This number could reflect
the total number of followers who have ever responded in any way (i.e., via a «re-tweet» or an» @» message) to something the user has posted.
They divided accounts into categories based on
total number of followers, and found that accounts with more than 10 million followers tend to retweet at similar rates to bots.
Make your followers feel appreciated; not only will they be more likely to stick around for the long haul, but they'll be more likely to tell their friends and family about you, which can have a massive impact on
your total number of followers.
Not exact matches
(The user count no longer includes SMS Fast
Followers, users who add Twitter via text - message outside
of the U.S.; It is a group Twitter was criticized for including in past user
totals as a way to goose their
numbers.)
When we talk about network reach, we mean the
total reach you have on social media when you account for the
number of followers your supporters also have on social.
Romero and colleagues use two different factors to determine how influential twitterers are: the
total number of people who follow them, and how likely these
followers are to retweet their messages.
Sam Harris, Neuroscientist 224,000
followers @SamHarrisOrg Citations: 2,416 K - index: 428
Total number of tweets: 2,600 Project Reason, United States
J. Craig Venter, Genomicist 23,500
followers @JCVenter Citations: 75,338 K - index: 15
Total number of tweets: 365 J. Craig Venter Institute, United States
Carolyn Porco, Planetary scientist 26,100
followers @carolynporco Citations: 2,717 K - index: 48
Total number of tweets: 12,700 Space Science Institute, United States
Daniel Gilbert +, Psychologist 15,500
followers @DanTGilbert Citations: 26,752 K - index: 14
Total number of tweets: 1,294 Harvard University, United States
Seth Shostak, Astronomer 14,500
followers @SethShostak Citations: 424 K - index: 48
Total number of tweets: 294 SETI Institute, United States
Steven Pinker, Cognitive scientist 142,000
followers @sapinker Citations: 49,933 K - index: 103
Total number of tweets: 1,612 Harvard University, United States
Amy Mainzer, Astronomer 13,600
followers @AmyMainzer Citations: 1,444 K - index: 31
Total number of tweets: 2,221 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
John Allen Paulos, Mathematician 14,000
followers @JohnAllenPaulos Citations: 1,489 K - index: 31
Total number of tweets: 4,144 Temple University, United States
Pamela L. Gay, Astronomer 17,800
followers @starstryder Citations: 238 K - index: 71
Total number of tweets: 12,700 Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, United States
Simon Baron - Cohen, Psychopathologist 13,600
followers @sbaroncohen Citations: 84,132 K - index: 8
Total number of tweets: 119 University
of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Michael E. Mann *, Meteorologist 20,900
followers @MichaelEMann Citations: 15,049 K - index: 22
Total number of tweets: 20,000 Pennsylvania State University, United States
Michio Kaku, Theoretical physicist 310,000
followers @michiokaku Citations: 5,281 K - index: 461
Total number of tweets: 1,130 The City College
of New York, United States
Brian Greene, Theoretical physicist 38,700
followers @bgreene Citations: 11,133 K - index: 45
Total number of tweets: 191 Columbia University, United States
Oliver Sacks, Neurologist 76,300
followers @OliverSacks Citations: 13,883 K - index: 83
Total number of tweets: 746 New York University, United States
Ben Goldacre, Physician 341,000
followers @bengoldacre Citations: 1,086 K - index: 841
Total number of tweets: 47,300 London School
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Sean Carroll, Theoretical physicist 33,200
followers @seanmcarroll Citations: 14,208 K - index: 36
Total number of tweets: 7,295 California Institute
of Technology, United States
Gary King *, Statistician 19,400
followers @kinggary Citations: 36,311 K - index: 16
Total number of tweets: 3,080 Harvard University, United States
Paul Bloom, Psychologist 15,100
followers @paulbloomatyale Citations: 14,135 K - index: 16
Total number of tweets: 1,973 Yale University, United States
Daniel Levitin, Neuroscientist 15,400
