A ranking of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. Artists' popularity is determined by a formula blending their weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with artist page views and weekly song plays, as measured by Next Big Sound.
1. Katy Perry (+5)
2. One Direction (-1) 3. Eminem (+7)
4. Taylor Swift (+1)
5. Lil Wayne (+24)
6. Justin Timberlake (-3) 7. Ariana Grande (+4)
8. Miley Cyrus (-2) 9. Rihanna (+9)
10. Shakira (-4)
11. Britney Spears (+6)
12. Selena Gomez (-5)
13. Justin Bieber (-1) 14. Demi Lovato (+2)
15. Nicki Minaj (+18) 16. Beyonce (+7)
17. Michael Jackson (-4) 18. Jennifer Lopez (+2)
19. Bruno Mars (-15)
20. Pitbull (-12)
21. Christina Aguilera (+7)
22. Adele (+8)
23. P!nk (+2)
24. Lady Gaga (-5)
25. Bob Marley (-10) 26. Drake (+16)
27. Robin Thicke (-18) 28. LMFAO (+8)
29. Avril Lavigne (-7) 30. Alicia Keys (+2)
31. Black Eyed Peas (+16)
32. David Guetta (-6)
33. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (-12)
34. Maroon 5 (-3) 35. Pink Floyd (RE-ENTRY)
36. Wiz Khalifa (-1)
37. Enrique Iglesias (-10) 38. Avicii (+1)
39. Carly Rae Jepsen (RE-ENTRY)
40. will.i.am (-6)
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It's amazing how Shakira and britney, being away from the spotlight for so long, manage to be so high!
