100. Chris Rauschnot
http://themacwizard.com/
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Chris Rauschnot is a web 2.0 and social media expert. He also has been an Internet Entrepreneur for over 10 years and is a certified apple tech. He has over 24,000 followers and sent out over 10,800 tweets.

99. Ruth Zoarets
http://twitteranalyzer.com/
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ruth Zoarets is a co-founder and the VP of marketing at TwitterAnalyzer.com. She engages very often with her followers and is a frequent retweeter. She has over 22,000 followers and sent out over 24,800 tweets.

98. John Battelle
http://battellemedia.com/
San Francisco, California USA
John Battelle is the Chairman, Founder, and CEO of Federated Media Publishing. He is also the executive producer of the Web 2.0 conference and is a “band manager” with BoingBoing.net. Before that he was a co-founding editor at Wired Magazine. He has over 24,000 followers and sent out over 3,400 tweets.

97. Jason Fried
http://www.37signals.com/
Chicago, Illinois USA
Jason Fried is the co-founder of 37signals. Fried often speaks at conferences about start-ups and motivation. He has over 21,000 followers and sent out over 2,000 tweets.

96. Chris Sacca
http://www.whatisleft.org/
San Francisco, California USA
Chris Sacca is a Twitter investor and advisor. He is the former head of special initiatives at Google Inc. and is an associate fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University. He has over 1.1 million followers and has sent out over 6,200 tweets.

95. Steve Rubel
http://www.steverubel.com/
New York City, New York
Steve Rubel is the SVP/Director of Insights for Edelman Digital. He also is a columnist for Adage and is a lifestreamer. He has over 34,000 followers and sent over 8,800 tweets.

94. Paul Force
http://forces2.blogspot.com/
Horseheads, New York USA
Paul Force is a PC technician and consultant. He is also a “Security Dude” and likes to brighten your day with recycled jokes. He has over 25,500 followers and sent out over 14,700 tweets.

93. Molly Wood
http://cnet.com/buzzreport
Mollyy Wood is a host at CNET TV. She is a self-proclaimed “minor Internet celebrity and part-time bouncer.” She has over 25,000 followers and sent out over 4,700 tweets.

92. Walt Mossberg
http://walt.allthingsd.com/
Washington D.C. USA
Walt Mossberg is a tech columnist at AllThingsD. He is also a principal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Mossberg worked at The WSJ since 1970. He has over 28,000 followers and sent out a little over 500 tweets.

91. Ryan Block
http://ryanblock.com/
San Francisco, California USA
Ryan Block is a co-founder of Gdgt.com and is an editor. He is also a former editor and editor emeritus of Engadget. Block has over 27,000 followers and sent out over 2,800 tweets.

90. Wayne Sutton
http://socialwayne.com/
Raleigh, North Carolina USA
Wayne Sutton is a social media evangelist, technology evangelist, podcaster, video blogger, and entrepreneur. He is very responsive to his followers. He has over 27,000 followers and sent out about 26,000 tweets.

89. Gina Trapani
http://ginatrapani.org/
San Diego, California USA
Gina Trapani is a founding editor of Lifehacker.com. She also authored a book called The Complete Guide To Google Wave under a Creative Commons license. She is also a tech blogger, book author, and programmer. She has over 29,000 followers and sent over 2,400 tweets.

88. Sarah Lane
http://sarahlane.com/
San Francisco, California USA
Sarah Lane is a host and producer at TWiT and at Current. She has an interest in web, technology, tea, kittens, and music. She has over 30,000 followers and sent out over 2,400 tweets.

87. Mike Mayhew
Nashville, Tennessee USA
Mike Mayhew is a self-employed Internet marketer and search engine optimization enthusiast. He has been self-employed since 1989 too. He has over 32,000 followers and sent out over 1,300 tweets.

