Maestros & Influentials
Barack Obama
This account is run by #Obama2012 campaign staff. Tweets from the President are signed -BO.12,475,705 followers | Follow
Bill Gates
Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests...5,435,591 followers | Follow
Lance Armstrong
Father of 5 amazing kids, 7-time Tour de France winner, full time cancer fighter, part time triathlete - LIVESTRONG!3,282,287 followers | Follow
Pete Cashmore
The largest independent news source covering web culture, social media and tech. Updates from @mashable staff. Tweet @mashablehq for questions and comments.2,729,153 followers | Follow
The White House
Official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more http://wh.gov/privacy2,681,740 followers | Follow
TomCruise.com
Official TomCruise.com team tweets. Does Tom Tweet? Sometimes between family & filming and its clear when he does! We love you guys! C ya @ Facebook!2,567,525 followers | Follow
Anderson Cooper
Personal tweets by Anderson Cooper. Anchor of @AC360, weeknights at 8p/ET & 10p/ET on @CNN and daytime talk show host of @Anderson, airing weekdays.2,086,815 followers | Follow
UK Prime Minister
The official twitter channel for Prime Minister David Cameron's office, based at 10 Downing Street. Twitter policy: http://www.number10.gov.uk/number10online/1,920,810 followers | Follow
Jack Dorsey
Executive Chairman of Twitter, CEO of Square, a founder of both.1,858,758 followers | Follow
Tim O'Reilly
Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.1,532,604 followers | Follow
Evan Williams
Farm boy from Nebraska. Husband and father. Co-founder of Twitter. Partner at @ObviousCorp1,452,274 followers | Follow
David Pogue
Tech columnist, NY Times; CNBC tech dude; Missing Manuals creator, dad of 3!1,412,883 followers | Follow
John Dickerson
Political correspondent Slate magazine/Political Director CBS News1,378,766 followers | Follow
Chris Sacca
Dreamily married to @crystale, dad to @CCEleven, investor in @Twitter, @Uber, @Instagram, @Turntablefm & other startups. Learn more: http://lowercasellc.com/.1,335,482 followers | Follow
Kevin Rose
Co-Founder and CEO of Milk Inc (@milk). Founder of digg.com. @tea drinker.1,316,147 followers | Follow
Shashi Tharoor
Member of Parliament (LokSabha),Thiruvananthapuram. Author of 12books.Former Under-SecretaryGeneral,United Nations.Former Minister. RTs do not imply endorsement1,257,214 followers | Follow
Sarah Brown
mum, charity campaigner, writer, enthusiastic chirper, believer in good things1,177,445 followers | Follow
ReadWriteWeb
The latest news, analysis and conversation in all things web, tech and social media from the ReadWriteWeb.com team.1,144,948 followers | Follow
Doug Ulman
Cancer survivor, father, Pres/CEO of LAF, runner, golfer, traveler, social activist, optimist, avid reader, and fearful flyer.1,061,756 followers | Follow
Kai-Fu Lee
I am the CEO of Innovation Works (www.innovation-works.com). I used to work at Microsoft, SGI, Apple, and Google. I have written several Chinese books.923,740 followers | Follow
Gary Vaynerchuk
Family 1st! but after that, Businessman- a dude that Loves the hustle, people & the @nyjets - @vaynermedia .Tasted wine for years online!917,416 followers | Follow
Arianna Huffington
president and editor-in-chief of the huffington post media group. mother. sister. flat shoe advocate. sleep evangelist.840,554 followers | Follow
TEDTalks Updates
The official feed for daily TEDTalks. Only new TEDTalks are posted on this feed. For all TED news, follow @TEDNews too!836,059 followers | Follow
Deepak Chopra
758,258 followers | Follow
Gates Foundation
We work to help all people lead healthy, productive lives, focused on health, poverty, and opportunity. Follow our work on @gatespolio, @gatesag, and @gatesed.693,347 followers | Follow
HH Sheikh Mohammed
Official Tweets by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum679,612 followers | Follow
Roger Ebert
Film critic since time immemorial. My blog: http://j.mp/51Rkoe597,486 followers | Follow
