Tedsters

Al Gore

2,349,089 followers |

Tony Robbins

The Official Tony Robbins Account
2,041,948 followers |

richardbranson

Founder of Virgin Group: @virgin
1,781,144 followers |

Imogen Heap

Hello there. My latest song is called Xizi She Knows and it's up on my website along with 4 others songs toward my 4th Album. This one was made in China! xx
1,645,511 followers |

Evan Williams

Farm boy from Nebraska. Husband and father. Co-founder of Twitter. Partner at @ObviousCorp
1,451,991 followers |

Steven Johnson

Writer. (7 books, most recently Where Good Ideas Come From.) Web site creator (3 companies, most recently outside.in.) Dad (three boys.)
1,445,990 followers |

David Pogue

Tech columnist, NY Times; CNBC tech dude; Missing Manuals creator, dad of 3!
1,412,774 followers |

Chris Anderson

TED = Ideas worth spreading!
1,331,990 followers |

hodgman

THAT IS ALL, a book of FINAL WORLD KNOWLEDGE, will be published on 11/1/11.
685,944 followers |

Adam Savage

I play a scientist on TV. Obsessive maker of things. Host of Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel.
597,940 followers |

Rick Warren

Forgiven. Mentors young leaders. Serves the poor&sick with our P.E.A.C.E. plan-196 nations. Encourages pastors.Leads Saddleback. Loves everyone.Wrote some books
523,784 followers |

Jacqueline Novogratz

CEO, Acumen Fund (@acumenfund) and author, The Blue Sweater (www.thebluesweater.com)
412,466 followers |

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins Personal Twitter Account.
317,496 followers |

Tim Ferriss

Author of #1 NY Times bestsellers, The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Workweek, Japanophile, tea drinker, tango world record holder, language learning fanatic.
306,671 followers |

Scott McCloud

I write things, draw things, and invent things
290,380 followers |

johnmaeda

President, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, College, Museum, USA, 1877, Laws of Simplicity, MIT, Design, Art, Business, Technology, Life
282,661 followers |

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.com
227,636 followers |

Clay Shirky

Bald. Unreliable. Easily distracte
189,454 followers |

Alain de Botton

Causing (gentle and respectful) trouble with 'Religion for Atheists' (just out now).
173,986 followers |

Maria Popova

Interestingness curator and semi-secret geek obsessed with combinatorial creativity. Editor of @brainpickings. Bylines for @WiredUK @TheAtlantic @DesignObserver
141,077 followers |

Michael Pollan

Author of Food Rules; In Defense of Food; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; The Botany of Desire; A Place of My Own and Second Nature.
135,318 followers |

John Doerr

111,226 followers |

JaneGoodallInstitute

Working on behalf of all of us great apes.
110,588 followers |

Stephen Hawking

Theoretical physicist and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Likes: black holes, cats and watching TV.
102,014 followers |

PZ Myers

Godless liberal biologist
97,034 followers |

Sir Ken Robinson

87,457 followers |

Jimmy Wales

With your help, we stopped #SOPA!
63,740 followers |

zefrank

creator of star.me, zefrank.com, colorwars, the show, youngmenowme, and many other online play spaces.
62,014 followers |

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 humanity
61,330 followers |

Hans Rosling

Professor Global Health, Karolinska Institutet. Edutainer & co-founder of Gapminder Foundation
61,193 followers |

Bill Gross

Founder of Technology Incubator Idealab and 100 companies in last 30 years. Tweeting while on my quest for learning in life and at conferences.
46,892 followers |

Bill Liao

www.sosventures.com - investment - www.weforest.org - philanthropy ---- www.coderdojo.com - awesomeness
46,356 followers |

Van Jones

Dad. Co-founder of RebuildTheDream.com (@RebuildDream). Wrote NYT bestseller: Green Collar Economy. Love Ctr 4 Am Progress, Ella Baker Center + Green For All.
43,842 followers |