86. MCHammer
Bay Area, California USA
http://www.dancejam.com/
M.C. Hammer is best known for his hit song “U Can’t Touch This.” The album containing that track sold 10 million copies in 1990. About 20 years later M.C. Hammer became best known for starting a company called DanceJam.com which has recently been acquired. MCHammer is very active on Twitter and is responsive to his followers. He currently has over 1.6 million followers and has sent out over 6,500 tweets.

85. John Lai
http://www.whoisjohnlai.com/blog
Auckland, New Zealand
John Lai is the co-founder and writer of @SMNZ. He has a passion for making videos and is against 9-5s. He has over 31,000 followers and sent out over 6,000 tweets.

84. Julia Roy
http://juliaroy.com/
Julia Roy is the Senior Manager of New Media at Coach, Inc. She is also the creator and host of Tweet Week (youtube.com/tweetweek). Roy has over 33,000 followers and sent out over 8,000 tweets.

83. Douglas Stuart
http://gvoaffiliateprogram.com/
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Douglas Stuart is an affiliate marketer that lives in the U.K. He self-proclaims himself as a 41 year old Scotsman who never grew up. He has over 33,000 followers and sent out over 5,000 tweets.

82. Allan Curtis
http://www.insights-group.com/
Brighton, Michigan USA
Allan Curtis is the Orator of the InSights Group. He has a passion for organic marketing and social media. He has over 34,000 followers and sent out over 800 tweets.

81. Scott Monty
http://scottmonty.com/
Detroit, Michigan USA
Scott Monty is the head of social media at Ford Motor Company. He is also the host of ihearsherlock.com. Monty often engages with his followers and loves promoting Ford. He has over 34,000 followers and sent out over 16,000 tweets.

80. Andrew “MrBabyMan” Sorcini
http://thedrilldown.com/
Glendale, California USA
Andrew Sorcini is best known for being the top user on Digg.com. He goes by the alias Mr. Baby Man. Sorcini is a film editor and social media enthusiast. He also hosts a podcast called The Drill Down with Muhammad Saleem and Reg Saddler. He has over 5,000 followers and sent out over 3,000 tweets.

79. Neal Schaffer
http://www.windmillnetworking.com/
Newport Beach, California USA
Neal Schaffer is the author of a book called Windmill Networking: Maximizing LinkedIn. He is also a social media speaker, and strategist. He has over 36,000 followers and sent out over 5,000 tweets.

78. Wendy Piersall
http://www.wendypiersall.com/
Wendy Piersall is a serial entrepreneur, web 2.0 lover, craftaholic, and the founder of the Sparkplugging Blog Network. Wendy is also working on a new venture called Woo Jr. She has over 35,000 followers and has sent out over 6,000 tweets.

77. Mark Overy
Bristol, Rhode Island USA
Mark is a skiing enthusiast, Apple fanboy, and has a passion for viral marketing. He has over 34,000 followers and sent out over 1,900 tweets.

76. Brian Solis
http://www.briansolis.com/
San Francisco, California USA
Brian Solis is a public relations expert and even coined the term “PR 2.0.” He is currently a principal at FutureWorks, an online PR firm he started in 1999. He co-wrote a book called “Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR.” Solis has over 37,000 followers and sent out over 5,800 tweets.

75. Muhammad Saleem
http://muhammadsaleem.com/
Chicago, Illinois USA
Muhammad Saleem was best known for being a top Digg user. He still remains as one of the top users, but now he also works as the Director of Social Media Strategy at ChicagoNow. Saleem also co-hosts a podcast called The Drill Down with Reg Saddler and Andrew Sorcini. Saleem engages with his followers very often and sends out very interesting news stories from his Twitter account. He has over 6,700 followers and sent out over 12,000 tweets.

74. Kathar Navas
http://www.linkedin.com/in/katharnavas
Madurai, Tamilnadu, India
Kather is a web developer, OpenSocial application developer, and BlackBerry application developer. He currently works as a Senior Software Developer at Great Innovus Solutions. Navas has over 38,500 followers and sent out over 10,000 tweets.

