Lara beats Big B on social media platform

Voice-blogging is India’s newest craze in social networking. “I love being able to connect so easily with my fans and have them close to me in following my daily life,” says an enthusiastic Lara Dutta.

Voice-blogging is India’s newest craze in social networking and is now available on both Airtel and Reliance. Developed by Bubble Motion, the BubbleBlog phone service lets celebrities and individuals share daily updates in their own voice with friends, family, fans and followers.

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With its June 2010 ranking list of India’s Top 20 voice-bloggers, Bubble Motion is offering view into who’s hot in the fast-moving world of social media. Highlights this month include a new leader in the standings - actress Lara Dutta - plus five new entrants including heartthrob John Abraham who has fast become one of India’s Top 10 voice-bloggers.

With BubbleBlog catching fire amongst the Bollywood elite as a fun and authentic way to connect with their fans, this month’s rankings have Lara Dutta moving up three places to the top spot as India’s newest social media sensation, joining Amitabh Bachchan as celebrity leaders in the voice-blogging movement.

“I love being able to connect so easily with my fans and have them close to me in following my daily life,” shared an enthusiastic Lara Dutta. “When something funny or interesting happens to me, I just pick up the phone, record my update, and right away my followers all over the country can hear all about it.”

John Abraham is the latest A-lister to join the service.

Here's the list of most popular voice-bloggers on the block:

1. Lara Dutta
2. Amitabh Bachchan
3. Ramayana
4. Neetu Chandra
5. Sonu Nigam
6. Divya Dutta
7. John Abraham
8. Riya Sen
9. Pooja Ghandi
10. BBC News
11. Mika Singh
12. Hans Raj Hans
13. Deepal Shaw
14. Alka Yagnik
15. Palash Sen
16. Sara Khan
17. Sophie Choudary
18. Emraan Hashmi
19. Harbhajan Singh
20. BBC Sports