Which thought leaders have the most followers on Twitter?

Ranked list of thought leaders on Twitter

#	Name	Twitter handle	Number of followers	Total tweets
1	Bill Gates	@BillGates	60,024,998	3,984
2	TED Talks	@TEDTalks	11,409,367	41,894
3	Harvard Business Review	@HarvardBiz	5,807,331	109,626
4	Paul Krugman	@paulkrugman	4,636,170	22,911
5	Lifehacker	@lifehacker	3,916,205	105,005
6	Nate Silver	@NateSilver538	3,549,654	37,728
7	Gary Vaynerchuk	@garyvee	3,171,089	205,752
8	Al Gore	@algore	2,978,118	3,013
9	Zappos.com	@Zappos	2,352,565	48,896
10	Eric Schmidt	@ericschmidt	2,224,305	1,064
11	Gates Foundation	@gatesfoundation	2,139,298	15,746
12	Tim Ferriss	@tferriss	1,838,643	35,616
13	timoreilly	@timoreilly	1,693,341	48,107
14	KΞVIN R◎SE (🪹,🦉)	@kevinrose	1,676,811	13,354
15	Chris Sacca 🇺🇸	@sacca	1,655,812	79,850
16	Chris Anderson	@TEDchris	1,557,694	5,408
17	marissamayer	@marissamayer	1,546,056	1,552
18	ReadWrite	@RWW	1,505,465	69,658
19	Kara Swisher	@karaswisher	1,466,928	163,403
20	Guy Kawasaki	@GuyKawasaki	1,407,510	202,188
21	Padmasree	@Padmasree	1,354,585	22,141
22	David Pogue	@Pogue	1,294,469	12,530
23	OM	@om	1,281,991	61,763
24	Jack Welch	@jack_welch	1,215,675	3,333
25	Steven Johnson	@stevenbjohnson	1,108,187	9,038
26	Marc Benioff	@Benioff	1,072,622	35,429
27	Cornel West	@CornelWest	1,065,612	3,445
28	Clinton Foundation	@ClintonFdn	825,496	12,976
29	Joe Trippi	@JoeTrippi	788,150	72,607
30	Seth Godin	@ThisIsSethsBlog	786,142	5,450
31	Malcolm Gladwell	@Gladwell	730,427	1,417
32	Steve Case	@SteveCase	708,222	63,790
33	Fred Wilson	@fredwilson	695,946	19,778
34	Steve Wozniak	@stevewoz	649,742	7,583
35	Reid Hoffman	@reidhoffman	645,996	4,465
36	Freakonomics	@Freakonomics	645,545	16,161
37	Andrew Weil, M.D.	@DrWeil	595,738	7,262
38	Bill Gurley	@bgurley	583,457	11,260
39	Anil	@anildash	580,046	247,168
40	Nouriel Roubini	@Nouriel	545,805	23,967
41	[email protected]	@Jason	538,189	40,089
42	Danny Sullivan	@dannysullivan	531,892	78,777
43	Jeffrey Hayzlett	@JeffreyHayzlett	531,568	48,030
44	Leo Laporte	@leolaporte	517,772	7,868
45	Laughing Squid	@LaughingSquid	506,982	96,796
46	EFF	@EFF	500,971	34,517
47	Warren Whitlock	@WarrenWhitlock	487,404	255,922
48	Cory Doctorow AFK until July 25	@doctorow	486,337	411,116
49	Tina Roth Eisenberg	@swissmiss	471,437	39,675
50	Ann Handley	@MarketingProfs	461,053	65,632
51	Pierre Omidyar	@pierre	455,371	13,095
52	Pew Research Center	@pewresearch	451,391	95,944
53	Jeff Keni Pulver 🌻	@jeffpulver	450,579	101,527
54	Dave Morin	@davemorin	401,951	12,860
55	Robert Scoble	@Scobleizer	399,170	106,596
56	Josh Marshall	@joshtpm	382,046	266,035
57	McKinsey Quarterly	@McKQuarterly	380,392	4,447
58	Tim Berners-Lee	@timberners_lee	357,917	1,075
59	Dave McClure	@davemcclure	351,325	90,392
60	Lessig 🇺🇦	@lessig	346,865	15,779
61	Jessica Verrilli	@jess	344,756	31,334