Guy Kawasaki
Author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. Former chief evangelist of Apple. Co-founder of Alltop.517,240 followers | Follow
Steve Case
Co-founder of AOL; now Chairman of Case Foundation and Revolution (Zipcar, LivingSocial, Exclusive Resorts, Everyday Health, Revolution Money, Miraval, etc)482,496 followers | Follow
Jenna Wortham
@NYTimes tech reporter, @Wired alum. GIF maker, news breaker. I can teach you how to dougie.437,105 followers | Follow
Jeff Keni Pulver
Technology Anthropologist; Entrepreneur; Early-Stage Seed Investor; story teller, Living in Social Media. Producer of #140conf434,491 followers | Follow
Larry Hryb
A real person who works on the Xbox team. All the tweets you see are from me, and only me. No shenanigans here. Profile pic details:http://mjr.mn/mwMCMh399,620 followers | Follow
Pierre Omidyar
Be you. Be cool. eBay, Omidyar Network, Peer News/Civil Beat.398,867 followers | Follow
Leo Laporte
Podcaster, broadcaster and tech pundit. The Tech Guy on the Premiere Radio Networks. Live at live.twit.tv For my link feed follow @links_for_twit372,405 followers | Follow
foursquare
foursquare helps you explore the world around you. Meet up with friends, discover new places, and save money with Specials! Questions/support: @4sqSupport355,368 followers | Follow
Christiane Amanpour
I'm thrilled to achieve the best of both worlds -- prime time specials at ABC and weekday shows around the world at CNN International!260,498 followers | Follow
Robert Scoble
Technology news, videos, opinions, from an enthusiastic Rackspace employee who grew up in Silicon Valley and has interviewed more than 3,200 geeks.239,847 followers | Follow
Mark Bittman
Writer on food for New York Times Opinion and Magazine, and others. Author of Food Matters & How to Cook Everything. See also: http://markbittman.com228,164 followers | Follow
Gina Trapani
Creator of @ThinkUpapp, @todotxtapps & @Smarterware. I co-host This Week in Google & founded @Lifehacker. Photo by @billwadman.208,506 followers | Follow
Chris Brogan
President, Human Business Works. More? http://bit.ly/cbbio . contact: http://chrisbrogan.com/contact202,497 followers | Follow
John Battelle
A Founder of Federated Media, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business168,306 followers | Follow
Seth Godin
Founder of Squidoo.com, author, blogger. This is a retweet of my blog.150,054 followers | Follow
Jason Calacanis
LAUNCH Conference March 7th and 8th 2012. my email jason@calacanis.com135,298 followers | Follow
Mark Zuckerberg
134,030 followers | Follow
Dan Schawbel
Founder at Millennial Branding, personal branding expert, #1 international bestselling author of Me 2.0, speaker, TIME/Forbes columnist.125,646 followers | Follow
Forrester Research
Forrester Research, Inc. is an independent research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology.112,395 followers | Follow
Michael Hyatt
I help people live and lead on purpose. I am Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, blogger and speaker, husband to @GailHyatt, father of five daughters.111,263 followers | Follow
Brian Stelter
I report on TV & digital media for The New York Times. RT & links aren't endorsements. Also: @brianstelter25 bstelter@gmail.com | 212-556-4668 | 240-793-2483109,138 followers | Follow
Gerald Weber
Professional SEO -Social Media Enthusiast -Blogger -Link Builder - Entrepreneur - @MySEOCommunity is my latest brainchild. Always a student!106,665 followers | Follow
Chris Pirillo
I create content and communities. You can hire me to produce for your company, too! chris@pirillo.com103,803 followers | Follow
Steve Wozniak
Engineers first! Human rights. Gadgets. Jokes and pranks. Segways. Music and concerts. Gameboy Tetris.100,008 followers | Follow
Jeremiah Owyang
Industry Analyst (aka Catalyst) at Altimeter Group. How I use Twitter http://bit.ly/LK0i98,311 followers | Follow
Loic Le Meur
Seesmic.com founder LeWeb.net conference founder and blogger. Loves kitesurfing and running!79,655 followers | Follow
