Chinese microblogging queen, Yao Chen, may not be known out of her home country, but the popular actress has attracted more than 10 million followers on China's Twitter-like microblog service, Weibo.
Her 10 million-strong fans on her microblog at t.sina.com.cn/yaochen is not far from that of nearly 12 million followers of Lady Gaga on Twitter, reported Xinhua.
Sina.com.cn crowned Yao as the "queen of microblog" when her followers exceeded five million in January.
The 32-year-old actress is the first non-Twitter microblogger to be among the world's 10 most followed microbloggers.
Her legion of followers seem to have been won over by her engagement with current world events, addressing social and political issues in Weibo.
The charismatic actress shot to fame in 2006 for her role in popular sitcom "My Own Swordsmen". She also starred in television series "Lurk" in 2008.
Yao has been featured in many advertisements and is the ambassador for at least seven companies this year.
In 2004, the Fujian beauty married Chinese actor Ling Xiao Su but they divorced in January this year.
With the large population in China and an ever-increasing broadband penetration, it will only be a matter of time before Yao outranks Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber as having the most microblogging followers in the world.