62	Beth Kanter	@kanter	337,924	63,681
63	Werner Vogels	@Werner	329,490	11,140
64	Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff	@chrisbrogan	321,580	212,559
65	Clay Shirky	@cshirky	317,927	9,247
66	Gina Trapani 🏳️‍🌈	@ginatrapani	314,190	13,624
67	Jay Rosen	@jayrosen_nyu	311,235	94,494
68	dharmesh	@dharmesh	294,333	20,733
69	GigaOm	@gigaom	291,584	67,976
70	Howard Lindzon	@howardlindzon	281,758	55,953
71	Brian Solis	@briansolis	276,902	49,060
72	Paul Kedrosky	@pkedrosky	272,868	418
73	Jeffrey D. Sachs	@JeffDSachs	267,534	17,268
74	John Battelle	@johnbattelle	251,139	20,787
75	Jeremiah Owyang | jowyang.eth, jowyang.sol	@jowyang	250,611	92,357
76	Bill Gross	@Bill_Gross	241,196	17,322
77	danah boyd	@zephoria	234,638	6,054
78	❤️ Umair	@umairh	232,784	40,418
79	Jason Kottke	@jkottke	232,614	18,296
80	Alex Howard	@digiphile	230,150	210,113
81	Darren Rowse	@problogger	222,327	93,991
82	Doug Bowman	@stop	192,929	12,717
83	Chris Anderson	@chr1sa	187,435	23,189
84	Katrina vandenHeuvel	@KatrinaNation	184,456	106,790
85	Jeff Jarvis	@jeffjarvis	176,656	182,934
86	Brian Clark	@BrianClark	168,039	8,041
87	Jimmy Wales	@jimmy_wales	167,807	26,847
88	Big Think	@bigthink	165,234	66,000
89	Peter Shankman (shankman.eth)	@petershankman	156,132	46,754
90	Xeni	@xeni	154,427	329,786
91	Mediabistro	@Mediabistro	152,435	54,793
92	Jane IMAGINABLE McGonigal ❤️	@avantgame	152,085	48,407
93	R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #Metaverse #reInforce	@rwang0	139,473	404,332
94	Singularity Group	@singularityu	138,409	16,962
95	Joi Ito	@Joi	136,560	10,873
96	Timothy Young	@timyoung	131,930	2,723
97	🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻	@Pistachio	124,407	93,300
98	Pew Research Internet	@pewinternet	123,519	23,389
99	David Meerman Scott	@dmscott	123,443	24,194
100	Information is Beautiful	@infobeautiful	123,372	3,981
101	Josh Elman	@joshelman	120,433	13,881
102	The Aspen Institute	@AspenInstitute	117,109	36,872
103	Caterina Fake	@Caterina	116,345	5,685
104	Loic Le Meur	@loic	116,314	59,247
105	LIQUID NEWSROOM®	@LiquidNewsroom	115,197	62,766
106	Mitch Kapor	@mkapor	114,738	8,155
107	˗ˏˋ Chris Messina ˎˊ˗	@chrismessina	113,771	78,094
108	Edward Tufte	@EdwardTufte	112,386	13,296
109	Chris Pirillo	@ChrisPirillo	111,218	162,591
110	Sarah Lacy	@sarahcuda	109,670	72,886
111	Don Tapscott	@dtapscott	108,904	27,018
112	Kevin Kelly	@kevin2kelly	107,157	6,283
113	Lee Odden - B2B Marketing	@leeodden	106,823	47,083
114	John Jantsch	@ducttape	105,460	27,486
115	Scott Monty	@ScottMonty	104,155	103,077
116	Charlene Li (she/her)	@charleneli	103,923	6,956
117	Larry Brilliant 💛💙	@larrybrilliant	102,908	2,965
118	Andy Carvin	@acarvin	100,710	189,924
119	Shelly Kramer	@ShellyKramer	99,670	227,607
120	Tina Brown	@TinaBrownLM	98,006	2,933
121	Jason Falls	@JasonFalls	96,493	59,606
