Here’s a visual list of top Twitter users based on their “retweet” power. Confused? It basically means that tweets written by these people are retweeted (or forwarded) very often by other members of the Twitter universe.
The list includes Twitter accounts of popular bloggers (@scobleizer, @techcrunch), celebrities (@kimkardashian, @aplusk), media (@nytimes, @cnn) as well as some very active Twitter users like @cheth, @flipbooks, @buzzedition, etc.
While I am not sure how this data was compiled, most Twitter users that are on this list do have very “strong” retweet power. Earlier this month, one of my stories on verified accounts was tweeted by @Alyssa_Milano (she found it through @problogger) and that resulted in a flood of new visitors to this blog. It was nearly like the Digg effect.
Update: This PDF file has an updated list of most retweeted Twitter users of all time according to @dailyrt, a site that tracks the most popular tweets on Twitter. Thanks @kim and @Twitter_Tips.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/twitter-top-retweeted-users/12563/
Reader Comments
As you say “most.” It’s not trying to be all that accurate. Accurate chart: link
Written by Twitter_Tips on 01.26.10
Thanks for sharing. Would be interesting to see how retweeting has impacted comments on these sites. In my experience, even the most retweeted blog posts have relatively few comments. Or is it the opposite: more retweets = more comments?
Written by Steinar Knutsen on 01.27.10
The picture is fairly interesting but it’s not that useful since it’s not shown very accurately and with no statistics.
Written by Tim Moon on 01.27.10