followers @danlevitin Citations: 5,688 K - index: 22
Total number of tweets: 3,036 McGill University, Canada
Karen James, Biologist 12,200
followers @kejames Citations: 1,007 K - index: 31
Total number of tweets: 61,800 Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, United States
Robert Winston, Fertility scientist 31,900
followers @ProfRWinston Citations: 7,324 K - index: 43
Total number of tweets: 445 Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Daniel MacArthur, Genomicist 14,100
followers @dgmacarthur Citations: 6,884 K - index: 19
Total number of tweets: 15,600 Harvard Medical School, United States
Richard Dawkins, Biologist 1,020,000
followers @RichardDawkins Citations: 49,631 K - index: 740
Total number of tweets: 19,000 University
of Oxford, United Kingdom
Jonathan Eisen *, Biologist 24,900
followers @phylogenomics Citations: 41,289 K - index: 19
Total number of tweets: 46,100 University
of California, Davis, United States
Micah Allen, Neuroscientist 11,600
followers @neuroconscience Citations: 81 K - index: 66
Total number of tweets: 21,900 University College London, United Kingdom
Robert Simpson, Astronomer 21,500
followers @orbitingfrog Citations: 2,280 K - index: 42
Total number of tweets: 11,500 University
of Oxford, United Kingdom
Sebastian Thrun +, Computer scientist 25,200
followers @SebastianThrun Citations: 57,110 K - index: 17
Total number of tweets: 185 Stanford University, United States
Bob Metcalfe, Computer scientist 16,400
followers @BobMetcalfe Citations: 424 K - index: 55
Total number of tweets: 16,100 University
of Texas, Austin, United States
Jean Francois Gariépy, Neuroscientist 17,700
followers @JFGariepy Citations: 153 K - index: 82
Total number of tweets: 3,231 Duke University, United States
Hans Rosling, Global health scientist 180,000
followers @HansRosling Citations: 1,703 K - index: 384
Total number of tweets: 2,708 Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Brian Cox, Physicist 1,440,000
followers @ProfBrianCox Citations: 33,301 K - index: 1188
Total number of tweets: 10,300 University
of Manchester, United Kingdom
Lawrence M. Krauss, Theoretical physicist 99,700
followers @LKrauss1 Citations: 10,155 K - index: 120
Total number of tweets: 1,548 Arizona State University, United States
Noah Smith, Economist 19,900
followers @Noahpinion Citations: 5,483 K - index: 29
Total number of tweets: 34,800 Stony Brook University, United States
Tyler Cowen, Economist 45,600
followers @tylercowen Citations: 4,388 K - index: 72
Total number of tweets: 11,200 George Mason University, United States
Trisha Greenhalgh *, Public health scientist 12,200
followers @trishgreenhalgh Citations: 23,930 K - index: 11
Total number of tweets: 11,700 Queen Mary University
of London, United Kingdom
Pascal Wallisch, Neuroscientist 15,400
followers @Pascallisch Citations: 85 K - index: 86
Total number of tweets: 1,118 New York University, United States
Nobuo Ikeda, Economist 170,000
followers @ikedanob Citations: 2,026 K - index: 343
Total number of tweets: 47,500 Agora Institute, Japan
Robert Metcalfe, Computer scientist 16,600
followers @BobMetcalfe Citations: 5,251 K - index: 25
Total number of tweets: 16,300 University
of Texas, Austin, United States
Nouriel Roubini, Economist 313,000
followers @nouriel Citations: 17,484 K - index: 317
Total number of tweets: 10,200 New York University, United States
Justin Wolfers, Economist 62,600
followers @JustinWolfers Citations: 9,314 K - index: 78
Total number of tweets: 16,600 University
of Michigan, United States
Jim Al - Khalili, Theoretical physicist 60,900
followers @jimalkhalili Citations: 2,052 K - index: 123
Total number of tweets: 9,165 University
of Surrey, United Kingdom
Dani Rodrik, Economist 45,500
followers @rodrikdani Citations: 67,680 K - index: 30
Total number of tweets: 10,500 Institute for Advanced Study, United States
Helen Czerski, Physicist / oceanographer 12,300
followers @helenczerski Citations: 61 K - index: 76
Total number of tweets: 2,211 University College London, United Kingdom
Nassim Taleb, Statistician 79,100
followers @nntaleb Citations: 6,523 K - index: 110
Total number of tweets: 427 New York University, United States