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Salman Khan Becomes Sultan of Social Media

According to Digital Celebrity Index, Salman Khan ranked top, indicating him as the celebrity with the largest fan base followed by Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan respectively.

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TO THE NEW, a digital technology company has released its annual Digital Celebrity Index 2016. According to Digital Celebrity Index, Salman Khan ranked top, indicating him as the celebrity with the largest fan base followed by Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan respectively.

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The Digital Celebrity Index is an annual social media analytics report based on the research conducted by the Analytics Services arm at TO THE NEW. The report considered past months of digital activities of the celebrities and includes analysis of their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages and also the search trend analysis about the celebrities.

The report highlighted Salman Khan as the most followed Bollywood actor with a total of 51.9 million fan base till September 2016. Joining him in the list was Deepika Padukone as the most popular female celebrity with a fan base of 48.2 millions. Amitabh Bachchan with an engagement score of 46.5 Million emerged as the most engaging celebrity on the basis of the number of likes, comments and shares on social media.

Shah Rukh Khan topped the chart as the most discussed celebrity with a total of about 10 million mentions, based on the conversations done by netizens around a particular celebrity. Apart from Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha and Priyanka Chopra were the other 2 celebrities in the Top 3 Female celebrities’ list with 22.1 million followers each. However, Sunny Leone is the most active celebrity on Facebook with a total number of 560 posts during the time-period March to September.

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Akshay Kumar had the highest percentage growth in the number of fans amongst the male celebrities with a growth rate of 20.77 percent. Ranveer Singh and Salman Khan were the other two celebs among the Top 3. On the other hand, Shraddha Kapoor had a growth rate of 32.96 percent and topped the list with the highest percent increase in the number of fans among the female celebs followed by Jacqueline Fernandez and Anushka Sharma respectively.

Celebrity Brand Endorsement

When it comes to using the social platforms as a medium of brand promotion, Amitabh Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor emerged as a winner. Sonam Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan tied with five brand each. Amitabh Bachchan actively promoted the brand Jio, while Sonam Kapoor promoted Colgate and Oppo on Twitter. Whereas, Sharukh Khan ranked 3rd in the race of brand endorsements, promoting Jio and Frooti.

Speaking on the Celebrity Index, Deepak Mittal, CEO, TO THE NEW said, “Social media has become a very critical component for celebrities to share their opinion and engage with the fans. Our annual Digital Celebrity Index is a medium to identify the most digital savvy celebrities and understand how they engage with the audience.”

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