122	equalman	@equalman	93,057	23,022
123	craig newmark	@craignewmark	91,644	164,135
124	Kurt Andersen	@KBAndersen	90,031	30,108
125	Mathew Ingram	@mathewi	88,953	261,680
126	Alex Bogusky	@bogusky	84,574	211
127	Sree Sreenivasan #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦	@sree	84,439	56,658
128	Scott Harrison	@scottharrison	83,179	9,028
129	Steve Rubel	@steverubel	80,330	39,131
130	Amber Naslund	@AmberCadabra	80,130	132,314
131	AgencySpy	@AgencySpy	80,016	17,587
132	Brian Halligan	@bhalligan	79,654	11,474
133	David	@armano	74,932	100,770
134	Mike Volpe	@mvolpe	74,481	26,291
135	Amy Webb 🤖	@amywebb	70,653	40,489
136	Wayne Sutton	@waynesutton	69,336	99,266
137	Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society	@BKCHarvard	68,729	17,826
138	Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦	@amcafee	67,506	30,084
139	Dave Winer	@davewiner	67,247	205,404
140	Dan Zarrella	@danzarrella	61,623	20,144
141	Esther Dyson	@edyson	58,998	7,470
142	Dion Hinchcliffe	@dhinchcliffe	58,586	64,757
143	Marshall Kirkpatrick	@marshallk	55,868	67,406
144	Hewlett Packard Labs	@HPE_labs	53,836	3,385
145	Bryan Eisenberg	@TheGrok	53,669	34,330
146	Kristina Halvorson	@halvorson	51,946	42,266
147	Jonathan Zittrain	@zittrain	50,194	8,792
148	Dr. Natalie Petouhoff	@drnatalie	49,907	48,809
149	John Perry Barlow	@JPBarlow	49,339	17,459
150	Julien✌🏻️	@julien	48,896	34,361
151	Paul Buchheit	@paultoo	48,753	301
152	Tara Hunt	@missrogue	48,383	68,076
153	Long Now Foundation	@longnow	48,226	12,654
154	Rebecca Skloot (she/her)	@RebeccaSkloot	45,895	14,423
155	Chris Hughes	@chrishughes	45,756	1,907
156	Olivier Blanchard	@OABlanchard	44,528	120,202
157	John Brockman	@edge	44,414	1,145
158	Keith Ferrazzi	@ferrazzi	44,157	16,372
159	Jill Konrath	@jillkonrath	43,829	29,648
160	Geoff Manaugh	@geoffmanaugh	43,767	901
161	Brian Morrissey	@bmorrissey	43,459	52,253
162	Hugh MacLeod	@hughcards	40,914	8,047
163	Forbes CMO Network	@ForbesCMO	40,569	9,116
164	Stacey Hanke	@StaceyHankeInc	40,047	55,532
165	Louis Gray	@louisgray	40,045	40,606
166	(((Howard Rheingold)))	@hrheingold	39,159	42,939
167	Rafat Ali, Media Operator & Dad	@rafat	37,909	80,543
168	Patrick LaForge	@palafo	36,625	15,343
169	Nova Spivack	@novaspivack	36,231	9,917
170	John Borthwick	@Borthwick	36,062	8,204
171	HD Hudson	@aegilop	36,059	5,084
172	John Hagel	@jhagel	35,833	25,854
173	Золотой миллиард	@bruces	34,577	44,525
174	Shiv Singh	@shivsingh	33,775	11,460
175	jonahlehrer	@jonahlehrer	33,666	1,728
176	Michael Krigsman #CXOTALK	@mkrigsman	32,428	55,822
177	Valeria Maltoni 🌐	@ConversationAge	31,698	41,623
178	JD Lasica (tokenjoe.eth) 🇺🇦	@jdlasica	31,182	32,652
179	451 Research	@451Research	30,643	14,644
180	LouisColumbus	@LouisColumbus	30,076	25,130
181	Whitney Hess	@whitneyhess	29,798	93,890
