salonga: 4,109,929 followers
Everyone knows how vocal Lea can get online, and people have loved how unapologetic she can be with her opinions regarding hot issues.
But apart from that, we adore Lea’s passion for her craft and how she never gets tired fangirling over her favorite things.
Iya Villania-Arellano: 4,214,346 followers
The new mom keeps us updated with her mommy adventures on Twitter and Instagram.
In between, she thanks her fans for sending out positive energy through their tweets.
Maine Mendoza: 4,380,326 followers
The best part about Twitter is the “retweet.”
For celebrities, retweeting their fans’ tweets is a quick and thoughtful way of showing their appreciation.
In between her tweets about her day, Maine often retweets her fans and their LOL-tastic posts.
Cristine Reyes-Khatibi: 4,550,271 followers
While her Facebook account doubles as a platform to promote her new businesses, Twitter is Cristine’s way of updating her followers about her daily activities and work projects.
The actress also tweets out some inspirational quotes.
KC Concepcion: 5,173,801 followers
KC gives us bits of her opinions about everything under the sun.
But most importantly, Twitter is her main vehicle for engaging netizens and keeping them talking about crucial issues, such as world hunger.
Bianca Gonzales-Intal: 6,010,698 followers
True to her Twitter bio, the celebrity mom and advocate is a storyteller at heart.
From quick thoughts about her work as a host or her learnings from motherhood, Bianca uses Twitter to its full advantage to share her knowledge.
Yeng Constantino: 6,387,551 followers
The rockstar princess undoubtedly has a strong following across the three major social media platforms.
Similar to the nature of her Facebook and Instagram accounts, her Twitter keeps fans updated about her projects.
At the same time, Yeng is able to reply to fans’ touching tweets to her.
Kathryn Bernardo: 6,718,542 followers
In between her tweets about her endorsements, Kathryn would sometimes tweet out random thoughts about her day.
Anne Curtis: 8,468,777 followers
No one mixes work and pleasure better than Anne does in her social media accounts.
The It’s Showtime host constantly retweets posts from her fans and leaves them short messages to show her appreciation for them.
Angel Locsin: 8,587,760 followers
Alongside Anne, Angel is one of the most influential celebrities online to date.
The actress started her Twitter account as a “community effort” with the Philippine National Red Cross.
That’s why her Twitter handle is @143redangel. “143” is actually Red Cross’s hotline number and not “I Love You” as people initially thought.
Angel expressed her heartfelt thanks to her followers on Instagram last January 20 when her social media accounts hit big numbers.
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ERIK SANTOS will be fulfilling his dream of becoming a director.
“I’m very excited, actually. Nakaka-excite ‘yong idea na magpe-perform ako, pero yung buong konsepto ng concert sa akin nagsimula, sa akin nagmula.
“Ako yung nag-isip, ako yung nagsulat ng script,”
The former Star in a Million grand champion recalled,
“Isa pong dream ko talaga ay magdirek ng isang show.
“Kasi, ever since po noong ako’y estudyante, high school and college, mas nandoon po ako sa likod ng camera.
“Gusto ko palaging nagdi-direct ng school play.
“Nadala ko po siya. Actually, nasa sa akin ‘yon hanggang ngayon, hindi ko lang nilalabas.
“Kaya noong dumating po ang pagkakataon na maging mentor ako sa We Love OPM last year, marami po akong natutunan.
“Nailabas ko po roon ‘yong creativity ko na matagal ko na pong itinatago.”
We Love OPM: The Celebrity Sing-Off s is the defunct reality music competition that featured local music artists.
Erik also said about his upcoming concert, “Noong in-offer po sa akin ang concert na ‘to, naisip ko po na why not ako po mismo ang mag-direct at magsulat ng concert. Subok lang po.
“I’m really excited na gawin ito kasi sarili ko itong show.”
“Although, it’s very stressful, medyo nakaka-pressure.”
Despite these challenges, Erik considers this project as an opportunity to explore other skills.
He reasoned out, “Hindi naman natin gagawin hangga’t nandoon tayo sa comfort zone natin.
“Papaano tayo maggo-grow. This is part of my growth as a performer and as an artist.”
The 34-year-old music artist likes to think that this is just the beginning for his directing and writing skills.
“This is something na babaunin ko for the rest of my life,” he said when asked about his talent fee for this project.
“Kumbaga, isa po itong special event sa buhay ko kasi this is my first time to direct and write my own show.
“So, ako, more than the money, mas gusto ko yung mga matututunan ko pa at makikita ng mga supporters ko na gagawin ko. Yun po ang mas nananaig sa akin ngayon.” he stressed.
