--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Top 10 Most Tweeted About Celebrities of 2018  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  A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS ON BROADWAY -- Pictured: Ariana Grande A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS ON BROADWAY -- Pictured: Ariana GrandeEric Liebowitz/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  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) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5470727/most-tweeted-about-celebrites-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5470727/most-tweeted-about-celebrites-2018/"},"headline":"Here Are the Top 10 Most Tweeted About Celebrities of 2018","datePublished":"2018-12-05T12:01:58.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T16:10:53.000Z","description":"From BTS to Ariana Grande","url":"https://time.com/5470727/most-tweeted-about-celebrites-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","celebrities","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff32aead6c4d9d2/6989408cdb29872d8d2615ab/ariana-grand-most-tweeted-about-celebrities.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff32aead6c4d9d2/6989408cdb29872d8d2615ab/ariana-grand-most-tweeted-about-celebrities.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ariana-Grand-Most-Tweeted-About-Celebrities","caption":"A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS ON BROADWAY -- Pictured: Ariana Grande","creditText":"Eric Liebowitz/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5470727/most-tweeted-about-celebrites-2018/","name":"Here Are the Top 10 Most Tweeted About Celebrities of 2018"}}]}] ```