182	Claudia Imhoff	@Claudia_Imhoff	28,202	27,955
183	Tom Raftery 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💉💉💉	@TomRaftery	27,668	92,691
184	Panacotta Wobbler	@monkchips	27,622	144,369
185	Jacob Morgan	@jacobm	26,828	87,381
186	Jennifer Aaker	@aaker	26,556	3,716
187	Mark Glaser	@mediatwit	26,436	57,178
188	Save democracy. Vote Blue. dweinberger 🇺🇦 BLM.	@dweinberger	26,413	17,674
189	Tom Foremski	@tomforemski	26,251	18,368
190	Anand C ⚡️	@anandc	25,980	12,288
191	David McCandless	@mccandelish	25,907	1,716
192	David Alston	@davidalston	25,345	11,717
193	Miko Matsumura 🇺🇦	@mikojava	25,327	40,639
194	shel israel	@shelisrael	25,235	61,491
195	Kevin Marks	@kevinmarks	25,130	144,413
196	Jacqui Cheng 鄭美梅 PhD Blogger School of Hard Knocks	@ejacqui	24,890	90,343
197	Doc Searls	@dsearls	24,349	21,738
198	Greg Mitchell	@GregMitch	24,195	127,434
199	Henry Harteveldt	@hharteveldt	23,917	34,592
200	Don Dodge	@DonDodge	23,909	12,210
201	"The Only Source of Knowledge Is Experience"	@JeffreySummers	23,694	88,706
202	Timo Elliott	@timoelliott	23,674	31,184
203	Scott Heiferman	@heif	23,616	13,432
204	Clara Shih	@clarashih	23,448	7,410
205	Josh Bernoff	@jbernoff	23,116	15,268
206	Andrew Keen	@ajkeen	23,008	15,085
207	Stephanie Agresta	@stephagresta	22,916	14,986
208	🇺🇦 ChrisHeuer.ETH	@chrisheuer	22,533	56,438
209	JESS3	@JESS3	22,476	12,402
210	Paul Greenberg	@pgreenbe	22,264	17,992
211	Sean Bonner Ⓥ	@seanbonner	21,751	16,436
212	Todd Defren	@TDefren	21,576	19,027
213	Michael Gartenberg	@Gartenberg	21,491	107,937
214	ScottMonty.com	@ScottMonty_com	21,420	1,235
215	JOHNABYRNE	@JohnAByrne	20,734	27,887
216	Sramana Mitra	@sramana	20,658	224,784
217	Hendrik Hertzberg	@RickHertzberg	20,650	1,367
218	Jennifer Leggio	@mediaphyter	20,488	61,107
219	Ross Mayfield	@ross	19,526	17,556
220	Stowe Boyd | workfutures.io	@stoweboyd	19,021	61,442
221	Braden Kelley	@innovate	18,618	57,418
222	john seely brown	@jseelybrown	18,163	2,443
223	Seth Godin [reposts]	@NotGodinREPOSTs	17,947	1,195
224	Sarah Milstein	@SarahM	17,777	29,478
225	(((Naomi Bloom)))	@InFullBloomUS	17,584	235,564
226	lauriemccabe	@lauriemccabe	17,213	49,742
227	Magento BI	@magentobi	17,211	6,488
228	Bruce Temkin	@btemkin	17,160	16,456
229	Rachel Happe	@rhappe	16,862	77,247
230	Shel Holtz	@shelholtz	16,823	29,669
231	Andy Sernovitz	@sernovitz	16,775	4,461
232	Ramon De Leon	@Ramon_DeLeon	16,573	49,063
233	🅰️ N D Y +	@adnys	16,382	58,449
234	Jesús Hoyos #cx2advisory #martech #crm #cx #solvis	@jesus_hoyos	16,343	72,831
235	Cathryn Hrudicka	@CreativeSage	16,307	115,426
236	Ellen Miller	@EllnMllr	16,270	31,128
237	Kneale Mann 🇨🇦🇺🇦	@KnealeMann	16,093	49,577
238	Micah Sifry	@Mlsif	16,093	20,570
239	Sam Decker	@samdecker	16,074	7,533
240	Arie Goldshlager	@ariegoldshlager	15,747	48,804
241	Marcia Conner (she/her)	@marciamarcia	15,706	32,352
