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It has been 14 days since YouTube posted a challenge to top most popular Facebook celebs in getting the most fans. YouTube managed to bag 140k fans since then but the video streaming giant is still falling behind. In fact, Vin diesel and Lady Gaga have outpaced YouTube's fans growth. According to YouTube, this is not surprising as celebs have movie releases, award nominations and hot photos to keep them fans-worthy. Deep inside, we all know that this is all along not much of a challenge to the celebs. However, we appreciate ...

YouTube has called for a Facebook showdown with top celebrities – Vin Diesel, Megan Fox, Will Smith, Lady Gaga and Adam Sandler. Rules of this Showdown is Simple: "...we're going to pass (no. of fans) these celebs in the next 60 days and if we don't, we'll eat humble pie and spotlight video(s) on our homepage for the nonprofit or non-commercial cause of their choosing" 3 days have passed (57 days left!) and YouTube has only increased its fans from 3.1 million to 3.2 million. For YouTube to win this, it may require ...