The latest Onalytica ranking of Big Data influencers on Twitter is now available. The top 200 influencers are listed below.
Methodology: We took the tweets for the last 6 months containing the hashtag #BigData and treated mentions of other tweeters as a link to these. This initial network was made up of 150,486 nodes. After removing smaller, isolated components of the network we calculated mathematical PageRank, which is used to rank the list (please note – though there are many companies involved in the debate, they have not been included on this list in order to provide a better picture of who the individual influencers are).
The methodology is different from our previous Big Data ranking which was based on Betweenness Centrality. This methodology weights connectors higher, but we have found that PageRank more effectively highlight the real influencers in the network.
The new entries in the top 200 are more due to people moving from below the 200 water mark to above because they are drawing more attention in the context of Big Data, than due to changes in the methodology.
UPDATE: For the latest version of our Big Data rankings, check out our lists on List.ly:
As always we are keen to hear any feedback you may have.
| Change In Rank | Rank | Twitter Handle | Name | Twitter Followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1 | @KirkDBorne | Kirk Borne | 6,643 |
| 26 ↑ | 2 | @jameskobielus | James Kobielus | 10,624 |
| 79 ↑ | 3 | @timoelliott | Timo Elliott | 10,768 |
| 16 ↑ | 4 | @BernardMarr | Bernard Marr | 67,792 |
| 2 ↑ | 5 | @kdnuggets | Gregory Piatetsky | 14,395 |
| New Entry ★ | 6 | @ThorOlavsrud | Thor Olavsrud | 1,083 |
| 9 ↑ | 7 | @philsimon | Phil Simon | 3,908 |
| 57 ↑ | 8 | @Brian_Eastwood | Brian Eastwood | 2,420 |
| 5 ↓ | 9 | @rwang0 | R Ray Wang | 41,075 |
| 40 ↑ | 10 | @NadhanAtHP | E.G.Nadhan | 621 |
| 23 ↑ | 11 | @mgualtieri | Mike Gualtieri | 37,263 |
| New Entry ★ | 12 | @nstevenlucas | Steve Lucas | 4,152 |
| 5 ↑ | 13 | @Doug_Laney | Doug Laney | 15,539 |
| 15 ↑ | 14 | @Natasha_D_G | Natasha Bishop | 1,526 |
| New Entry ★ | 15 | @DHenschen | Doug Henschen | 3,078 |
| 13 ↓ | 16 | @mjcavaretta | Michael Cavaretta | 2,040 |
| 7 ↓ | 17 | @kncukier | Kenneth Cukier | 3,548 |
| 35 ↑ | 18 | @Viktor_MS | V Mayer-Schönberger | 1,095 |
| New Entry ★ | 19 | @Joab_Jackson | Joab Jackson | 4,418 |
| New Entry ★ | 20 | @sharon000 | Sharon Machlis | 2,024 |
| 175 ↑ | 21 | @mchui | Michael Chui | 3,921 |
| 9 ↑ | 22 | @merv | Merv Adrian | 11,576 |
| 110 ↑ | 23 | @mjasay | Matt Asay | 11,896 |
| New Entry ★ | 24 | @johnkwaters | John K. Waters | 3,694 |
| 126 ↑ | 25 | @SethGrimes | Seth Grimes | 8,432 |
| 172 ↑ | 26 | @practicingEA | Brian Hopkins | 1,628 |
| 2 ↓ | 27 | @bobehayes | Bob E. Hayes | 1,435 |
| 23 ↑ | 28 | @data_nerd | Carla Gentry | 10,928 |
| New Entry ★ | 29 | @SteveLohr | Steve Lohr | 7,645 |
| 85 ↑ | 30 | @jbertolucci | Jeff Bertolucci | 1,352 |
| 108 ↑ | 31 | @billfranksga | Bill Franks | 944 |
| New Entry ★ | 32 | @vincos | Vincenzo Cosenza | 16,294 |
| 44 ↑ | 33 | @spoonen | Sanjay Poonen | 9,135 |
| 26 ↑ | 34 | @PatrickMeier | Patrick Meier | 13,686 |