242	Ken Doctor	@kdoctor	15,639	3,881
243	Jeff Howe	@crowdsourcing	15,572	6,108
244	Steve Gillmor	@stevegillmor	15,539	10,264
245	Rob Enderle	@Enderle	15,473	23,748
246	George Colony	@gcolony	14,610	585
247	Kevin Hartz	@kevinhartz	14,198	529
248	Sameer Patel	@SameerPatel	14,000	46,177
249	Stewart Alsop	@salsop	13,969	5,857
250	Jon Reed	@jonerp	13,834	42,305
251	Brent Leary	@BrentLeary	13,766	35,690
252	Michael Fauscette	@mfauscette	13,494	30,985
253	Peter Kim	@peterkim	13,313	258
254	TSIA	@TSIACommunity	13,131	12,748
255	Jill Dyche	@jilldyche	12,532	9,904
256	Paul Gillin	@pgillin	12,436	15,589
257	Tatyana Kanzaveli	@glfceo	12,294	111,646
258	Knight Dig Media Ctr	@KDMC	12,293	4,535
259	Wayne Eckerson	@weckerson	12,195	13,056
260	JP Rangaswami	@jobsworth	12,079	45,737
261	Randall Rothenberg	@r2rothenberg	11,995	5,768
262	Connie Bensen Lund	@Connie_M_Lund	11,907	6,682
263	Jeff Dachis	@jeffdachis	11,866	26,340
264	Erin McKean	@emckean	11,518	10,938
265	Jimmy Lin	@lintool	11,504	3,754
266	Paul Saffo	@psaffo	11,463	5,140
267	Jonathan Schwartz 🦉	@OpenJonathan	11,453	4,453
268	Elinor Mills (she/her)	@elinormills	11,337	10,378
269	Aaron Patzer	@apatzer	10,898	429
270	Don Peppers	@DonPeppers	10,888	12,410
271	Denise H🦉	@dhowell	10,799	14,508
272	Adam L. Penenberg	@Penenberg	10,658	49,049
273	Derek Powazek	@fraying	10,572	84,159
274	Tim Walker: Three 💉and the Truth (he/him)	@TWalk	10,462	150,181
275	Blue Ink 🦋 Red State	@SusanScrupski	10,321	37,850
276	mary hodder	@MaryHodder	10,220	9,495
277	John Cass	@johncass	9,965	21,480
278	Mitch Lieberman	@mjayliebs	9,714	24,987
279	Jamie	@jamiejpappas	9,385	4,858
280	Bob Thompson	@Bob_Thompson	9,372	17,067
281	Dr G	@GrahamHill	9,310	48,219
282	Jackie Huba	@jackiehuba	9,089	10,799
283	debs	@debs	8,819	17,096
284	Esteban Kolsky	@ekolsky	8,637	50,731
285	EnterpriseIrregulars	@Irregulars	8,303	11,051
286	Anneke Seley	@annekeseley	8,268	4,955
287	Scott Rosenberg	@scottros	8,212	9,589
288	Dr Matthew Fraser	@frasermatthew	8,132	166,329
289	christopher carfi (🔑,🔑) 🔜 ETHCC Paris	@ccarfi	7,954	1,810
290	Andrew Mueller	@AndrewMueller	7,919	22,533
291	🇺🇦 Mark Yolton 🇺🇦	@MarkYolton	7,919	19,443
292	Dina Kaplan	@dinakaplan	7,711	5,451
293	Chip Rodgers	@chiprodgers	7,651	29,289
294	Erik Lammerding	@Lammerding	7,564	3,119
295	MARIO.🛡	@mariosundar	7,395	39,771
296	Wim Rampen	@wimrampen	7,369	50,790
297	Frank S. Scavo	@fscavo	7,334	52,087
298	John Taschek	@jtaschek	7,092	7,222
299	Lee LeFever	@leelefever	7,043	10,369
300	George Dearing 🏠🔌☮️Austin Realtor® 512.906.4763	@GeorgeDearing	7,027	45,804
301	Lee Bryant	@leebryant	7,020	16,837
302	Howard Greenstein	@howardgr	6,915	13,717
303	Brian Simpson	@Bsimi	6,704	40,953
304	Larry Chiang humbled to own 100% Larry Chiang Inc	@LarryChiang	6,691	165,147
305	Bert Dumars	@bwdumars	6,389	17,170
