Leaving
behind
all
other
actors
in
the
film
industry,
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
has
been
ranked
number
one
on
Twitter,
in
terms
of
both
popularity
and
activity.
In
an
analytics
report
of
the
most
popular
Bollywood
stars
on
the
social
networking
site,
Big
B
with
12
million
followers
on
Twitter
topped
the
popularity
list.
Digital
services
provider
'TO
THE
NEW'
rated
various
Bollywood
celebrities
on
the
basis
of
their
popularity
and
their
engagement
with
fans
on
Twitter.
The
rank
is
based
on
an
algorithm
which
combines
the
scores
received
for
each
measure
i.e.
total
number
of
followers,
absolute
increase
in
followers
and
tweets
per
day.
72-year-old
Bachchan
is
followed
by
superstar
Shah
Rukh
Khan
(10.4
million
followers)
at
number
two
and
Abhishek
Bachchan
(5.4
million)
at
the
third
position.
Hrithik
Roshan
(7.7
million),
Aamir
Khan
(10.1
million)
and
Salman
Khan
(9.5
million)
have
also
made
it
to
the
list
of
top
10
most
popular
Bollywood
actors.
Actresses
in
the
list
include
Priyanka
Chopra
(8
million),
Deepika
Padukone,
Sonam
Kapoor
and
Sonakshi
Sinha.
With
an
average
of
20
tweets,
re-tweets
and
replies
per
day,
Bachchan
also
came
out
as
the
most
active
one
among
all.
His
son
Abhishek
came
second
with
an
average
of
ten
tweets.
Anupam
Kher,
SRK
and
Sonakshi
are
also
among
the
most
active
ones.
PTI