Andrew Malcolm
Political news & commentary from Andrew Malcolm of Investor's Business Daily. (formerly Top of the Ticket @ latimestot)79,241 followers | Follow
Jason Fried
Founder of 37signals. Co-author of REWORK. Credo: It's simple until you make it complicated.78,458 followers | Follow
MG Siegler
Partner at CrunchFund, Columnist at TechCrunch. I roam the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws. A renegade.72,202 followers | Follow
Chris Anderson
Wired EIC, Long Tail, FREE, DIY Drones, 3D Robotics, GeekDad, etc. (five kids in there, too)71,539 followers | Follow
Steve Rubel
EVP/Global Strategy and Insights for Edelman, media futurist, AdAge columnist and avid sports fan.62,826 followers | Follow
Tim Berners-Lee
Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) w3.org, the place to agree on web standards. Founded webfoundation.org - let the web serve humanity61,461 followers | Follow
Xeni Jardin
Madam Boing. Breast cancer isn't something I have, but something my body is currently doing. I tweet about this, and all that my mind is doing. xeni@xeni.net54,735 followers | Follow
craignewmark
customer service rep & founder for craigslist & craigconnects48,348 followers | Follow
David Armano
EVP @edelmandigital, strategist, thinker, doer, dad, hubby to @msarmano, contributor @harvardbiz, co-founder #Allhat, biker, karaoke junkie, & imperfect soul.45,619 followers | Follow
Dave Winer ☮
Developed first blogging software, RSS and podcasting, outliners, web CMS. Media hacker. Boot strapper. Writer. Academic. Friendly. :-)44,764 followers | Follow
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators and expert early adopters to everyday users through books, conferences, news reportage, videos, and classes.40,706 followers | Follow
Simon Dumenco
Media columnist, Advertising Age. I tweet what I'm reading (if it's interesting).40,691 followers | Follow
Wayne Sutton
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Tech Journalist. Featured CNN Black In America 4 http://sws.me/uOvHsO / Co-Editor @BlackWeb20 / Partner of NewME Accelerator @NewMEAccel37,256 followers | Follow
Julien Smith
NYT bestselling author of Trust Agents (w/ @chrisbrogan) and The Flinch. Speaker, blogger, etc. Also the lovechild of Tony Hawk and Topher Grace.36,895 followers | Follow
Ryan Carson
American living in England - I'm a Father, entrepreneur and lover of movies. Founder of @carsonified and @treehouse36,859 followers | Follow
Chris Messina™
Bachelor of Arts. I work at Google. #godfather (http://nyti.ms/lJ6Kdj) I am not the actor. http://wiki.factoryjoe.com/140-Character-Bios36,690 followers | Follow
Hugh MacLeod
Cartoonist, bestselling author, marketing thinker. Me and the team make Social Objects for clients.34,364 followers | Follow
Andy Revkin
Pursuing ways to forge progress on a finite planet on http://j.mp/dotEARTH and at Pace U. The rest? Family, friends, living, music: http://j.mp/unclewade31,181 followers | Follow
Stacy DeBroff
Engaging and helping influential moms build their platforms and increase their influence to support the brands they love!29,790 followers | Follow
Kristie Lu Stout CNN
Media junkie. China nerd. Geek mom. And yep, I'm an anchor on CNNi.28,512 followers | Follow
Tim O'Brien
Executive Editor of HuffingtonPost. Former New York Times writer/editor. Writing series of historical thrillers for Random House.27,947 followers | Follow
Jesse Stay
Author, For Dummies books, blogger, consultant. Find me at http://profiles.google.com/jessestay or http://facebook.com/jessestay for more interaction.26,377 followers | Follow
Seth Godin [reposts]
22,686 followers | Follow
JOHNABYRNE
Founder of C-Change Media & former Executive Editor of BusinessWeek, Digital Journalism Advocate21,623 followers | Follow
Barry Judge
Best Buy CMO, blog at www.barryjudge.com; Avid traveler, reader, sports enthusiast and like to eat out21,393 followers | Follow
