Getting Punk'd On Twitter

Ashton Kutcher Ready to Punk CNN Founder Ted Turner

Popularity is paramount on Twitter. Ashton Kutcher recently realized that he has a lot of Twitter followers, almost as many as Britney Spears and CNN. At around 850,000 followers, Kutcher believes he is in the race for the lead.

In this video, Kutcher announces his intentions to Punk Ted Turner, if he can reach 1 million followers before CNN who is currently just over 900,000.

It may be worth the attention to help out Ashton Kutcher if he can think of a great way to punk Ted Turner with something other than the “ding dong ditch”.

Popularity on Twitter
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Race for Followers
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Where This Applies

Social Media
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SCORE
4.3 out of 10
GENDER
90% Men10% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen X
  • Gen Z (primary audience)
  • Millennial (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 38%
Activity 83%
Freshness 8%

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