Follow Me!
Some people think that in order to measure the influence of a tweep on Twitter, you should only look at the number of people following him/her and hence the larger it is, the more influence that tweep has. However, the number of followers is a misleading indicator of influence!
To actually measure the influence of anybody, you need to figure out how many people are listening to them(#followers), how often do they talk to their audience (#tweets), and how often they get mentioned by others(#RT’s).
Therefore, when deciding who to add to your account, make sure to check those parameters and not only the number of followers because while someone might have a lot of followers, he/she might not be active enough to capitalize on them.
You can also refer to the Klout score to find a measure of any tweets influence or you can check your impact by going here to the Twitalyzer website which has recently released the list of the most influential tweets and contrasted it with that of most followers.
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5 Most-Influential People*
1. Rafinha Bastos
Followers: 1,690,817
Influence: 90
2. Chad Ochocinco
Followers: 1,651,070
Influence: 89
3. Conan O’Brien
Followers: 2,367,928
Influence: 88
4. Stephen Fry
Followers: 2,188,395
Influence: 87
5. Ryan Seacrest
Followers: 3,880,840
Influence: 86
5 Most Followed People
1. Lady Gaga
Followers: 7,941,444
Influence: 41
2. Justin Bieber
Followers: 7,032,265
Influence: 67
3. Britney Spears
Followers: 6,652,470
Influence: 59
4. Barack Obama
Followers: 6,531,868
Influence: 83
5. Ashton Kutcher
Followers: 6,261,483
Influence: 68
