Big B is the king of Twitter: report

Leaving behind all other actors in the film industry, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been ranked number one on Twitter, in terms of both popularity and activity.
In an analytics report of the most popular Bollywood stars on the social networking site, Big B with 12 million followers on Twitter topped the popularity list.
Digital services provider 'TO THE NEW' rated various Bollywood celebrities on the basis of their popularity and their engagement with fans on Twitter.
The rank is based on an algorithm which combines the scores received for each measure i.E. Total number of followers, absolute increase in followers and tweets per day.

72-year-old Bachchan is followed by superstar Shah Rukh Khan (10.4 million followers) at number two and Abhishek Bachchan (5.4 million) at the third position.
Hrithik Roshan (7.7 million), Aamir Khan (10.1 million) and Salman Khan (9.5 million) have also made it to the list of top 10 most popular Bollywood actors.

Actresses in the list include Priyanka Chopra (8 million), Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha.
With an average of 20 tweets, re-tweets and replies per day, Bachchan also came out as the most active one among all.
His son Abhishek came second with an average of ten tweets. Anupam Kher, SRK and Sonakshi are also among the most active ones.