Andrew Bird

Singer, violinist, whistler.
36,323 followers |

Eric Lewis

Sub, as in underwater. EWL, as in my initials. INTP Keirsey school. Playing with tile & natural stone. Coffee bean roaster. #HouseMD addict.
35,817 followers |

John Markoff

New York Times science writer
34,895 followers |

Jennifer 8. Lee

Journalist, writer. Awesome Food trustee. Hacks/Hackers organizer. Dreaming of the future of media: The story continues. jenny@jennifer8lee.com.
32,682 followers |

Isaac Mizrahi

29,195 followers |

Jane McGonigal

I make and play games. My New York Times bestselling book is Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World http://amzn.to/rr5luD
27,311 followers |

Howard Rheingold

Independent thinker, online instigator, novice educator, expert learner, offline gardener.
27,170 followers |

Esther Dyson

Internet court jEsther -- I occupy Esther Dyson. www.flickr.com/photos/edyson
26,110 followers |

Michael Shermer

The Two-Wheeled Skeptic
24,347 followers |

Sagmeister Inc.

This is the official twitter page for Sagmeister Inc., a NYC based design firm. http://www.facebook.com/sagmeisterinc
23,283 followers |

Barry Schwartz

Search Geek
23,129 followers |

Ory Okolloh

Mama of 3 girls who will run the world, Google Policy Manager Africa, co-founder Ushahidi.com & Mzalendo.com, Afropolitan, Kenyan. Views = mine.
22,719 followers |

Evgeny Morozov

There are idiots. Look around.
22,197 followers |

danariely

Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics
20,519 followers |

Oliver Sacks

Author, Neurologist
19,703 followers |

Jonathan Zittrain

Professor @Harvard_Law, @Kennedy_School, @HSEAS Comp Sci Dept. + @BerkmanCenter; @EFF and @InternetSociety board member
18,793 followers |

Erik Hersman

Where Africa and technology collide... Co-founder of Ushahidi, iHub Nairobi and AfriGadget
18,466 followers |

Evan Grant

Dallas Morning News Baseball Columnist/sports blogger and all-around OK guy.
17,278 followers |

Rory Sutherland

Fat bloke at Ogilvy, IPA; The Wiki Man
16,558 followers |

Nancy Pelosi News

UNOFFICIAL TWITTER - News about Nancy Pelosi - Follow @NancyPelosi for official Tweets from the Speaker.
16,520 followers |

Doubleday

Book publisher, content provider, entertainment property, gatekeeper, star maker, hit factory, meme machine, icon.
14,530 followers |

Kaki King

too many strings.
13,184 followers |

Larry Brilliant

President/CEO, Skoll Global Threats Fund; fmr ED Google.org; co-founder, ED, Seva Foundation; co-founder, The Well; Prof, U Mich; WHO smallpox eradication, etc.
12,938 followers |

Cameron Sinclair

Somewhere between an eternal optimist and a rabble rouser. Started #Archforhumanity, swiped a #TED Prize and edited Design Like You Give A Damn 1 and 2.
12,650 followers |

Zainab Salbi

12,267 followers |

Thomas Dolby

Thomas Dolby: musician. Co-created the ringtone synth embedded in 3bn+ Nokia phones. Known for 80s hit 'She Blinded Me With Science.' New album out Fall 2011.
11,510 followers |

rachel botsman

Social Innovator. Speaker. Author on the power of collaborative technologies to transform business, public services and the way we live.
11,424 followers |

June Cohen

Executive Producer of TED Media. I tweet about media, technology, culture, the arts, great ideas & TED
10,348 followers |

Lars Hinrichs

Entrepreneur, Investor, Father, Husband & Executive Geek at HackFwd, CEO Cinco Capital, TEDster, YGL. Quality tweeting since April 2007
10,333 followers |

Jan Chipchase

Strategy. Innovation. Design. Travel. Life.
9,981 followers |

Elizabeth Gilbert

9,250 followers |

Majora Carter

You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One
8,936 followers |

John Wooden

Daily inspiration and wisdom from the legendary John Wooden.
8,877 followers |

AlexSteffen

I think, write and speak about how to live well and be a good ancestor... (pls note, I'm not able to answer all individual research queries or comments).
8,857 followers |