| 18 ↓ | 35 | @dhinchcliffe | Dion Hinchcliffe | 23,116 |
| New Entry ★ | 36 | @hkisker | Holger Kisker | 1,933 |
| New Entry ★ | 37 | @bakercom1 | Pam Baker | 4,884 |
| 111 ↑ | 38 | @edd | Edd Dumbill | 6,260 |
| 96 ↑ | 39 | @Digitaltonto | Greg Satell | 6,947 |
| 153 ↑ | 40 | @andrewbrust | Andrew Brust | 4,602 |
| 20 ↑ | 41 | @jilldyche | Jill Dyche | 6,847 |
| 6 ↓ | 42 | @YvesMulkers | Yves Mulkers | 12,020 |
| 2 ↑ | 43 | @marcusborba | Marcus Borba | 5,436 |
| New Entry ★ | 44 | @erikbryn | Erik Brynjolfsson | 12,270 |
| New Entry ★ | 45 | @davidedelman | David Edelman | 10,587 |
| New Entry ★ | 46 | @dannyjpalmer | Danny Palmer | 1,094 |
| 142 ↑ | 47 | @ocdqblog | Jim Harris | 5,564 |
| New Entry ★ | 48 | @jhurwitz | Judith Hurwitz | 8,771 |
| 34 ↓ | 49 | @BigDataGal | Lillian Pierson | 6,595 |
| 4 ↑ | 50 | @jeffreyfkelly | Jeff Kelly | 4,861 |
| New Entry ★ | 51 | @JohndeVoogd | John de Voogd | 6,694 |
| 33 ↑ | 52 | @jamet123 | James Taylor | 4,658 |
| New Entry ★ | 53 | @Claudia_Imhoff | Claudia Imhoff | 11,035 |
| 9 ↑ | 54 | @MDMGeek | Prash Chan | 2,667 |
| 7 ↑ | 55 | @BigData_paulz | Paul Zikopoulos | 2,284 |
| New Entry ★ | 56 | @fredtrotter | Fred Trotter | 4,153 |
| 22 ↓ | 57 | @revodavid | David Smith | 8,312 |
| New Entry ★ | 58 | @JWVance | Jeff Vance | 1,367 |
| New Entry ★ | 59 | @andrejverity | Andrej Verity | 1,295 |
| New Entry ★ | 60 | @lisaarthur | Lisa Arthur | 5,378 |
| 20 ↓ | 61 | @graemeknows | J. Graeme Noseworthy | 1,440 |
| 86 ↑ | 62 | @BeverlyMacy | Beverly Macy | 10,151 |
| New Entry ★ | 63 | @lauriemccabe | Laurie McCabe | 7,508 |
| New Entry ★ | 64 | @VanRijmenam | Mark van Rijmenam | 2,029 |
| New Entry ★ | 65 | @lisagualtieri | Lisa Gualtieri | 14,779 |
| 7 ↓ | 66 | @Joseph_Marks_ | Joseph Marks | 1,190 |
| New Entry ★ | 67 | @shawnrog | Shawn Rogers | 7,789 |
| New Entry ★ | 68 | @ellisbooker | Ellis Booker | 982 |
| New Entry ★ | 69 | @rgkirkpatrick | Robert Kirkpatrick | 2,678 |
| New Entry ★ | 70 | @chiefmartec | Scott Brinker | 11,151 |
| New Entry ★ | 71 | @JulieBrillFTC | Julie Brill | 1,088 |
| New Entry ★ | 72 | @BrennerMichael | Michael Brenner | 31,441 |
| New Entry ★ | 73 | @govloop | Steve Ressler | 14,289 |
| New Entry ★ | 74 | @ValaAfshar | Vala Afshar | 21,585 |
| 2 ↓ | 75 | @jenstirrup | Jen Stirrup | 5,223 |
| New Entry ★ | 76 | @marksmithvr | Mark Smith | 15,232 |
| New Entry ★ | 77 | @setlinger | Susan Etlinger | 6,448 |
| New Entry ★ | 78 | @mraad | Mansour Raad | 1,718 |
| New Entry ★ | 79 | @vijayasankarv | Vijay Vijayasankar | 3,648 |
| New Entry ★ | 80 | @John4man | John Foreman | 7,862 |
| New Entry ★ | 81 | @NeilRaden | Neil Raden | 7,112 |
| 8 ↓ | 82 | @Dana_Gardner | Dana Gardner | 10,101 |
| New Entry ★ | 83 | @maslett | Matt Aslett | 4,050 |
| New Entry ★ | 84 | @dvellante | Dave Vellante | 4,408 |
| New Entry ★ | 85 | @tcrawford | Tim Crawford | 3,364 |
| 18 ↑ | 86 | @nyike | Isaac Sacolick | 3,121 |
| New Entry ★ | 87 | @mikeolson | Mike Olson | 9,845 |
| 98 ↑ | 88 | @Colinstrong | Colin Strong | 1,246 |
| New Entry ★ | 89 | @DTurnerBlogs | Delaney Turner | 2,273 |
| 58 ↓ | 90 | @jburnmurdoch | John Burn-Murdoch | 2,417 |
| 22 ↑ | 91 | @TheGrok | Bryan Eisenberg | 34,829 |
