Rome, Italy, Nov 13, 2013 / 11:42 am
A new global survey has revealed that Pope Francis has topped the list of names most mentioned on the internet so far this year, with his twitter account also receiving a high ranking on a list of most mentioned words.
"It's official: Pope Francis is the most talked about person on the planet," CNN's "Belief Blog" co-editor Daniel Burke wrote in a Nov. 12 post.
"More folks have been chatting about the popular new pontiff online this year than Edward Snowden, Kate Middleton or even Miley Cyrus."
The statistics, noted by Burke in his post, come from the 14th annual survey of the Global Language Monitor, which is a company based in Texas that tracks "top talkers" on the worldwide web.