Lady Gaga, Obama Battle For Most Facebook Fans

He may be president, but he isn't number one on Facebook.

Lady Gaga's Facebook fanbase has just recently overtaken Barack Obama's.

Last Friday, June 25, President Obama's fans still outnumbered Gaga's. But in the days since then, Lady Gaga has overtaken Obama: she boasts over 9,500,000 fans on Facebook, while President Obama now trails her with nearly 9,300,000 (at the time of writing).

FoxNews.com writes that both are poised to break the 10-million-fan record, which no living person has done yet. (The late Michael Jackson is the current record holder, with well over 13 million fans.) However, at the rate both pages are growing, Lady Gaga and Barack Obama could each have 10 million fans within days.

The two pages are quite disparate. Obama's, maintained by the Democratic National Committee's Organize For America project, displays political updates such as, "Meeting with a group of senators from both parties today to discuss passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year. Send Washington a message that you support building a clean-energy economy."

One of Lady Gaga's most recent posts reveals her touring plans: "After marathons of Cops, parties w rocknrollers, cookin for dad+ drinkin beers, I announce: THE MONSTER BALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SUMMER 2010."

The most popular Facebook page is for Texas Hold'em Poker, which has almost 20 million fans and is sponsored by Zynga, the online gaming company that also responsible for MafiaWars, which has the second most popular Facebook page (12,700,000 fans).

As this post was being written, actor Vin Diesel's Facebook fans also surpassed Barack Obama's. Vin Diesel now has over 9,300,000 fans.

What does the popularity of these Facebook "celebrities" say about Facebook? Tell us in the comments section below.

Comments

[1088]

01:29 PM on 06/30/2010

When Obama leaves office, who will they pick on next?

[Anthony OReilly]

01:10 PM on 06/30/2010

Sounds like.... a slow news day to me

[wackette]

11:04 AM on 06/30/2010

This country is headed straight to hell in a hand basket... here's a perfect example why!

[mrsLambert]

09:59 AM on 06/30/2010

I will be so happy when Facebook and Twitter die. And die they will; social networks have a lifespan online and Facebook has been around long enough for the next social network site to rise to the top.

I also think (hope) that social network sites will become a thing of the past. Something old farts do. In my fantasy kids will ask, "Why does anyone want to be a part of a site where old people feel the need to tell the world what they bought on QVC that day and whether they had a bm or not that day?"

[MXL]

10:47 AM on 06/30/2010

Hate to p!ss on your fire, but social networking isn't going anywhere, lady. They've been around for almost a decade already (I had a CollegeClub.com account back 2001) and they're only getting more popular. As long as kids go to college, social networking will thrive.

[mrsLambert]

11:34 AM on 06/30/2010

Well, son (lol - see how combative that sounds?), I understand they aren't going anywhere. But they do have lifetimes. CollegeClub, then Myspace, now Facebook. The next new one will be taking over soon.

But, how do you know they are getting more popular? I wonder how many facebook accounts linger with no activity and how many twitter accounts just have a couple of entries from last year. Hell, you can buy twitter accounts by the thousands. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=buy+twitter+accounts

[cdemackio]

09:44 AM on 06/30/2010

The difference is Gag's fans will disappear after about another year of her copycat fad and marilyn manson/madonna ripoff snuff videos.

[mrsLambert]

10:00 AM on 06/30/2010

LOL
If you are around in a year (and I remember to) I will taunt you with how wrong you were.

and FYI Madonna and Manson copied people and those people copied people... you get the idea.

[cdemackio]

12:15 AM on 07/01/2010

Who did Madonna copy? She brought original talent and style to the table. Marilyn manson was very unique. neither were obvious copies. Madonna may have looked like Marilyn Monroe but Monroe had LONG been dead. Gaga has brought NOTHING original to the table except some lame big shoulder pads and clothes I haven't seen anyone copying or wearing other than herself. She is talented but she reminds me of the Ray Charles movie when they first start trying to record him but everything he sings sounds like someone else. Finally, they tell him he needs to sing like Ray Charles and not just copy already famous people. Gag is exactly the same but no one has told her to get original yet.

[hopepad08]

09:35 AM on 06/30/2010

I must join facebook to help PBO out.

[mrsLambert]

10:01 AM on 06/30/2010

Don't. Facebook is evil.

[curiousasheck]

09:19 AM on 06/30/2010

Whens Tech going evolve out of adolescence?

[satanlite]

08:51 AM on 06/30/2010

When does a competition on facebook qualify to be called a "brawl"? More evidence of poor writing talents from the author.

[heather65]

07:38 AM on 06/30/2010

i think i know the motive behind the article....
cats have catnip....this article is trollnip.

[toddag]

12:08 AM on 06/30/2010

Palin/Gaga 2012

[bby328]

07:14 AM on 06/30/2010

"Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Roma-roma-mama
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!. . ."

I donut think so.

[Haitiana4Obama]

08:25 AM on 06/30/2010

Now that would be a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad romance.

[satanlite]

08:51 AM on 06/30/2010

GaGa/Palin 2012

[mrsLambert]

10:03 AM on 06/30/2010

Maybe Kucinich/Franken, but Gaga? and Palin? Talk about polar opposites.

[Thor Larson]

11:20 PM on 06/29/2010

Two completey vacuous human beings... I can't wait until both of their 15 minutes are up.

[born 2b different]

08:31 AM on 06/30/2010

don't hold your breath

[satanlite]

08:51 AM on 06/30/2010

Takes one to know one.

[ABQ-Mike]

10:22 PM on 06/29/2010

Well, at least the two of them are pretty equally matched intellectually although, Lady Gaga might have a slight edge there.

[Muno]

10:27 AM on 06/30/2010

huh?

[Pauline Walters]

07:54 PM on 06/29/2010

The media likes to create stupid stuff too much! Does it matter who has the most fans? At the end of the day do you really care? I doubt if either one saw you they would know your name. Some people need a life!!!

[Lerma Nation]

07:39 PM on 06/29/2010

go Zynga Poker!

[SFkid]

07:33 PM on 06/29/2010

STUPID...Shouldn't this be in Tiger Beat News?