(SPOT.ph) It's honestly hard to think of a time before we were all scrolling through Twitter. Where did people rant about random things? How did people talk about and post photos of funny things that happened to them? And of course, how did we know what our favorite celebs were up to? It's amazing to think that we feel a little bit closer to these superstars through 140—now 280—characters. And to celebrate Twitter's 12th birthday today, March 21, we round up the first-ever tweets of the most-followed Pinoy celebs.
madlang pipol! party! party! hope you are all watching the pambansang noontime show...showtime!
— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) September 4, 2010
Vice Ganda (@vicegandako)
Followers: 10.7 million
Vice Ganda's first tweet invited his fans a.k.a. the "madlang pipol" to catch his noontime show, It's Showtime.
is wondering why all her friends have suddenly joined Twitter. Curiosity killed the cat... and here I am in Twitter World.
— Anne Curtis-Smith (@annecurtissmith) March 10, 2009
Anne Curtis (@annecurtissmith)
Followers: 10.4 million
Vice Ganda's co-host on It's Showtime also boasts a large number of followers. Her first tweet says that she followed her friends to the social media site.
I'M ON TWITTER NA! :) thanks dennis :)
— Angel Locsin (@143redangel) October 15, 2009
Angel Locsin (@143redangel)
Followers: 10.3 million
The actress thanked her friend, Dennis Ilagan, for convincing her to sign up. Since then, she's been using the platform to update her fans about her shows and movies.
@MavHarnois thanks kuya mav. :)
— KATH ???? (@bernardokath) October 2, 2010
Kathryn Bernardo (@bernardokath)
Followers: 8.17 million
The Teen Queen often uses her Twitter account to keep her hordes of fans updated about her latest projects while also thanking them for their support. It's no surprise then that her first tweet was a message of appreciation to her cousin John Mav Bernardo.
Kakagawa ko langng twitter.. ayos pala toh..
— Yeng Constantino (@YengPLUGGEDin) August 8, 2009
Yeng Constantino (@YengPLUGGEDin)
Followers: 7.29 million
Twitter wasn't just a way for Yeng to talk with her fans—it was also a way for her to connect with her longtime-friend-turned-husband, Yan Asuncion.
congratulates ashton for winning over cnn in the big twitter battle! but i's sign up for cnn. :p
— Bianca Gonzalez (@iamsuperbianca) April 18, 2009
Bianca Gonzalez Intal (@iamsuperbianca)
Followers: 7.08 million
The social-media savvy mom-of-one uses Twitter to share inspirational quotes and motivational stories with her followers. In her first tweet, she congratulates Ashton Kutcher on his achievement of getting to 1 million followers first before CNN.
LIVE FOREVER //_\\
— Daniel Padilla (@imdanielpadilla) July 9, 2011
Daniel Padilla (@imdanielpadilla)
Followers: 7.04 million
Of course, the Teen King also has millions of followers even if he joined in on the Twitter fun a little bit later than the rest. Just like Kathryn, it's his way of keeping his fans updated on his endorsements and projects.
Forced into twitter by @isabelledaza. Hello to all the twitter people!
— Luis Manzano (@luckymanzano) April 20, 2010
Luis Manzano (@luckymanzano)
Followers: 5.87 million
The funny host and actor's first tweet claims that he was forced to join Twitter because of his friend, Isabelle Daza. Along his tweets about his shows—not to mention LOL-worthy live tweets about events like beauty pageants—he also retweets posts about environmental advocacies.
Hello Madlang People!
— Vhong Navarro (@VhongX44) January 9, 2012
Vhong Navarro (@VhongX44)
Followers: 5.86 million
Rounding up the most followed It's Showtime hosts is Vhong Navarro, who also greeted the show's fans in his first tweet. He first joined Twitter in 2009 but only posted in 2012.
is wobbled by the full moon and figuring out how this works!!
— KC Concepcion (@itskcconcepcion) June 9, 2009
KC Concepcion (@itskcconcepcion)
Followers: 5.47 million
While she's been keeping a low profile lately, KC Concepcion uses Twitter to not just talk about her endorsements, but her advocacies as well, especially since she's an ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme.