Daniel Romero, a Ph.D Candidate at Cornell University, measured the influence of all the news media accounts on Twitter, using what he calls the Influence-Passivity Algorithm. His research data included all tweets containing a URL from June 15th through July 22nd of 2009. You can find the list of the 100 most influential news media accounts here (and below).
Romero found out that “having a large number of followers does not imply having influence in news social media. Furthermore, not having a large number of followers does not mean lack of influence.” … “to be influential on Twitter news media networks have to keep their audience engaged through valuable tweets and not simply convince people to “follow them on Twitter.”
The list comes after the jump!
| Number | @name | Name | Followers | Influence Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @mashable | Pete Cashmore | 2037840 | 59 |
| 2 | @cnnbrk | CNN Breaking News | 3224475 | 71 |
| 3 | @big_picture | The Big Picture | 23666 | 92 |
| 4 | @theonion | The Onion | 2289939 | 116 |
| 5 | @time | TIME.com | 2111832 | 143 |
| 6 | @breakingnews | Breaking News | 1795976 | 147 |
| 7 | @bbcbreaking | BBC Breaking News | 509756 | 168 |
| 8 | @espn | ESPN | 572577 | 187 |
| 9 | @harvardbiz | Harvard Business Rev | 219039 | 227 |
| 10 | @gizmodo | Gizmodo | 111025 | 237 |
| 11 | @techcrunch | TechCrunch | 1402254 | 319 |
| 12 | @wired | Wired | 547187 | 322 |
| 13 | @wsj | Wall Street Journal | 366133 | 358 |
| 14 | @smashingmag | Smashing Magazine | 224333 | 360 |
| 15 | @pitchforkmedia | Pitchfork | 1494896 | 384 |
| 16 | @rollingstone | Rolling Stone | 133999 | 436 |
| 17 | @whitehouse | The White House | 1794544 | 448 |
| 18 | @cnn | CNN | 1196719 | 473 |
| 19 | @tweetmeme | TweetMeme | 52386 | 515 |
| 20 | @peoplemag | People magazine | 2099081 | 565 |
| 21 | @natgeosociety | National Geographic | 274851 | 603 |
| 22 | @nytimes | The New York Times | 2502914 | 705 |
| 23 | @lifehacker | Lifehacker | 62302 | 708 |
| 24 | @foxnews | Fox News | 260081 | 710 |
| 25 | @waitwait | waitwait | 32895 | 824 |
| 26 | @newsweek | Newsweek | 1250884 | 844 |
| 27 | @huffingtonpost | Huffington Post | 632555 | 849 |
| 28 | @newscientist | New Scientist | 144355 | 852 |
| 29 | @mental_floss | Mental Floss | 68975 | 874 |
| 30 | @theeconomist | The Economist | 311109 | 902 |
| 31 | @emarketer | eMarketer | 30235 | 906 |
| 32 | @engadget | Engadget | 135418 | 999 |
| 33 | @cracked | Cracked.com | 110611 | 1037 |
| 34 | @slate | Slate | 71091 | 1040 |
| 35 | @bbcclick | BBC Click | 1749470 | 1041 |
| 36 | @fastcompany | Fast Company | 148292 | 1056 |
| 37 | @reuters | Reuters Top News | 194429 | 1119 |
| 38 | @incmagazine | Inc. Magazine | 109256 | 1143 |
| 39 | @eonline | E! Online | 2271026 | 1227 |
| 40 | @rww | Richard MacManus | 1037907 | 1232 |
| 41 | @gdgt | gdgt | 20556 | 1315 |
| 42 | @instyle | InStyle | 1716786 | 1330 |
| 43 | @mckquarterly | McKinsey Quarterly | 90981 | 1354 |
| 44 | @enews | E! News | 279737 | 1540 |
| 45 | @nprnews | NPR News | 270561 | 1572 |
