--- title: The Top 10 Most Tweeted About Celebrities of 2018 description: With the end of 2018 swiftly approaching, Twitter has released its annual list of the top 10 most tweeted about celebrities of the year. canonical: https://time.com/5470727/most-tweeted-about-celebrites-2018/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-05T12:01:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T16:10:53.000Z og:title: Here Are the Top 10 Most Tweeted About Celebrities of 2018 og:description: From BTS to Ariana Grande og:url: https://time.com/5470727/most-tweeted-about-celebrites-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff32aead6c4d9d2/6989408cdb29872d8d2615ab/ariana-grand-most-tweeted-about-celebrities.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Ariana-Grand-Most-Tweeted-About-Celebrities og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Top 10 Most Tweeted About Celebrities of 2018 twitter:description: From BTS to Ariana Grande twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff32aead6c4d9d2/6989408cdb29872d8d2615ab/ariana-grand-most-tweeted-about-celebrities.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Top 10 Most Tweeted About Celebrities of 2018 > Sponsored content. 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Watch this year's Next Generation Leaders, a series about young people who are changing the world._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 4:10 PM UTCPublished: Dec 5, 2018 12:01 PM UTC Watch this year's Next Generation Leaders, a series about young people who are changing the world.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 4:10 PM UTCPublished: Dec 5, 2018 12:01 PM UTC With the end of 2018 swiftly approaching, [Twitter](http://time.com/5469780/rudy-giuliani-g20-tweet/) has released its annual list of the top 10 most tweeted about celebrities of the year. “In 2018, people on Twitter connected, campaigned, learned, debated, and had conversations,” a spokesperson for Twitter told TIME of its end-of-year lists. “As we reach the end of 2018, Twitter is reflecting on the year that was: from breaking news, entertainment, sports, and conversations. If it happened anywhere, it happened on Twitter.” Coming in at No. 1 in the most tweeted about celebrity ranking is [BTS](http://time.com/5465743/time-person-of-the-year-2018-poll-news/), the K-Pop band that is also currently leading TIME’s [2018 Person of the Year readers’ poll](http://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/). There are also a number of musical acts who made the news over the past 365 days for reasons unrelated to their musical talent, including Ariana Grande, Kanye West, and Cardi B and Nicki Minaj. See the full list below. 1. BTS ([@BTS\_twt](http://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/XEK0CpYnYLHRmjjZfVsh-8?domain=twitter.com)) 2. LeBron James ([@KingJames](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/B-zICqxoxLsMZppvsoijWa?domain=twitter.com)) 3. Kanye West ([@KanyeWest](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/etHuCrkpkVTBE55OumQR68?domain=twitter.com)) 4. Drake ([@Drake](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/274BCv2w2LskxDDZuZOYah?domain=twitter.com)) 5. EXO ([@weareoneEXO](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/u4PyCwpxp7FwKDDnTBWqBJ?domain=twitter.com)) 6. Ariana Grande ([@ArianaGrande](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/xW4lCxkykLTWk22jT3BNMz?domain=twitter.com)) 7. Cardi B ([@iamCardiB](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/RowMCyPzP2sBZll3urP9RB?domain=twitter.com)) 8. Beyoncé ([@Beyonce](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/YlKxCzpApYFj600zcp6vOu?domain=twitter.com)) 9. Park Ji-min ([#Jimin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jimin?src=hash)) 10. Nicki Minaj ([@NickiMinaj](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/5U-WCBBvB9cLjggNU9d8WZ?domain=twitter.com)) Although Park Ji-Min ([@jiminpark07](https://twitter.com/jiminpark07)) was originally listed as No. 9 on this list, Twitter has acknowledged that the spot actually belongs to Jimin from BTS, who does not have an individual Twitter account. “BTS ARMY – thank you for calling our attention to this,” Twitter comms tweeted on Wednesday. “After looking deeper, we can confirm BTS’s [#Jimin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jimin?src=hash) was in fact the 8th most mentioned musician in the US, but an error \[on\] our side attributed the wrong handle to him. Apologies for any confusion!” > [](https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1070415315593506827) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] We are BTS. [ MUSIC ] As a Korean, we love our country, and we're proud of our country so much. And it's even just an honor to be called an ambassador Of Korean K- Pop. [ MUSIC ] No matter who you are, where you're from, your skin color, your gender identity, just speak yourself. 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