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06th Jun 2017

Niall Horan is the first Irish person to reach 30 million followers on Twitter

Niall’s following is over six times the population of Ireland.

JOE

Get the bunting up.

Niall Horan’s latest tweet is praising the good weather and it seems like his day is about to get a whole lot better.

The former One Direction star is the first Irish person to ever break 30 million followers on Twitter making him officially the most followed Irish person on the social media site.

He is head and shoulders ahead of second placed Conor McGregor who only has 4.1 million followers to his Twitter handle along with WWE wrestler Sheamus.

In fact, Horan has more followers than the rest of the Irish top 10 combined with 7.4 million more followers to spare.

Most followed Irish Based Accounts on Twitter:
1. Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) -30M

2. Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) – 4.1M
3. Sheamus (@WWESheamus) -4.1M

4. Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory) -3.1M
5. Jack Septic Eye (@Jack_Septic_Eye) -2.8M

6. Dara O Briain (@daraobriain) -2.4M
7. The Script (@thescript) -2.1M

8. Daithi De Nogla (@DaithiDeNogla) -1.2M

9. U2 (@U2) -1.1M

10. Danny O’Donoghue (@TheScript_Danny) -1.1M

Clip via NiallHoranVEVO

The singer’s most retweeted tweet received 752,000 Retweets and he posted it just after he applied for The X Factor…

With his Twitter followers alone, Niall could complete 408 sold-out nights in Croke Park, an idea his manager should have a look into.

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