Hottest People on Twitter, 3/6/10-3/12/10

Another incredibly eclectic week in terms of a diversity of personalities, living & dead, who were talked about on Twitter. Here are the individuals who were on Twitter’s Top 10 Trending Topic list the highest & the longest amount of time this week:

Top 20 Personalities on Twitter this week:

1. Justin Bieber (7,376 points)
2. The Notorious B.I.G./Christopher Wallace (2,283 points)
3. Lady GaGa/Stefani Germanotta (1,974 points)
4. Chuck Norris (1,767 points)
5. Demi Lovato (1,047 points)
6. Corey Haim (806 points)
7. Layla Grace (744 points)
8. Sandra Bullock (591 points)
9. Michael Jackson (563 points)
10. Soulja Boy/DeAndre Cortez Way (528 points)
11. Kathryn Bigelow (498 points)
12. Joe Jonas (445 points)
13. Chris Brown (380 points)
14. Miley Cyrus (360 points)
15. Jay Park/Park Jaebeom (350 points)
16. Kobe Bryant (346 points)
17. Choi Jong-Hoon (299 points)
18. Soo Hyun (298 points)
19. Conan O’Brien (274 points)
20. Nick Jonas (246 points)

Top 10 Musicians on Twitter this week:

1. Justin Bieber (7,376)
2. The Notorious B.I.G./Christopher Wallace (2,283)
3. Lady GaGa/Stefani Germanotta (1,974)
4. Demi Lovato (1,047)
5. Michael Jackson (563)
6. Soulja Boy/DeAndre Cortez Way (528)
7. Joe Jonas (445)
8. Chris Brown (380)
9. Miley Cyrus (360)
10. Jay Park/Park Jaebeom (350)

Top 10 Athletes on Twitter this week:

1. Kobe Bryant (346)
2. Ron Artest (114)
3. Rodney Stuckey (111)
4. Matt Barnes (104)
5. Julius Peppers (62)
6. Nomar Garciaparra (50)
7. Chester Taylor (48)
8. Kyle Kuric (44)
9. Thomas Jones (40)
10. Anquan Boldin (24)

Top 20 U.S. TV Shows this week:

1. The Academy Awards/Oscars (3,805)
2. My Life as Liz (412)
3. BGC/Bad Girls Club (349)
4. Saturday Night Live (284)
5. American Idol (244)
6. Glee (125)
7. ANTM/America’s Next Top Model (101)
8. The Buried Life (89)
9. Freaknik: The Musical (89)
10. TNA/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (83)
11. Gossip Girls (65)
12. Heroes (30)
13. America’s Best Dance Crew (27)
14. Marriage Ref (25)
15. White Collar (22)
16. Happy Town (5)
17. Modern Family (5)
18. Secret Life of an American Teenager (4)
19. Chuck (3)
20. Psych (1)

As extra charts this week, I’m include the top films of the week & the Oscar telecast personalities most talked about. I think what is noticeable is that 60% of the most talked about people were women and that it wasn’t necessarily all high profile Oscar winners or stars whom people discussed but a variety of nominees, presenters, attendees & reporters:

Top 20 Oscar Personalities on Twitter this week:

1. Sandra Bullock (591)
2. Kathryn Bigelow (498)
3. James Cameron (141)
4. Kathy Ireland (117)
5. Tyler Perry (86)
6. Jeff Bridges (84)
7. Sarah Jessica Parker (79)
8. Molly Ringwald (71)
9. Zac Efron (64)
10. Robert Downey, Jr. (62)
11. Kristen Stewart (50)
12. Mo’Nique (44)
13. Farrah Fawcett (41)
14. George Clooney (39)
15. Neil Patrick Harris (39)
16. Fisher Stevens (37)
17. Amanda Seyfried (34)
18. Meryl Streep (32)
19. Barbara Walters (31)
20. Sandy Powell (26)

And the top movies discussed on Twitter this week. What’s notable is that it includes not only Oscar winners but movies that are in theaters, films with recently released trailers, ones who’ve come out on DVD and movies airing on television:

Top 10 Movies on Twitter this week:

1. Alice in Wonderland (2,427)
2. The Hurt Locker (1,160)
3. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (647)
4. Avatar (438)
5. The Lost Boys (318)
6. Tron: Legacy (314)
7. Iron Man 2 (119)
8. Precious (107)
9. Crazy Heart (106)
10. District 9 (78) (tie)
11. Mean Girls (78)

Chart & point totals courtesy of What The Trend website. Thank you!