Long Now

The Long Now Foundation hopes to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
8,460 followers |

Carolyn Porco

Planetary scientist, leader of the Cassini imaging team, director of CICLOPS, & author-to-be. Opinions are my own.
7,949 followers |

William McDonough

William McDonough is a designer, architect and co-author, with Michael Braungart, of Cradle to Cradle and The Hannover Principles
7,861 followers |

Milken Institute

Economic think tank that helps business, philanthropy and policy leaders with ideas to create broad-based prosperity. Hosts Milken Institute Global Conference.
7,780 followers |

Ann Cooper

Ann is a relentless voice of reform by focusing on the links between food, family, farming and children’s health and wellness
7,657 followers |

Lucy P. Marcus

CEO, non-exec board director; Reuters columnist on boards & leadership; HBR contributor; IE Biz School Prof of Leadership & Governance; thinker, speaker, doer.
7,402 followers |

AJ Jacobs

Author of The Year of Living Biblically and Drop Dead Healthy. Proud owner of ficus plant.
7,284 followers |

Emmanuel JAL

I do not know how to start or end this bio,but just to put it short, I am an ex child soldier turned into a recording artist.
7,231 followers |

David Perry

Video Game Industry Veteran (30 years now.) Currently the CEO of Gaikai (play state-of-the art games in your browser.) - http://www.gaikai.com/games
7,230 followers |

Golan Levin

Artist, researcher, educator, instigator; Director of the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at CMU. Flinger of flongs.
6,919 followers |

Ray Kurzweil

While my physical self remains cryogenically preserved in Yucca Mountain, I maintain an active VR life where I blog in anticipation of the singularity.
6,870 followers |

Philip Rosedale

Co-Founder @coffeeandpower Founder of Second Life
6,764 followers |

Sarah Jones

writer/performer of multi-character solo shows (incl. Tony-winning Bridge & Tunnel), UNICEF ambassador, marathoner & TEDtalker. http://tinyurl.com/c3h6bm
6,710 followers |

J. Craig Venter

Genome and Synthetic Life Scientist
6,324 followers |

Sunni Brown

Co-author of Gamestorming and leader of The Doodle Revolution. On a mission to get words and pictures back together. TED talk spells VINDICATION for Doodlers.
6,286 followers |

Graham Hill

TreeHugger, WeAreHappyToServeYou.com founder, Sitewerks Co-Founder, Discovery's Planet Green Exec and Talent.
6,190 followers |

malcolm gladwell

5,949 followers |

Richard St. John

Success Analyst - Speaker - Author - Marathon Runner.
5,796 followers |

Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley is the author of provocative books on evolution, genetics and society.
5,717 followers |

Charlie Leadbeater

Author We Think, co founder Participle, trustee Apps for Good, advisor Ministry of Stories, associate Demos, fellow Nesta, husband, father and Arsenal fan
5,514 followers |

Dave Eggers

5,499 followers |

Sylvia A. Earle

Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence, 2009 TED Prize Winner. Dedicated to saving and restoring the ocean, the blue heart of the planet!
5,490 followers |

Parag Khanna

Author of The Second World and How to Run the World; Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; Director, Hybrid Reality Institute
5,470 followers |

Nicholas Negroponte

founder, MIT Media Lab, One Laptop per Child
5,269 followers |

Chip Conley

Author & speaker at the intersection of psychology + business.
5,237 followers |

Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa

Founder and CEO of THE 99 (Teshkeel Media Group).
4,687 followers |

Jamais Cascio

Investigator of the plausibly surreal. Writer, Speaker, Futurist.
4,673 followers |

Erin McKean

Founder, Wordnik.com. Recovering lexicographer.
4,352 followers |

Ben Saunders

Drags heavy things around cold places. (Third in history to ski solo to the North Pole, longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton.) Land Rover brand ambassador.
4,327 followers |

