Famous People on Facebook, Top Ten Famous People on Facebook by Fans

How can you measure fame? Well, one way is by the number of fans! Here are the most famous people on Facebook, according to the number of fans on their Fan Pages:

1. Michael Jackson, Musician 9,943,000+ Fans
The King of Pop is also the king of Facebook fans. His fan page numbers have skyrocketed since his recent death. In fact, there is even a separate RIP Michael Jackson fan page with 4,500,000+ fans of its own.

2. Barack Obama, Politician 6,478,000+ Fans
After utilizing social media as part of his successful 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign, Obama’s staff has maintained the page. It is now used to post periodic NOTES and videos related to his initiatives and policies.

3. Vin Diesel, Movie Star 5,000,000+ Fans
He takes personal care of the Facebook fan page and it’s a pretty amazing to see the fan comments on his Wall posts. And he keeps it consistent.

4. Megan Fox, Movie Star 4,000,000+ Fans
Transformers movie star with lots of sexy pictures and multimedia. Not very many actual posts over the past year and she doesn’t do her own updates.

5. Lady Gaga, Musician 3,422,000+ Fans
She does her own updates, about once/ day. She even posted a poem recently: “A poem for my fans: ‘in every minute of the day, the truth is that I’m dead, until I’m here on stage, with you, then I’m alive instead’-me”

6. Adam Sandler, Movie Star 3,300,000+ Fans
It borders on being just a Funny People advertisement, but there is a cool video of Adam Sandler doing standup.

7. Ashton Kutcher 2,852,000+ Fans
@aplusk makes the most famous people list on two social media forces: Twitter and Facebook. And he does each one separately, as in, neither feed feeds the other. And he does them personally. Amazing.

8. Rihanna, Musician 2,745,000+ Fans
She is a 19 year old pop sensation with multiple hits and a lot of press for all different reasons. All those fans and no actual posts from her or her PR people.

9. Jackie Chan, Movie Star 2,685,000+ Fans
Photos and videos for the last few months, which is interesting. It sort of looks like a normal, non-famous person’s Facebook page.

10. Roger Federer, Tennis Star 2,439,000+ Fans.
He’s all about it. Answering questions from fans, posting special Facebook video messages before and after his Wimbledon final match. And he’s the only athlete to crack the top ten.

Famous People on Facebook, Top Ten Famous People on Facebook by Fans

Celebrities on Facebook, Top 10 Celebrities on Facebook

Celebrities on Facebook are an interesting phenomenon- seeing who has taken the time (or which celebrities’ PR people have taken the time) to create a quality Fan Page and build the Fan base is interesting enough in itself- but trying to guess who will be the most popular of the celebrities on Facebook and then seeing how wrong you are about it. The only one I would have guessed is @aplusk. Based on the number of Fans, here are the most popular:

Celebrities on Facebook

1. Vin Diesel
With over 5,000,000 (Yes, Five Million) Fans, Vin Diesel is the most popular by a long shot. His posts are candid and he gets thousands of comments on every post that he leaves. As interactive as I can imagine a celebrity Facebook page.

2. Dr. House (Hugh Laurie’s character on the House TV show)
4,200,000+ Fans and ZERO posts by him. How does that work? There is a Wall full of posts from his fans about how much they love him and his show but nothing from the actor or the show itself.

3. Megan Fox
4,000,000+ Fans for the Transformers movie star. Her page has multimedia, from glamour shots to interviews, but only 4 or 5 posts since she joined in August, 2008 and no actual communication from the star herself.

4. Adam Sandler
3,300,000 Fans, all of whom are looking at a page full of promotion for his new movie, Funny People and no communication from Sandler himself.

5. Ashton Kutcher
2,852,000 Fans for @aplusk on Facebook (beating out his Twitter Follower count!). Pretty consistent multimedia stuff, from photos to trailers to projects, both from him and from his wife Demi Moore. Thankfully he does not stream his Twittering onto his Fan Page.

6. Jackie Chan
2,685,000+ Fans. It’s mostly bi-weekly updates about whatever is going on in his life- photos and videos that have been posted since May.

7. Michael Phelps
2,600,000+ Fans. Does Facebook NOTES with photos and videos about his travels and competitions that it seems like he writes himself. Good to see someone utilize the NOTES function consistently and well.

8. Roger Federer
2,439,000+ Fans. Very active with lots of personal comments and the occasional NOTE, he recently asked for questions from Fans and got 28,000+ responses/comments.

9. Selena Gomez
2,368,000+ Fans. She is the only other celebrity besides Vin Diesel who is frequently updating with personalized messages- she has fun comments and gets thousands of comments. Great fun to follow.

10. Shaq
While not actually the 10th most popular by fans, he is a force on Twitter with over 300,000 Followers and uses Facebook just as vigorously. Rich with multimedia like videos and pictures, Shaq is as fun and entertaining on Facebook as he is on Twitter. He gets the 10 slot just because he is a social media powerhouse.

Celebrities on Facebook, Top 10 Celebrities on Facebook

See also
Celebrity Blogger
Celebrity Blogger
Famous Blogger
Celebrities on Facebook
Famous people on Twitter
Marketing on Facebook
Barefoot Celebrities
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