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Time Magazine names Anne among 'smartest celebrities' on Twitter

Scenes from Anne Curtis' Anne-kapal concert at the Big Dome on Friday, May 16. (Ritchie Tongo/European Pressphoto Agency)

She’s one of the most sought-after actors on primetime television, arguably the country’s “commercial queen,” and has also been endearingly tagged “The Noise of the Philippines” by her fans. Now, Anne Curtis has another title under her belt.

Time Magazine has recently named the “Dyesebel” star one of the “50 Smartest Celebrities on Twitter,” a ranking which is based on a reading comprehension test analyzing the tweets of the 500 most followed celebrities worldwide.

Anne was the only Filipino on the list Time published on Wednesday. She was ranked 25th, a spot she shared with “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling, music icon Ricky Martin, American talent manager Scooter Braun, and four other celebrities.

Reacting to her inclusion in the ranking, Anne took to Twitter Thursday to share the good news with her fans. She reposted Time Magazine’s tweet with a link to the ranking and said, “What a wonderful surprise to wake up to! Good morning!”


To be part of the list, Anne had to be in analytics firm SocialBaker’s most followed celebrities list and score highly in a test which measures the number of three-syllable words used in a text to estimate years of education required to understand it.

“To find Twitter’s smartest celebrities, we analyzed the last 20 tweets from the 500 highest followed celebrities… then ran the results through the SMOG (Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) test to calculate reading level,” Time said in its website.

Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio topped Time’s global ranking. “An environmental activist, DiCaprio often tweets about ‘conservation’ and global warming which may have helped him earn the top spot,” Time said of the “Wolf of Wall Street” star.

DiCaprio was followed by Justin Bieber’s mom Pattie Mallette, U.S. comedian Jimmy Kimmel, rapper Ludacris, punk rock band Green Day, Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson, singer-songwriter Usher, and U.S. television personality Jennifer Farley.

Also on the list were U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey; boxing champion Floyd Mayweather; “High School Musical” star Ashley Tisdal; socialites Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie; as well as music scene hits Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Clarkson.