Lewis Gordon Pugh

Speaker | Environmental Campaigner | Swimmer. Young Global Leader 2011 - World Economic Forum
4,097 followers |

David S. Rose

Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, angel investor
4,004 followers |

Rachel Armstrong

Senior TED Fellow, Interdisciplinary researcher inhabiting art/science/architecture
3,986 followers |

Tim Brown

3,912 followers |

Virginia Postrel

L.A. writer on commerce & culture, Bloomberg View columnist: social science, politics, style, design, glamour, innovation, biomedical issues. Also @deepglamour
3,887 followers |

Don Norman

Design thinker, company advisor, professor, columnist, author, ... Latest book: Living with Complexity. MIT Press. (Complexity is good)
3,781 followers |

Mena Trott

I'm Mena Trott and I create blog tools and have an awesome baby, dog and husband.
3,410 followers |

William Kamkwamba

Dartmouth College class of 2014 and Windmill Builder in Malawi.
3,268 followers |

Daniel Libeskind

Studio Daniel Libeskind is involved in designing a diverse array of urban, cultural and commercial projects internationally. This feed is maintained by SDL
3,232 followers |

Sheena Iyengar

Sheena Iyengar is the author of The Art of Choosing and a professor at the Columbia Business School.
3,199 followers |

Tom Rielly

TED Fellows Director, Community Director, TED Conferences, entrepreneur and humorist
3,150 followers |

Keith Bellows

editor of national geographic traveler
3,100 followers |

Ray Zahab

i truly believe we can do what we might think is impossible.
3,091 followers |

Robin Chase

Now: Buzzcar, p2p carsharing. Founder & former CEO Zipcar, GoLoco, MeadowNetworks. Focus on open solutions, pragmatic implementation & real-time CO2 reductions.
2,920 followers |

Tom Chatfield

Author of Fun Inc and other books about digital culture; gamer & game-writer; speaker, editor, jazz pianist, tea-drinker, list writer...
2,904 followers |

Sean Gourley

Physicist, Decathlete, Political Advisor. Mathematics of war. CTO & co-founder of Quid.com
2,823 followers |

George Ayittey

Native of Ghana, Economics Professor, Author and President, Free Africa Foundation, in Washington, DC
2,656 followers |

Kevin Kelly

The Xceptionalize Guy and Internationally Acclaimed Motivational speaker -Booking enquiries: +35391867969 kevin@kevinkellyunlimited.com
2,625 followers |

Julian Treasure

Business sound expert, author of the book Sound Business, conference speaker, Chairman of The Sound Agency - BrandSound™ consultancy and bespoke soundscapes.
2,508 followers |

lara stein

Director TEDx
2,456 followers |

Benjamin Zander

Conductor of The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Teacher of thousands of musicians, Speaker on leadership. Tweets by Office Assistant Rachel unless noted.
2,423 followers |

Raul Midón

Paying the rent with the guitar!
2,422 followers |

Erik Tanouye

America's Favorite Half-Japanese Twitter Person. NYC.
2,337 followers |

Jaime Lerner

2,207 followers |

Aimee Mullins

I am a very, very, very curious girl....
2,173 followers |

Shai Agassi

Founder and CEO of Better Place, the first sustainable mobility company
2,128 followers |

Barry Schuler

VC DFJ Growth Fund, Former AOL CEO, Hopeless Geek, FemtoLaser Jock, Vintner-Meteor Vineyard, Foodie, Education Warrior, Film&TV Producer
2,103 followers |

Brian Greene

founder http://qued.tv tech @doopdoop married to @paulinegreene daddy to @dalekmad sophie & charlotte socialist/radio geek/poet/DJ co-presenter #sodshow
2,008 followers |

Sören Stamer

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Yokudo & CoreMedia, German Fairness Prize 2009 recipient, TEDster and running father
2,000 followers |

Larry Lessig

Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society.
1,990 followers |

Alisa Miller

PRI's CEO, blogger, TED speaker, entrepreneur, author, advisor. Tech, social media, global news, enviro, VCs, culture, science, media for good.
1,951 followers |

