Cheryl Cole has topped a chart of online celebrity searches.

As per a study of Orange mobile phone users -- the most searched-for stars -- the singer's name was 40 per cent more popular than Miley Cyrus [ Images ] and Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson [ Images ], reports The Mirror.

Cheryl topped the list among Orange customers, the company's Orange Digital Media Index showed.

Paul Jevons, Orange's director of products and services, said, 'Mobile searches are a real barometer of fame and reflect the public's fascination with celebrities when on the move.'

Emma Watson [ Images ] was fourth in the poll, followed by Amanda Holden, Vanessa Hudgens, Taylor Lautner [ Images ], Danielle Lloyd, Billie Piper [ Images ] and Lindsay Lohan [ Images ].

Photograph: Anthony Harvey/ Reuters