The Internet of Things 2015: Top 100 Individuals and Brands

Modern devices are getting smarter, there are already fridges that order milk and other products when you’re running low, soda streams that allow you to mix your drinks remotely via an app and smart scales that pair with wearable tech fitness trackers to measure your weight over time. It seems all products now come with a computer and an internet connection making it easier to control and automate our daily tasks, as well as collect data. Amazon just announced plans for their Dash Buttons which allow you to order a specific product when you’re running low. At the push of a button the new products are ordered and an alert is sent to your phone so you can cancel if you change your mind.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the term used to describe this connectivity between our “things” and the technology that facilitates it is called “Machine to Machine” (M2M), the two topics are intrinsically linked. If you’re interested in learning more about M2M check out our M2M Top 100  Influencers and Brands.

We ran an Influencer Identification on the IoT in 2014, but since then the landscape has evolved and new businesses have entered the market. Most recently IBM announced they will be investing $3B in building up their IoT business. Other developments include Parse (the mobile platform-as-a-service company Facebook acquired in 2013) announcing their new IoT platform, which sees them joining the likes of heavyweights Citrix, Arrayent and SeeContol. The UK Government also announced in its May budget plans to invest £40 million into researching the IoT.

The real benefits of the IoT and M2M have yet to be fully realised but we are already seeing increased mobility and efficiency in the workplace, saving us time and money.

Mapping the community

Below you can see a network map of the online conversation around the IoT. We captured data from 56,224 users. Be sure to click on the map to enjoy the full size network diagram in greater detail. A high quality version is also included in the full report that you can download by clicking the blue button below!

Top 100 Individuals

We looked at all the individuals engaging in the IoT discussion to give you the Top 50 influencers in the IoT landscape. Be sure to hit one of the blue buttons to download the full 2015 Internet of Things landscape, including a detailed network map to better understand the debate.

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Rank	Twitter Handle	Name	PageRank (Normalised)
1	@EdithRamirezFTC	Edith Ramirez	100
2	@ValaAfshar	Vala Afshar	78.89
3	@knowlengr	knowlengr	68.7
4	@AdamThierer	Adam Thierer	61.02
5	@DCgov	Patrick Thibodeau	52.74
6	@Kevin_Ashton	Kevin Ashton	44.71
7	@alvarombedoya	Alvaro Bedoya	43.22
8	@timoreilly	Tim O’Reilly	36.27
9	@tdav	Tom Davenport	27.06
10	@simonlporter	SimonPorter	25.68
11	@frankgillett	Frank Gillett	24.77
12	@iotwatch	Alexandra D-S	22.62
13	@pauldaugh	Paul Daugherty	22.52
14	@uksciencechief	Sir Mark Walport	16.21
15	@IanSkerrett	Ian Skerrett	15.37
16	@thinkstrategies	Jeff Kaplan	15.25
17	@psilvas	psilvas	14.63
18	@RobertEStroud	Robert Stroud CRISC	14.46
19	@WimElfrink	Wim Elfrink	13.58
20	@davidrose	David Rose	13.1
21	@jg21	Jeremy Geelan	12.82
22	@GiulioCoraggio	Giulio Coraggio	12.61
23	@JonBruner	Jon Bruner	11.09
24	@GilPress	Gil Press	10.87
25	@rahulag80	Rahul Agarwal	10.48
26	@Sooraj_Shah	Sooraj Shah	10.41
27	@danablouin	dana blouin	10.28
28	@aallan	Alasdair Allan	10.1
29	@gigastacey	Stacey Higginbotham	9.54
30	@DougWFisher	Doug W Fisher	9.35
31	@valb00	Val Bercovici	9.09
32	@ScottKirsner	Scott Kirsner	9.06
33	@paulmadsen	Paul Madsen	8.93
34	@CMDonato	Christine Donato	8.83
35	@andysc	andysc	8.8
36	@jameskobielus	jameskobielus	8.71
37	@danvy	Alex Danvy	8.51
38	@chris_rezendes	Christopher Rezendes	8.51
39	@madgreek65	Mike Kavis	8.44
40	@RickBullotta	Rick Bullotta	8.33
41	@tamaradull	Tamara Dull	8.26
42	@cbcurran	Chris Curran	7.87
43	@spoonen	Sanjay Poonen	7.51
44	@rpasschier	Ricardo Passchier	7.5
45	@alexscroxton	Alex Scroxton	7.32
46	@cgiorgi	Cédric Giorgi	7.31
47	@GaryShapiro	Gary Shapiro	7.24
48	@junkoyoshida	Junko Yoshida	7.13
49	@krbenedict	Kevin R Benedict	7
50	@kartben	Benjamin Cabé	6.92

 

Top 100 Brands

Here are the top 50 most engaged brands in the Internet of Things online discussion. Be sure to download the full analysis for free to find out where your brand ranks.

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Rank	Twitter Handle	Name	PageRank (Normalised)
1	@intel	Intel	100
2	@Cisco	Cisco	64.79
3	@ThingsExpo	@ThingsEXPO	62.39
4	@gigaom	Gigaom	50.5
5	@intlCES	International CES	31.88
6	@Computerworld	Computerworld	31.72
7	@sigfox	SIGFOX	30.11
8	@Samsungtweets	Samsung USA	27.94
9	@Inteliot	Intel IoT	27.79
10	@WindRiver	Wind River	27.22
11	@Things_Internet	Internet of Things	26.39
12	@spark_io	Spark	24.81
13	@iotattack	IoT Attack	24.73
14	@MicrochipTech	MicrochipTech	23.76
15	@arduino	Arduino	22.77
16	@PTC	PTC	22.39
17	@Estimote	Estimote, Inc.	21.13
18	@siliconlabs	Silicon Labs	20.97
19	@temboo	Temboo	20.22
20	@Atmel	Atmel Corporation	18.41
21	@IBMInterConnect	IBM InterConnect	18.21
22	@beaconsandwich	Beecon	18.14
23	@ThingWorx	ThingWorx Software	17.77
24	@CAinc	CA Technologies	17.49
25	@SAP	SAP	17.14
26	@postscapes	Postscapes	17.08
27	@govtechnews	Govtech.com	16.84
28	@TheIoT	Internet of Things	16.28
29	@InformationAge	Information Age	16.18
30	@OReillySolid	O’Reilly Solid	15.83
31	@CEA	CEA	15.29
32	@DataInnovation	Data Innovation	15.09
33	@techUK	techUK	15.06
34	@NetworkWorld	Network World	14.08
35	@CiscoIoE	InternetOfEverything	14.04
36	@Freescale	Freescale	13.6
37	@sc_seedhack	sc_seedhack	13.28
38	@littleBits	littleBits	13.18
39	@M2MEvolution	M2M Evolution	12.95
40	@VZEnterprise	Verizon Enterprise	12.81
41	@DigiCatapult	Digital Catapult	12.63
42	@CloudExpo	CloudEXPO ®	12.52
43	@MITSloan	MIT Sloan	12.35
44	@wtvox	Wearables and IoT	12.17
45	@Cisco_IoT	InternetofThings	11.75
46	@m2mnow	M2M Now	11.71
47	@MetraTech	MetraTech	11.69
48	@wef	World Economic Forum	11.67
49	@notion	notion	11.5
50	@EurotechFan	Eurotech	11.1

 

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