73. Mick Moore
http://quickstartexpert.com/
San Diego, California USA
Mick Moore is an Internet entrepreneur that founded and serves as CEO of Pacifica Marketing Group, Inc. Moore encourages people to start a home based business on his website. He has over 37,000 followers and sent out over 3,000 tweets.

72. Amber Mac
http://www.ambermac.com/
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Amber Mac is a new media journalist and web strategist. She is also a co-host of TWiT (founded by Leo Laporte). Mac also hosts and produces a show called Girls Go Geek. She has over 36,000 followers and sent out over 4,900 tweets.

71. Jeffrey Levin
San Jose, California USA
Jeffrey Levin is a marketing program manager, social media enthusiast, and politics news junkie. He has over 40,000 followers and sent out over 30,000 tweets.

70. Hameed Hemmat
http://www.hameed.tv/
Palisades Park, New Jersey
Hammed Hemmat is an entrepreneur in the health industry. He is also an affiliate marketer that focuses on weight loss programs. Currently he has over 39,000 followers and sent out over 3,000 tweets.

69. Jesse Newhart
http://jessenewhart.com/
Tallahassee, Florida
Jesse Newhart is a multimedia artist and new media strategist. He has over 41,000 followers and sent out over 8,000 tweets.

68. Laura Fitton
http://oneforty.com/Pistachio
Boston, Massachusetts USA
Laura Fitton is the founder of oneforty.com. OneForty.com lists the top apps that makes using Twitter more fun and useful. Fitton also co-authored a book called Twitter for dummies. She has over 42,000 followers and sent over 28,200 tweets.

67. Mike Haydon
http://mikehaydon.com/
Perth, Western Australia
Haydon is a self-proclaimed entrepreneur and social media entrepreneur. He focuses heavily on search engine optimization and sharing content on social media websites. He responds very regularly to his followers. He has over 41,000 followers and sent over 3,000 tweets.

66. Jason Buss
TheTalentBuzz.com
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Jason Buss is the VP of Recruiting and Diversity at TheTalentBuzz.com. He is also a blogger, social media addict, and HR recruiter. He has over 42,000 followers and sent out over 1,400 tweets.

65. Jason Urgo
http://socialblade.com/about?ref=twitter
Raleigh, North Carolina USA
Jason Urgo is a social media enthusiast that has a strong programming background. He created a website called SocialBlade that does a lot of analysis on Digg. SocialBlade was a way to track who the top Digg users were after Digg.com removed the information themselves. He has over 34,400 followers and sent out over 1,700 tweets.

64. Jeff D’Urso
http://www.fasterlaunch.com/
Boston, Massachusetts USA
Jeff D’Urso is a co-founder of BlitzTime.com and DestinationWeddings.com. D’Urso also serves as the CEO of Faster Launch. He received a degree from M.I.T. in 1994. He has over 43,000 followers and sent out about 176 tweets.

63. Fred Wilson
http://avc.com/
Hoboken, New York USA
Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist that is a Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures and Flatiron Partners. Union Square Ventures is an early investor in Twitter. Wilson has a Mechanical Engineering degree from M.I.T. and did his MBA at Wharton. He has over 36,000 followers and sent out over 5,700 tweets.

62. Al Ferretti
http://twitterwatchdog.com/
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Al Ferretti is an internet marketer and self-proclaimed “Twitter and Social Networking Maven.” Ferretti sends out some very interesting news stories and responds very regularly to his followers. He has over 43,000 followers and sent out over 14,000 tweets.

61. Mr. Social
Mr. Social is an unnamed “marketing guru turned social media expert.” Mr. Social often discusses his social life and what he experiences when traveling. He has gained over 43,000 followers and sent over 2,000 tweets.

60. Kiruba Shankar
http://www.kiruba.com/
Chennai, India
Kiruba Shankar is the CEO of Business Blogging. He is also an active podcaster, social media enthusiast, columnist, and teacher. He has over 45,400 followers and sent out over 2,900 tweets.