| 46 | @usatoday | USA TODAY Top News | 62790 | 1628 |
| 47 | @mtv | MTV | 648014 | 1714 |
| 48 | @freakonomics | freakonomics | 124751 | 1784 |
| 49 | @boingboing | Boing Boing | 48649 | 1811 |
| 50 | @billboarddotcom | Billboard.com | 63766 | 1818 |
| 51 | @empiremagazine | Empire Magazine | 33335 | 1905 |
| 52 | @todayshow | The Today Show | 620413 | 1927 |
| 53 | @good | GOOD | 414956 | 2003 |
| 54 | @gawker | Gawker | 37980 | 2027 |
| 55 | @msnbc_breaking | msnbc Breaking News | 59375 | 2088 |
| 56 | @cbsnews | CBS News | 1575638 | 2090 |
| 57 | @guardiantech | Guardian Tech | 1592067 | 2139 |
| 58 | @usweekly | Us Weekly | 228728 | 2233 |
| 59 | @life | LIFE.com | 1270303 | 2277 |
| 60 | @sciam | Scientific American | 88336 | 2373 |
| 61 | @pastemagazine | Paste Magazine | 64642 | 2379 |
| 62 | @drudge_report | Drudge Report | 100558 | 2468 |
| 63 | @parisreview | The Paris Review | 22127 | 2599 |
| 64 | @latimes | Los Angeles Times | 71287 | 2625 |
| 65 | @telegraphnews | Daily Telegraph News | 17325 | 2629 |
| 66 | @abc7 | ABC7 Eyewitness News | 36343 | 2638 |
| 67 | @arstechnica | Ars Technica | 82051 | 2692 |
| 68 | @cnnmoney | CNNMoney.com | 219552 | 2777 |
| 69 | @nprpolitics | NPR Politics | 1801871 | 2882 |
| 70 | @nytimesphoto | New York Times Photo | 79443 | 2927 |
| 71 | @nybooks | NY Review of Books | 89827 | 2966 |
| 72 | @nielsenwire | Nielsen Wire | 13840 | 2994 |
| 73 | @io9 | io9 | 12152 | 3023 |
| 74 | @sciencechannel | Science Channel | 82514 | 3064 |
| 75 | @usabreakingnews | USA Breaking News | 13987 | 3120 |
| 76 | @vanityfairmag | VANITY FAIR | 76282 | 3182 |
| 77 | @cw_network | CW Network | 70031 | 3183 |
| 78 | @bbcworld | BBC World News | 262857 | 3202 |
| 79 | @abc | ABCNews.com | 1119958 | 3411 |
| 80 | @themoment | The Moment | 1580569 | 3413 |
| 81 | @socialmedia2day | Social Media Today | 34516 | 3510 |
| 82 | @slashdot | Slashdot | 29011 | 3527 |
| 83 | @washingtonpost | The Washington Post | 149617 | 3636 |
| 84 | @tpmmedia | Talking Points Memo | 15438 | 3678 |
| 85 | @msnbc | msnbc.com | 41155 | 3696 |
| 86 | @wnycradiolab | Radiolab | 9591 | 3776 |
| 87 | @cnnlive | CNN Live | 39260 | 3793 |
| 88 | @davos | World Economic Forum | 1508772 | 3891 |
| 89 | @planetmoney | NPR’s Planet Money | 81309 | 3965 |
| 90 | @cnetnews | CNET News.com | 75730 | 3981 |
| 91 | @politico | POLITICO | 83729 | 4048 |
| 92 | @tvnewser | TVNewser | 12301 | 4427 |
| 93 | @guardiannews | The Guardian | 75198 | 4665 |
| 94 | @yahoonews | Yahoo! News | 37154 | 4668 |
| 95 | @seedmag | Seed Magazine | 9898 | 4696 |
| 96 | @tvguide | TV Guide | 586240 | 4757 |
| 97 | @travlandleisure | Travel + Leisure | 84029 | 4767 |
| 98 | @newyorkpost | New York Post | 43334 | 4790 |
| 99 | @discovermag | DISCOVER Magazine | 71913 | 4816 |
| 100 | @sciencenewsorg | Science News | 75665 | 4888 |
The study did not mention the top 100 LEAST influential accounts on Twitter, but I’m quite sure @WAJEEZ would be one of them, with merely 26 followers !
[Via SiliconValleyWatcher.com]
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