Peter Hirshberg

Chairman, The Re:imagine Group
1,893 followers |

carlhonore

On a mission to slow down the world. In a good way.
1,848 followers |

Rodney Brooks

My marketing philosophy is simple: understand your target audience, think strategically and be creative. Everything else is just tactics.
1,842 followers |

Alison Jackson-Bass

Owner of two eco shops and online business, based in Hope, Derbyshire. Musings on miscellanea and sustainable living. Expect the unexpected.
1,748 followers |

Blog Matthieu Ricard

Moine bouddhiste renommé, auteur, photographe, et traducteur du Dalai Lama.
1,725 followers |

gever tulley

i make stuff - http://gevertulley.com
1,718 followers |

Ashraf Ghani

Candidate in the 2009 Afghan presidential elections
1,674 followers |

Nate Silver

1,674 followers |

Alex Kelleher

Founder, Cognitive Match | Co-Founder, Touch Clarity | Founder, Vivid Edge
1,658 followers |

Nathan Wolfe

1,394 followers |

Sebastian Seung

Computational neuroscientist at MIT. Author of Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are.
1,356 followers |

jehane noujaim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehane_Noujaim
1,127 followers |

Eben Bayer

Entrepreneur adapting living systems to help planet. ebenbayer.com CEO of Ecovative. Also Working On: Ecological Economics, The Thermodynamic way, iNeuroscience
1,047 followers |

Rokia Traore

Chanteuse nominée aux victoires de la musique. Je twitterai en direct de la cérémonie
872 followers |

philippe starck

872 followers |

Martin Seligman

863 followers |

eames demetrios

filmmaker/geographer-at-large/steward/artist/write/design exponent
859 followers |

Natasha Tsakos

Inventing possibilities through theatrical experiences.
858 followers |

luca turin

847 followers |

Tan Le

767 followers |

Louise Leakey

Palaeotologist, conservationist, winemaker, pilot, mother
625 followers |

Laurie Santos

620 followers |

Torsten Reil

CEO, NaturalMotion
615 followers |

Kevin Surace

CEO of Serious Energy, Inc. Smarter buildings through disruptive technology.
546 followers |

Jill Tarter

Earthling chief cheerleader for SETI, setiQuest, and the Allen Telescope Array Jack's wife - Shana's mom - Li Yao and Clara's grandma
456 followers |

Brenda Laurel

mountain woman interaction designer and theorist teacher Gaian
449 followers |

Marvin Minsky

411 followers |

Keith Barry

Wired.com contributor, freelance automotive and transportation writer, car reviewer, etc.
391 followers |

Marc Koska

I am the inventor of the auto-disable (AD) K1 syringe and founder of the SafePoint Trust charity & LifeSaver. Please tweet & RT this video! http://ow.ly/1FVWQ
387 followers |

Itay Talgam

Conductor & speaker
325 followers |

MyLittleEyeGallery

310 followers |

Nick Sears

295 followers |

Katherine Fulton

President, Monitor Institute, Social Change Strategist, Journalist
293 followers |

Pete Alcorn

290 followers |

Michael Pritchard

Inventor of LIFESAVER bottle, ANYWAY spray. Born in Surrey. More inventions to come!
199 followers |

sophal_ear

Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs (really, my job isn't as scary as it sounds!)
169 followers |

Steve Truglia

Film and TV Stuntman, Stunt Coordinator and TV Presenter. Planning World High Altitude Parachuting Record from the edge of space.
157 followers |

v s ramachandran

brain
156 followers |

Bart Weetjens

150 followers |

Jane Poynter

Biosphere 2 crewmember, author, President of Paragon Space Development Corp. and Global Sports Alliance USA.. Founder, The Local Trust.
131 followers |

George Smoot

103 followers |

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

62 followers |

Matthew Childs

36 followers |

Taryn Simon

26 followers |

Klimakampen

Klimakampen.dk is a learning universe where users can collaborate in idea developing solutions to the climate change challenges and much more.
18 followers |

Anders Ynnerman

5 followers |

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