59. Mark Griffin
http://www.facebook.com/Cyberpoint
United Kingdom
Mark Griffin is the founder of Cyberpoint – the online business experts. He has also been a web developer for over 15 years. He has over 56,000 followers and sent out over 3,200 tweets.

58. Peter Santilli
http://www.PeterSantilliAdvocate.com
Victorville, California
Peter Santilli was a U.S. Marine Corp. and is a blogger. His day job is a consumer advocate position and he often writes about the government. Santilli has over 50,000 followers and sent out over 26,000 tweets.

57. Susan Elaine
http://buzzedition.net/
North Carolina USA
Susan Elaine is the author of a blog called Buzz Edition. Elaine is also very active on Digg with a total of 231 popular stories submitted to the homepage so far. Elaine has close to 46,000 followers and sent over 51,000 tweets.

56. Larry Brauner
http://online-social-networking.com/
New York City, New York USA
Larry Brauner is a social media marketer, blogger, wine enthusiast, and vegan. He has over 48,300 followers and sent over 1,800 tweets.

55. Rick Myers
http://www.talentzoo.com/
Atlanta, Georgia USA
Rick Myers is the founder and CEO of Talent Zoo. Talent Zoo is a search engine for advertising and digital media jobs where employers and candidates can interact. Myers uses Twitter to interact with his followers and discuss what is on his mind. He has over 48,000 followers and sent over 2,500 tweets.

54. Alison Sweeney
http://www.alisonsweeney.com/
Los Angeles, California USA
Alison Sweeney is an actress that has done cameos on Friends, Days of Our Lives, Las Vegas, and hosts The Biggest Loser. Almost all of her tweets are responses to fans. She has over 45,000 followers and sent over 2,500 tweets.

53. Dean Perrone
http://www.deanperrone.com/
Orlando, Florida USA
Dean Perrone is a husband, father, and multi-level marketer. On his website he also advocates LifePath Unlimited, a motivational series of movies. Perrone has over 45,000 followers and has sent out over 5,000 tweets.

52. Kim Sherrell
http://www.kimsherrell.com/?page_id=965
Los Angeles, California USA
Kim Sherrell is an independent filmmaker and the founder of the #Artwalk hashtag. #Artwalk is an international virtual art tour. Sherrell has over 45,000 followers and sent over 33,000 tweets.

51. Chris Cham Cl
http://chrischamcl.wordpress.com/
Malaysia
Chris Cham is a blogger from Malaysia that shares a lot of interesting content on Twitter. Cham frequently responds to his followers and does a lot of retweets. Cham has over 55,000 followers and sent over 2,100 tweets.

50. Anya Portnik
http://www.virtualbluebird.com/
London, England
Anya Portnik is a managing director at Virtual Blue Bird. Virtual Blue Bird is a virtual personal assistance firm and and also does SEO and web design. Portnik has over 56,600 followers and sent over 2,800 tweets.

49. Tim Ferriss
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/
San Francisco, California USA
Tim Ferriss is the author of a New York Times best seller book called The 4-Hour Workweek. Ferriss is an avid tea drinker and tango dancer. Ferriss is also a writer for The Huffington Post. He has over 63,800 followers and sent out over 1,200 tweets.

48. Carina K
http://www.carinak.com/
Florida and California USA
Carina K is a pop/rock singer that is very active on Twitter. She self-proclaims herself as a singer, techie, artist, skier, beach bum, and cook. She spends a lot of time each day interacting with her followers. She has over 62,500 followers and sent over 1,900 tweets.

47. Jeremiah Owyang
http://web-strategist.com/blog
Silicon Valley, California USA
Jeremiah Owyang is a Partner of the Altimeter Group. He is a former social media industry analyst at Forrester Research and online community marketing manager at Hitachi Data Systems. He has over 55,000 followers and sent out over 17,600 tweets.

