Britain's most influential Twitter users

Thursday, 17 December 2009 , Posted by Ed Allen at 07:07

Social media blogger Pete Cashmore tops the list, compiled by phone maker INQ Mobile, of the most influential Twitter users in the UK. Popular entertainer and high-profile celebrity twitterer Stephen Fry comes in second, having amassed 1.1 million followers.

Cashmore, CEO of the trendsetting social media blog Mashable, has over 1.8 million users following his Twitter feed - making him one of the most popular individuals on the microblogging site.

In order to calculate the 'influence rating' of twitter users INQ Mobile took into account the number of times they tweeted, how good they were at re-tweeting other people's posts and the frequency with which their messages are re-tweeted by other users.

The 20 most influential British Twitter feeds are:

Pete Cashmore, CEO at Mashable

Stephen Fry, All-round entertainer

Russell Brand, Comedian and TV presenter

Dougie Poytner, McFly band member

Tom Fletcher, another McFly band member

Eddie Izzard, Actor and Comedian

Zee M Kane, Editor-in-Chief of The Next Web

Jonathan Ross, Entertainer

Richard Bacon, DJ and TV/Radio presenter

Peter Andre, Celebrity/Singer

Andy Murray, Sportsman

Calvin Harris, Musician

Suzi Perry, Presenter on the Gadget Show

Sarah Brown, Wife of the Prime Minister

Imogen Heap, Musician

Ian Poulter, Sportsman

Tom Watson, Member of Parliament

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

Darren Bent, Sportsman

Steven Gerrard, Sportsman

Source: Telegraph

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