20 Celebrities Who Use Twitter

These days if someone asks "What's Twitter?" the other person might ask them what rock they've been living under. Everyone's on Twitter these days from your roommate to your neighbor to Team Obama. The following is a quick list The Monetizer generated over at twittercounter.com. It's a nifty site where you can enter your twitter username and it predicts how many peeps will be following you on Twitter by a certain date. The site also has a top 100 list, which lists Barack Obama at the #1 Spot. There appears to be several celebrities on Twitter who you may be interested in following in addition to our current president. Some of the following include politicians, athletes, internet entrepreneurs, musicians, internet celebs and comedians.

Here's a look at some of the famous people Tweeting:

http://www.twitter.com/kevinrose
http://www.twitter.com/britneyspears
http://www.twitter.com/lancearmstrong
http://www.twitter.com/algore
http://www.twitter.com/The_Real_Shaq
http://www.twitter.com/ijustine
http://www.twitter.com/MCHammer
http://www.twitter.com/jimmyfallon
http://www.twitter.com/JohnCleese
http://www.twitter.com/coldplay
http://www.twitter.com/leolaporte
http://www.twitter.com/rainnwilson
http://www.twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain
http://www.twitter.com/TonyRobbins
http://www.twitter.com/problogger
http://www.twitter.com/DaveJMatthews
http://www.twitter.com/brookeburke
http://www.twitter.com/TinaFey
http://www.twitter.com/StephenColbert
http://www.twitter.com/guykawasaki


Several names might not be of the household variety to everyone so here's some extra info on them... Kevin Rose is the founder of Digg.com, iJustine is a famous video blogging chick who just brought cupcakes to Twitter's office, Leo Laporte hosts technology TV shows, Guy Kawasaki is an entrepreneur and author of enlightening books such as "The Art of the Start". If you don't know someone else on the list, please consult Google.com :)

(Source: TwitterCounter Global top 100)

** UPDATE:

Check out this recent blogger's post about Shaq on Twitter. Yes it's the "Real Shaq"!