46. Luria Petrucci (Cali Lewis)
http://www.geekbrief.tv/
Dallas, Texas USA
Cali Lewis is the happy host of GeekBrief.TV, a show about technology and gadgets. She was even on a GoDaddy.com Super Bowl commercial in 2007. She is also the International Director of the Geek Intelligence Agency. She has over 52,600 followers and sent out over 4,500 tweets.

45. Chris Spagnuolo
http://www.edgehopper.com/
Fort Collins, Colorado USA
Chris Spagnuolo is a blogger at EdgeHopper. He also works as a trainer at Rally Software Development and is a huge Seth Godin fan. Spagnuolo has over 50,000 followers and sent over 6,600 tweets.

44. Will Francis
http://myspace.com/willfrancis
London, United Kingdom
Will Francis is the editor of MySpace UK and is a self-proclaimed social media addict, blogger, musician, producer, Apple geek, and vegetarian. Francis has over 49,000 followers and sent over 2,700 tweets.

43. Mark Davidson
http://markdavidson.org/
Orange County, California USA
Mark Davidson is a social media consultant that helps brands increase their online presence. He is involved in about 42 social networks and runs a company called Shift+One Media. He has over 49,000 followers and sent out over 28,800 tweets.

42. Anthony Stevens
http://www.facebook.com/Anthonystevens4
New York City, New York USA
Anthony Stevens is an avid Twitter user that has a strong policy of “Follow me & I will follow u.” He also vows to respond to RTs and replies. By these policies, Stevens has over 48,000 followers and is following them back. He also sent over 14,000 tweets.

41. Scott Beale
http://laughingsquid.com/
San Francisco, California USA
Scott Beale is the founder of LaughingSquid.com. LaughingSquid was started in 1995 in San Francisco and serves as a resource for art, culture, and technology. Beale has over 46,000 followers and sent out over 9,000 tweets.

40. Edward Boches
http://edwardboches.com/
Boston, Massachusetts USA
Edward Boches is the chief creative officer and chief social media officer for Mullen. He is also a blogger, digital enthusiast, and road cyclist. He has over 8,000 followers and sent out over 5,000 tweets.

39. Lotay Yang
https://www.blackcardcircle.com/
Los Angeles, California USA
Lotay Yang is the founder of Black Card Circle, a social network for business professionals. Black Card is a nonprofit that focuses on interactions between professionals across various sectors. Lotay has over 59,500 followers and sent out over 25,300 tweets.

38. Renee Blodgett
http://downtheavenue.com/
San Francisco, California USA
Renee Blodgett is a social media marketer, blogger, writer, and photographer that lives in San Francisco, CA. She started a company called Blodgett Communications which has a focus on all of Renee’s talents. Before launching her own company, Renee was head of the corporate communications for Dragon Systems. She has over 60,000 followers and sent out over 1,300 tweets.

37. James Rivers
https://affordableaffiliates.com/james
Canada
James Rivers is a self-proclaimed intuitive marketer, social media authority, and direct response designer. He runs a website called the Affordable Affiliates Network. A lot his tweets have to do with goal setting and motivational quotes. He has over 62,000 followers and sent out over 5,000 tweets.

36. Robert S. Morrison
http://praguebob.blogspot.com/
Prague, Bohemia Czech Republic
Robert Morrison is one of the very few prolific Eastern European social media experts on Twitter today. Morrison spends a good amount responding to the messages of his Twitter followers. He is a self-employed social media and management consultant. He has over 64,500 followers and sent out over 6,200 tweets.

35. Tom Maduri
http://www.thefutureisentertaining.com/
Toronto, Ontario
Tom Maduri is the CEO of Throwback Entertainment. Previously he worked at the Corporate Project Implementation division of Bell Canada. He also worked as Canada Life and FSI Media Inc. Throwback Entertainment is a private company that bought out a number of game titles from Acclaim Entertainment. Maduri sends out a good amount of social media news every day. He has close to 67,000 followers and sent over 1,400 tweets.