306	Vinnie Mirchandani	@dealarchitect	6,304	21,880
307	Steve Mann	@stevemann	6,295	28,809
308	James Taylor	@jamet123	6,187	10,846
309	Shai Agassi	@sagassi	6,085	956
310	Bill Ives	@BillIves	6,065	11,643
311	abbielundberg	@abbielundberg	5,617	6,027
312	Joe Manna 🌵	@JoeManna	5,604	55,827
313	Meg Tripp	@megtripp	5,540	82,979
314	cselland	@cselland	5,502	24,174
315	davidjdeal	@davidjdeal	5,406	27,256
316	Mike Ananny	@ananny	5,297	5,158
317	Kim Proctor	@retaincustomers	5,252	5,247
318	Nate Silver	@natesilver	5,252	144
319	Carter Lusher	@carterlusher	5,158	15,395
320	Meg Marco	@meghann	5,001	7,855
321	Bo Burlingham	@BoBurlingham	4,975	8,802
322	Andy Bitterer	@bitterer	4,836	17,190
323	Alan Meckler	@alanmeckler	4,784	5,739
324	Maynard Webb	@maynard	4,756	1,193
325	Dachis Group	@dachisgroup	4,580	2,556
326	Pɾҽɱ Kυɱαɾ Aραɾαɳʝι 🏡😷🤖💬🦾🎫	@prem_k	4,484	50,332
327	Ian Jacobs (he/him)	@iangjacobs	4,461	7,094
328	Thomas Wailgum	@twailgum	4,445	13,059
329	Dennis Moore	@dbmoore	4,376	34,085
330	qilu	@qilu	4,308	36
331	David Yack	@davidyack	4,061	3,432
332	William Band	@waband	3,930	1,581
333	Garrick Schmitt	@gschmitt	3,872	1,260
334	Oliver Marks	@olivermarks	3,777	17,433
335	Suresh Vittal	@sureshvittal	3,775	1,779
336	Nenshad Bardoliwalla	@nenshad	3,599	9,817
337	Kathy Herrmann	@KathyHerrmann	3,420	6,960
338	Steve Furman	@stevefurman	3,372	43,250
339	Ben McConnell	@benmcconnell	3,367	1,979
340	Catherine Ventura	@CatherinVentura	3,301	13,078
341	Sarah E Bourne	@sarahebourne	3,018	53,491
342	Mark Tamis	@MarkTamis	2,988	10,290
343	Dave Frankland	@dfrankland	2,913	1,629
344	Emily Yellin	@EYellin	2,905	4,103
345	Jen McFadden	@jen_mcfadden	2,681	17,876
346	bethkanter	@bethkanter	2,657	2,737
347	Daniel Hong	@D_Hong	2,542	3,881
348	Marshall Lager	@Lager	2,378	10,310
349	Randy Haykin	@randyhaykin	2,349	639
350	Joerg Rathenberg	@jrathenberg	2,205	1,357
351	John Mark	@TEDJohnMark	2,151	3,649
352	Caroline Dangson	@cdangson	2,014	2,315
353	Michael Idinopulos	@michaelido	1,983	2,444
354	Lyle Fong	@lylefong	1,864	926
355	sheryl kingstone	@skingstone	1,854	3,874
356	Anthony Nemelka	@tnemelka	1,813	1,444
357	Vuk Trifkovic	@vtri	1,787	15,311
358	Zain Raj	@ZAIN_RAJ	1,714	2,929
359	Oliver Young	@oliveryoung	1,626	1,996
360	John Todor	@johntodor	1,586	3,036
361	Janet Jozefak	@JanetJoz	1,561	9,445
362	John Prendergast	@johnprendergast	1,558	2,605
363	Knight Pulse	@knightpulse	1,507	1,660
364	Nitin Badjatia	@nitinbadjatia	1,397	15,403
365	John Ragsdale	@john_ragsdale	1,326	647
366	Sven Lindblad	@SvenLEX	1,317	404
367	Scott Nelson	@scottn7	1,240	2,573
368	Russ A. Hatfield Jr.	@russhatfield	1,163	7,008
369	Mark Koenig	@mark_koenig	1,135	2,786
370	Daggle	@daggle	1,039	196
371	enterprisegeeks	@enterprisegeeks	930	403
372	Rick Levine	@ricklevine	791	769
373	Wouter Trumpie	@woutertrumpie	723	7,612
374	Doug Warner	@dougkwarner	482	353