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Harvard Business School Professor and author of SuperCorp, a look at how a new generation of values-driven businesses do well by doing good20,548 followers | Follow
Charlie Rose
Host of @CBSThisMorning and @CharlieRoseShow, engaging the world's most interesting people in conversation each morning and night.19,794 followers | Follow
IBMResearch
Official twitter ID of IBM's Research Division. Cotweeted by IBMers in our 9 worldwide labs. We welcome your questions and comments and will respond promptly.19,470 followers | Follow
Jack Schofield
Tech journo who covered IT for the Guardian (1983-2010), the Jack in Ask Jack, and a jackdaw who tweets fun links about photography, Lego, advertising, art etc18,892 followers | Follow
Patrick LaForge
Editor, News Presentation, @nytimes. To e-mail the newsroom: nytnews at nytimes dot com.18,523 followers | Follow
Rebecca MacKinnon
Writer, Internet freedom activist. Forthcoming book - Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. Jan. 2012, Basic Books.18,104 followers | Follow
Saatchi London
16,915 followers | Follow
Berkman Center
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University - exploring cyberspace, sharing in its study, and helping to pioneer its development16,316 followers | Follow
Steve Gillmor
13,054 followers | Follow
Josh Elman
Product Guy. I have worked on Twitter, Facebook Connect, Zazzle, LinkedIn, RealPlayer. Principal at Greylock, looking for crazy new things.11,950 followers | Follow
Andrew Maynard
Scientist with an unhealthy interest in the dark side - policy, communication, engagement, and all that! In “spare time” direct the U. Mich Risk Science Center11,622 followers | Follow
Andrew D. Nystrom
Positively disruptive guy @RedBull Media House. Dad +2. Mobile. Tech. Innovation. Geek. Family. Adventure. Travel. ¿What's next? Opinions: 110% me. You?11,065 followers | Follow
Don Van Natta Jr.
Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com. Author of First Off the Tee, Her Way and Wonder Girl. Horrendously Bad Golfer.10,861 followers | Follow
Veronica De La Cruz
TV journalist (NBC, MSNBC) http://tinyurl.com/3zjnqk6 fighting for healthcare rights in memory of her brother #ERIC & following all those wearing his banner10,129 followers | Follow
Derek Powazek
Your opinion of me is none of my business. http://bit.ly/cYC9Fg9,287 followers | Follow
Rodrigo Javier
Journalist. I co-founded @BreakingNews. Small town boy working for CNN México. I'm usually first for breaking news... so you are following the correct guy...9,207 followers | Follow
jimschachter
I champion innovation as Associate Managing Editor, The New York Times/ NYTimes.com8,675 followers | Follow
Joseph Smarr
Social Web Engineer at Google. Former CTO of Plaxo. Opening up the Social Web.7,440 followers | Follow
Saeed Ahmed
Supervising News Editor at CNN Wire, overseeing natl & intl coverage. In my spare time, I'm @writer_dad7,072 followers | Follow
thomas marban
startup creator and runner tackling 100km a week. has weaknesses, too.5,962 followers | Follow
Lars Rasmussen
5,656 followers | Follow
Brian Steinberg
TV Editor at Advertising Age. Talk to me about music, pop culture, comics, TV and advertising3,572 followers | Follow
Ari Herzog
New media explorer at AriHerzog.com. Newburyport city councilor. Board member @SMCBoston @MassASPA Job hunter. Single.3,203 followers | Follow
Barrett Garese
I do lots of things; I'm kind of weird that way. Director of Content Partnerships @Blip. AR enthusiast. Fitness nerd. Video Game geek. Prone to argue.2,645 followers | Follow
Natty Zola
I built everlater.com, im a runner, cyclist, TechStar, NYC-addict, Rockies fan, traveler, mtn climber, foreign accent lover, and sushi eater. I'm an optimist.1,579 followers | Follow
Rahul Pathak
Founder & CEO of LookStat. We help photographers and agencies make more money.1,252 followers | Follow
Jason McGowan
1,144 followers | Follow
Marcy Cohen
Social Networking lead at Sony Electronics. Opinions on @MarcyCohen are my own.979 followers | Follow