34. Social Media Mind
http://missionsubmission.com/
Social Media Mind is an anonymous Twitter user that often sends out breaking news and social media news. He has over 65,000 followers and send out 8,200 tweets so far.

33. Ludwik C. Siadlak
http://www.experiencedcreativity.com/prelaunch/
Poland
Ludwik Siadlak is an IT consulting, blog coach, and social entrepreneur. Siadlak started a blog that focuses on open-source business and online tools for offline income. He has over 67,600 followers and sent out over 4,300 tweets.

32. TheBusyBrain
http://blog.thebusybrain.com/
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
TheBusyBrain is a father, husband, music producer, blogger, and overall geek. TheBusyBrain often tweets about his experiences in technology and what his opinions on Twitter are. He has over 71,000 followers and sent over 1,100 tweets.

31. Jonathan Nafarrete
http://jonathannafarrete.com/event_photography/
Los Angeles, California
Nafarrete is a social media consultant and photographer. He has an interest in fashion, live music, retweeting and breaking news. Nafarrete has over 71,000 followers and sent out over 2,800 tweets.

30. Rex Gradeless (aka Rex7)
http://socialmedialawstudent.com/
St. Louis, Missouri USA
Rex Gradeless considers himself as the Social Media Law Student. He graduated from law school this year and is a Cardinals baseball fan. Gradeless sends out tweet links of his blog posts and interesting content. Rex7 has over 73,000 followers and sent out over 3,620 tweets.

29. Stefan Julius (aka Stejules)
http://www.google.com/profiles/stejules
Stuttgart, Germany
Stefan describes himself as a Power User, Tester, Social Media Allrounder, µ-Blogger, Timeliner. Julius has a Google Reader, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, YouTube, Last.fm, Mixx, Friendfeed, Ning, Tumblr, Flickr, Reddit, Delicious, and Yahoo! Pipes account. As you can tell he is a very well-rounded social media man. Stejules has over 72,500 followers and over 12,260 tweets.

28. Brooks Bayne
http://brooksbayne.com/
Brooks is a self-proclaimed entrepreneur and technologist. Brooks is a Twitter addict too. He has gained over 100,000 followers and has sent well over 21,000 tweets. Often his tweets are comprised of general conversation and politics.

27. Chris Harrington
http://www.google.com/profiles/chrisharrington.net
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
Chris Harrington is the Technology Director and Social Media Strategist at Liquire George Andrews. Harrington is writing a book called The Attention Economy and the Rise and Fall of Social Capital. Harrington has over 122,000 followers and has sent out over 1,300 tweets.

26. Wayne Mansfield
http://unhub.com/waynemansfield
Perth, Western Australia
Wayne Mansfield is the head of direct marketing company T3 Direct Marketing. Unfortunately Mansfield was accused of spamming by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) through his company Clarity1. The ACA claimed Clarity1 violated the Spam Act 2003 act by sending 56 million spam mails. However that did not prevent over 67,000 people from following him. Mansfield has sent out over 20,600 tweets since joining.

25. Rick Abbott
http://www.thedigitallife.net/
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky USA
Abbott is a home-schooling dad that lives in Kentucky but loves to communicate about what he spends his day doing. Abbott has over 77,500 followers and sent out over 4,300 tweets.

24. Joel Mackey
http://www.openpresswire.com/
San Diego, California USA
Joel Mackey is an Internet marketer, blogger, and SEO techie. Mackey spends a large amount of time responding and communicating on Twitter. He has about 84,000 Twitter followers and sent out over 21,000 tweets.

23. Jay Oatway
http://portension.com/
Hong Kong, China
Jay Oatway is a social media consultant for StoryStraight. Oatway also works as a Technology Correspondent at Power Magazine. Oatman is very active on Twitter and often sends out interesting articles. Oatway is one of the most prominent social media experts overseas. He has over 81,000 followers and sent out over 4,300 tweets.

