Ashton Hits 2 Million Followers on Twitter

The man who used the power of a nation to beat CNN ( @cnnbrk ) in a race to be the first Twitter user to hit one million followers has done it again. Oh, how quickly the followers seem to be pouring in now. We’re talking of course about the one and only @aplusk , otherwise known as Ashton Kutcher, who has surpassed another milestone this evening, becoming the first person to cross the 2 million follower mark with 2,000,420 devotees at the time of publication.

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Ashton Hits 2 Million Followers on Twitter

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The Oprah Effect: 43 Percent Pop for Twitter

How big of an impact did Oprah’s segment dedicated to Twitter on last Friday’s show have for the microblogging service? Hitwise is out with the numbers today, and they are substantial.

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The Oprah Effect: 43 Percent Pop for Twitter

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Ashton Kutcher and Evan Williams Talk Twitter With Oprah [Video]

As expected, Twitter CEO Evan Williams and actor Ashton Kutcher – the first Twitter user to accumulate one million followers – appeared on Oprah this afternoon, bringing the microblogging tool into the spotlight for millions of viewers, many of who probably haven’t used the service before. Meanwhile, Oprah herself is now tweeting using the account @oprah , where she’s already accumulated more than 100,000 followers, a number that will likely explode following today’s show. Here’s the video of her interview with Kutcher and Williams (in two parts): Do you think Oprah’s audience will flock to Twitter?

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