( CNN ) -- In a perfect world , our most popular Twitterer might be a brilliant scientist , writer , philosopher or spiritual leader . In this world , he is an 18-year-old pop star with famous hair . On Monday night , Justin Bieber surpassed fellow singer Lady Gaga to become the most-followed person on Twitter . As of Tuesday morning , The Biebs had more than 33,333,000 followers , while Gaga was closing in on 33,329,000 . Both numbers continued to creep up , but it appeared Bieber was gradually increasing his lead . Neither had immediately acknowledged the milestone on Twitter . Gaga 's latest tweet was a message to fans about her concert Monday night in Hollywood , California , while Bieber 's was a plug for a recent Teen Vogue photo shoot . Based on their respective rates of growth , Bieber and his hordes of Beliebers were projected to overtake Gaga on Sunday afternoon , according to Twitter Counter , but Gaga 's Little Monsters put up a fight . The coiffed Canadian crooner is Twitter 's first new king or queen since Gaga dethroned Britney Spears in August 2010 . But Gaga still has more fans on Facebook -- almost 55 million , compared to Bieber 's 50,666,000 . ( Rihanna tops both with 65 million . ) Twitter 's top 10 users ( seven of them are singers ) : . 1 . Justin Bieber -- 33.333 million . 2 . Lady Gaga -- 33.329 million . 3 . Katy Perry -- 31.4 million . 4 . Rihanna -- 27.9 million . 5 . Barack Obama -- 26.1 million . 6 . Britney Spears -- 23.3 million . 7 . Taylor Swift -- 23.1 million . 8 . YouTube -- 22.2 million . 9 . Shakira -- 19.3 million . 10 . Kim Kardashian -- 17.2 million .
Justin Bieber surpasses Lady Gaga to become the most followed person on Twitter . As of Tuesday morning Bieber had about 33,333,000 followers to Gaga 's 33,329,000 . But Gaga still has more `` Likes '' on Facebook .