22. Jason Pollock
http://www.theyoungestcandidate.com/
Los Angeles, California USA
Jason Pollock is a film maker and political activist. He started his film career as the Director’s assistant for Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Four years later, Pollock directed a movie called The Youngest Candidate. The Youngest Candidate is a film about teenagers that run for public office. A lot of the promotion for his movie happened on Twitter. He has over 67,000 followers and sent out over 14,000 tweets.

21. Chris Pirillo
http://chris.pirillo.com/
Seattle, Washington USA
Chris Pirillo is the founder of a blog network called Lockergnome. Pirillo also hoted a TechTV show called Call For Help. Every year Pirillo hosts a conference called Gnomedex. As of this past July, Pirillo had over 15,500,000 viewer hours and now he has about 90,000 YouTube subscribers. Pirillo has over 74,000 followers and sent out over 11,000 tweets.

20. Reg Saddler (aka Zaibatsu)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/zaibatsu
Denver, Colorado USA
Reg Saddler is better known by his alias Zaibatsu (meaning financial business conglomerate in Japanese). Zaibatsu was a top 3 Digg user before he was banned from the content sharing website. Since he was banned, Saddler focused more of his social media influence on Twitter and it has paid off. Saddler spends a majority of his day behind his computer as you can tell by the frequency of his tweets. He also co-hosts an online program called The Drill Down with Andrew Sorcini and Muhammad Saleem. Saddler has about 100,000 followers and has sent out over 29,700 tweets.

19. Stephen Fry
http://www.stephenfry.com/
London, England
Stephen Fry is a British actor and writer that had roles in V for Vendetta and narrated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Fry often shares interesting articles and often has opinions about technology. For example, one of his latest tweets is “Mm. Just had a play with HTC’s new 6.5WinMob smartphone the HD2. V impressed at first glance. Solid n sexy.” On Halloween day, Fry considered quitting Twitter but he ended up changing his mind. He has over 985,000 followers and has sent over 4,500 tweets.

18. David Pakman
New York City, New York USA
http://dpakman.wordpress.com/
David Pakman is a digital media venture capitalist that works for VC firm Venrock. Pakman is the former CEO at eMusic, a company that was bought out by GoodNoise. He has over 130,000 followers and sent out over 1,100 tweets.

17. Robert Scoble
Half Moon Bay, California USA
http://scobleizer.com/
Robert Scoble is a blogger and technical evangelist that gained attention when working at Microsoft. He previously worked at Fast Company and co-authored a book called Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers. Scoble currently works for Rackspace. He has over 103,000 followers and has sent out over 26,000 tweets.

16. Anil Dash
New York City, New York USA
http://dashes.com/anil/
Anil Dash is one of the earliest bloggers as he started in 1999. He currently works as the VP of Six Apart, the parent company of Movable Type, Typepad, and Vox. Dash has over 145,000 followers and has sent over 2,300 tweets.

15. Leo Laporte
http://www.google.com/profiles/laporte
Petaluma, California USA
Laporte has been on several technology TV shows such as The Personal Computer Show, The Site, The Screen Savers, Call for Help, and The Lab with Leo. Laporte currently hosts an online videostream show called TWiT (This Week In Tech). He has over 148,000 followers and has sent out over 2,800 tweets.

14. Andrew Richardson
http://www.amnesia.com.au/
Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Andrew Richardson is the Creative Director at Amnesia Razorfish, an advertising firm. He is one of the very few prominent social media figures that you will find in the land down under so he is definitely worth a follow. He has about 80,000 followers and has sent out about 758 tweets.

13. Jason Calacanis
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/
Los Angeles, California USA
Jason Calacanis is a former blogger that started a company called Weblogs Inc. Weblogs, parent company of Engadget.com, ended up selling to AOL for $25 million. Calacanis worked at Netscape after AOL bought his company out and most recently started a company called Mahalo. Calacanis has over 77,000 followers and has sent out well over 12,000 tweets.

