Grease is the word for 17,000 new Tveiter Tots

by Joanna S. Kao, @joannaskao | February 1, 2016

Thanks to “Grease: Live,” Aaron Tveit just gained a ton of new Tveiter Tots on Twitter. During the live broadcast of his performance as Danny Zuko in Fox's first live musical, Tveit gained more than 17,000 followers — he now has over 56,000 followers.

Tveit joined Twitter on Aug. 28, 2015 to the delight of thousands of fans. He gained more than 15,000 followers in his first 24 hours on Twitter, and he continued to gain followers as announcements came out about his involvement in Grease: Live.

But even with his new followers, his follower count still pales in comparison to his Grease co-stars.

name	followers	Twitter join date	tweets
Carly Rae Jepsen	11 million	March 2009	6,455
Vanessa Hudgens	5.75 million	March 2011	2,013
Carlos PenaVega	2.69 million	March 2010	7,796
Keke Palmer	1.65 million	April 2009	627
Julianne Hough	1.15 million	October 2008	7,987
Mario Lopez	1.01 million	February 2009	18.9K
Aaron Tveit	57,000	August 2015	191

But since he was the most recent to join the platform, perhaps he just needs more time to catch up. If tonight was an indicator, he is well on his way there.

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