| 45 ↓ | 92 | @TheSocialPitt | David Pittman | 1,165 |
| 60 ↓ | 93 | @eric_kavanagh | Eric Kavanagh | 25,480 |
| 37 ↓ | 94 | @AliRebaie | Ali Rebaie | 1,036 |
| New Entry ★ | 95 | @louleporace | Louis Leporace | 791 |
| 32 ↓ | 96 | @ITredux | Theo Priestley | 1,958 |
| New Entry ★ | 97 | @jasonaverbook | Jason Averbook | 10,359 |
| New Entry ★ | 98 | @BarryDevlin | Barry Devlin | 2,465 |
| New Entry ★ | 99 | @shaunconnolly | Shaun Connolly | 603 |
| New Entry ★ | 100 | @RetailProphet | Doug Stephens | 10,680 |
| New Entry ★ | 101 | @TonyCosentinoVR | Tony Cosentino | 2,964 |
| New Entry ★ | 102 | @lucadebiase | Luca De Biase | 52,849 |
| New Entry ★ | 103 | @aregenberg | Alan Regenberg | 841 |
| 46 ↑ | 104 | @LoraineLawson | Loraine Lawson | 1,971 |
| New Entry ★ | 105 | @prussom | Philip Russom | 3,770 |
| New Entry ★ | 106 | @Josh_Bersin | Josh Bersin | 15,321 |
| New Entry ★ | 107 | @fhalper | Fern Halper | 1,098 |
| New Entry ★ | 108 | @BillRuh_GE | Bill Ruh | 1,412 |
| New Entry ★ | 109 | @imbigdata | Manish Bhatt | 2,599 |
| 11 ↑ | 110 | @bobevansIT | Bob Evans | 4,279 |
| New Entry ★ | 111 | @lucatbarone | Luca Tancredi Barone | 558 |
| New Entry ★ | 112 | @spangledrongo | Nigel Snoad | 589 |
| New Entry ★ | 113 | @InfoMgmtExec | Richard R. Lee | 747 |
| New Entry ★ | 114 | @sinanaral | Sinan Aral | 12,469 |
| 12 ↓ | 115 | @tamaradull | Tamara Dull | 3,767 |
| New Entry ★ | 116 | @tweetsinha | Amit Sinha | 754 |
| New Entry ★ | 117 | @EricDBrown | Eric D. Brown | 3,587 |
| New Entry ★ | 118 | @jfoley09 | John Foley | 3,068 |
| 43 ↑ | 119 | @acroll | Alistair Crowley | 12,767 |
| New Entry ★ | 120 | @ColinJWhite | Colin White | 3,989 |
| New Entry ★ | 121 | @smoneill | Shane O’Neill | 3,749 |
| 79 ↓ | 122 | @juliebhunt | Julie Hunt | 2,948 |
| New Entry ★ | 123 | @nicfish | Nic Smith | 3,172 |
| New Entry ★ | 124 | @gkm1 | George K. Mathew | 1,560 |
| New Entry ★ | 125 | @williammcknight | William McKnight | 9,947 |
| 40 ↓ | 126 | @jaimefitzgerald | Jaime Fitzgerald | 5,636 |
| 37 ↑ | 127 | @craigmullins | Craig Mullins | 2,465 |
| 2 ↓ | 128 | @brunoaziza | Bruno Aziza | 12,934 |
| New Entry ★ | 129 | @PaulDunay | Paul Dunay | 11,826 |
| 124 ↓ | 130 | @BigDataSpeaker | Sushil Pramanick | 1,833 |
| New Entry ★ | 131 | @WillmottPaul | Paul Willmott | 949 |
| 41 ↓ | 132 | @johnlmyers44 | John Myers | 3,923 |
| 109 ↓ | 133 | @tunvall | Fredrik Tunvall | 1,324 |
| New Entry ★ | 134 | @rcalo | Ryan Calo | 5,613 |
| New Entry ★ | 135 | @gleonhard | Gerd Leonhard | 29,005 |
| New Entry ★ | 136 | @nancykoppdw | Nancy Kopp-Hensley | 2,276 |
| 40 ↑ | 137 | @DavidLinthicum | David Linthicum | 16,688 |
| New Entry ★ | 138 | @jbdezard | Jean-Baptiste Dézard | 912 |
| New Entry ★ | 139 | @bigdata | Ben Lorica | 15,254 |
| New Entry ★ | 140 | @vmugonline | Ernesto Pellegrino | 1,279 |
| New Entry ★ | 141 | @estebanmoro | Esteban Moro | 1,326 |
| New Entry ★ | 142 | @FrankBuytendijk | Frank Buytendijk | 1,050 |
| New Entry ★ | 143 | @BITechWatch | Marly Cho | 3,850 |
| New Entry ★ | 144 | @davidfcarr | David F. Carr | 1,993 |
| 69 ↓ | 145 | @dr_morton | Morten Middelfart | 37,508 |