12. Guy Kawasaki
http://alltop.com/
Palo Alto, California USA
Guy Kawasaki is a venture capitalist and was one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh marketing team. Kawasaki started a company called Truemors and a company called AllTop. Kawasaki runs a blog called How to Change the World. He has over 190,000 followers and has sent out over 34,000 tweets.

11. Evan Williams
http://evhead.com/
San Francisco, California USA
Evan Williams is the co-founder of Pyra Labs (the parent company of Blogger which sold to Google) and Twitter. Williams currently serves as the CEO of Twitter. Williams has over 1.1 million Twitter followers and responds to many of the messages sent to him. So far Williams has sent over 4,700 tweets.

10. Zoë Keating
http://www.zoekeating.com/
San Francisco, California USA
Zoë Keating is a Canadian cellist that uses electronic sampling as a layer on the sound. Keating uses Twitter to promote her work and communicate with fans regularly. She has over 1.2 million followers and sent out over 3,500 tweets.

9. Tim O’Reilly
http://radar.oreilly.com/
Sebastopol, California USA
Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, a major publishing company. Tim O’Reilly is often times credited with the term “Web 2.0.” O’Reilly is on the board of CollabNet and MySQL. He also spent some time on the board of directors at Macromedia. He has over 1.2 million followers and has sent over 8,800 tweets.

8. Kevin Rose
http://www.kevinrose.com
San Francisco, California USA
Kevin Rose is the founder of Digg.com and co-founded Revision3. Recently Kevin Rose started a website called WeFollow.com which allows Twitter users to tag themselves under certain categories. He has over 1.1 million followers and has sent out over 5,900 tweets.

7. Soraya Darabi
http://saucy.tumblr.com/
New York City, New York USA
Soraya is the social media marketing expert for The New York Times. She also manages the partnerships that The New York Times has with social media agencies. Darabi has over 480,000 followers and has sent out over 1,700 tweets.

6. Joe Trippi
Maryland USA
http://joetrippi.com/
Joe Trippi is a campaign manager that worked with Howard Dean and John Edwards. Trippi wrote a book called The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything where he discusses how he used the Internet for Howard Dean’s campaign. Trippi often tweets about political causes. Trippi has over 980,000 followers and has sent out over 2,000 tweets.

5. A. Jo. Martin
Phoenix, Arizona USA
http://digitalroyalty.squarespace.com/buzz/
Martin is a social media strategist that works with athletes. Some of her clients include Shaquille O’Neal, the UFC, and the White Sox. Whens Martin is not tweeting about her client work and meetings, she is responding to her fans and sharing interesting pictures. Martin has over 1.1 million followers and has sent out over 3,000 tweets.

4. Veronica Belmont
San Francisco, California USA
http://www.veronicabelmont.com/
Veronica Belmont is currently the host of Tekzilla, a web series hosted by Revision3. Belmont has over 1.4 million followers and has sent out over 4,000 tweets.

3. Felicia Day
Los Angeles, California USA
http://www.feliciaday.com/
Felicia Day is a graduate of the University of Texas-Agaustin and an actress. Day is a self-proclaimed “media geek” and is the producer of a YouTube web series called The Guild. You may have also seen Day in the Internet musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and the movie Bring It On Again. Day uses Twitter to promote her work. Day has over 1.5 million followers and has sent out over 3,400 tweets.

2. Chris Brogan
http://chrisbrogan.com/
Boston, Massachusetts USA
Chris Brogan is the President of New Marketing Labs. He is also a social media advisor and the author of a New York Times best seller Trust Agents. He has over 108,000 followers and sent out over 54,000 tweets.

1. Gary Vaynerchuk
New York City, NY USA
http://garyvaynerchuk.com/
Gary is the host of Wine Library TV and is a video blogger. Gary is very good at responding to tweets and he takes his Twitter followers seriously. Recently Vaynerchuk wrote a book called Crush It. He has over 850,000 followers and sent out over 13,000 tweets.

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