Top ten athletes on Twitter

Matthew Rezab

Think you have a lot of followers on Twitter? You probably can’t compete with these ten athletes. Not surprisingly, the list is dominated by men who play the world’s most popular sport.

  1. Cristiano Ronaldo – (Soccer) 32.9 million
  2. Kaka – (Soccer) 21.9 million
  3. Lebron James – (Basketball) 18.1 million
  4. Neymar Junior – (Soccer) 16.4 million
  5. Ronaldinho Gaucho – (Soccer) 11.4 million
  6. Wayne Rooney – (Soccer) 10.6 million
  7. Andres Iniesta – (Soccer) 10.2 million
  8. Gerard Pique – (Soccer) 10 million
  9. Shaquille O’Neal – (Basketball) 9.3 million
  10. Kevin Durant – (Basketball) 9.1 million

This list was compiled by twitter-athletes.com and updated by Iowa State Daily staff. 

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