| New Entry ★ | 146 | @sandy_carter | Sandy Carter | 24,088 |
| New Entry ★ | 147 | @DrBonnie360 | Bonnie Feldman | 836 |
| 34 ↓ | 148 | @simonlporter | Simon Porter | 4,722 |
| New Entry ★ | 149 | @Darryl_McDonald | Darryl McDonald | 3,406 |
| 139 ↓ | 150 | @jg21 | Jeremy Geelan | 3,257 |
| New Entry ★ | 151 | @Enderle | Rob Enderle | 16,178 |
| 126 ↓ | 152 | @MandiBPro | Mandi Bishop | 4,610 |
| New Entry ★ | 153 | @pacoid | Paco Nathan | 1,858 |
| New Entry ★ | 154 | @HugoSarrazin | Hugo Sarrazin | 1,801 |
| New Entry ★ | 155 | @FindChrisTaylor | Chris Taylor | 900 |
| 14 ↓ | 156 | @HealthcareWen | Wen Dombrowski | 9,257 |
| New Entry ★ | 157 | @adsuara | Borja Adsuara | 5,393 |
| New Entry ★ | 158 | @christianve | Christian Verstraete | 2,738 |
| 4 ↓ | 159 | @hlsdk | Henrik L. Sørensen | 3,108 |
| New Entry ★ | 160 | @SameerPatel | Sameer Patel | 10,679 |
| New Entry ★ | 161 | @BradfordBrown | Brad Brown | 4,566 |
| New Entry ★ | 162 | @JamesMaguire | James Maguire | 1,106 |
| 17 ↑ | 163 | @marcteerlink | Marc Teerlink | 532 |
| New Entry ★ | 164 | @Hypatia_LeslieA | Leslie Ament | 1,248 |
| New Entry ★ | 165 | @bevelson | Boris Evelson | 7,658 |
| New Entry ★ | 166 | @ABridgwater | Adrian Bridgwater | 6,175 |
| New Entry ★ | 167 | @bkardon | Brian Kardon | 12,861 |
| New Entry ★ | 168 | @PepeCerezo | Pepe Cerezo | 5,581 |
| New Entry ★ | 169 | @tpowlas | Tammy Powlas | 3,326 |
| New Entry ★ | 170 | @petervan | Peter Vander Auwera | 4,412 |
| New Entry ★ | 171 | @MarkBonchek | Mark Bonchek | 1,096 |
| New Entry ★ | 172 | @slfisher | Sharon Fisher | 1,718 |
| New Entry ★ | 173 | @WyattKash | Wyatt Kash | 1,735 |
| New Entry ★ | 174 | @David_MSullivan | David Sullivan | 678 |
| New Entry ★ | 175 | @rjwissin | Rebecca Wissinger | 4,043 |
| New Entry ★ | 176 | @datagenius | Krish Krishnan | 3,127 |
| New Entry ★ | 177 | @ronbodkin | Ron Bodkin | 748 |
| New Entry ★ | 178 | @Guille_Mas | Guillermo Mas | 1,882 |
| New Entry ★ | 179 | @digitalarun | Arun Sundararajan | 6,788 |
| New Entry ★ | 180 | @sorayapa | Soraya Paniagua | 3,743 |
| 115 ↓ | 181 | @DavidAmerland | David Amerland | 8,852 |
| New Entry ★ | 182 | @etamb | Eric Tamblyn | 1,318 |
| New Entry ★ | 183 | @applebyj | John Appleby | 4,527 |
| New Entry ★ | 184 | @ajbowles | Adrian Bowles | 1,626 |
| New Entry ★ | 185 | @rsallam | Rita Sallam | 1,113 |
| New Entry ★ | 186 | @mphnyc | Michael Hiskey | 580 |
| New Entry ★ | 187 | @idin77 | Ahmad Fadzidin Arsh | 1,786 |
| New Entry ★ | 188 | @robinbloor | Robin Bloor | 30,713 |
| 35 ↓ | 189 | @tinagroves | Tina Groves | 693 |
| New Entry ★ | 190 | @kimdossey | Kim Dossey | 9,259 |
| New Entry ★ | 191 | @BobViolino | Bob Violino | 9,776 |
| New Entry ★ | 192 | @richardwinter | Richard Winter | 1,927 |
| 154 ↓ | 193 | @jahendler | James A. Hendler | 3,919 |
| New Entry ★ | 194 | @VishalTx | Vishal Kumar | 7,135 |
| New Entry ★ | 195 | @Marsee | Marsee Henon | 2,483 |
| 13 ↓ | 196 | @Bilafer | Kurt J. Bilafer | 2,346 |
| New Entry ★ | 197 | @StacyLeidwinger | Stacy Leidwinger | 733 |
| New Entry ★ | 198 | @mgershoff | Matt Gershoff | 641 |
| 101 ↓ | 199 | @TonyBaer | Tony Baer | 4,362 |
| 21 ↓ | 200 | @Charly_BG | Carlos Barranco | 3,004 |