Pop diva Lady Gaga has set a social media record by becoming the first person with more than 30 million followers on Twitter.

And she is adding them at the rate of 30,000 a day, according to the Starcount.com website that monitors celebrity use of the social media.

The 26-year-old – real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta – also passed the four-million mark on Google+ last week, and is in second place to only Britney Spears.

“Paving the way for other stars on social media, Lady Gaga often interacts with her fans and has even set up her own social network for the Little Monsters with thousands of regular users,” commented Starcount.com.

“But it is Twitter that has given her the incredible social popularity that she currently has.” Her Twitter takeover started two years ago, passing Ashton Kutcher, Barack Obama and Spears.

“Since then, she was the first person to reach 10 million and 20 million followers and is keeping up the trend with 30 million.”

Her nearest rival is teen pop sensation Justin Bieber, with 28.5 million Twitter followers, while Katy Perry has 27.2 million. Rihanna has overtaken Gaga on You Tube and Facebook, but has only 26 million followers on Twitter.

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