Jonathan Ross is most influential on Twitter
BBC TV host Jonathan Ross is the most influential twitterer in the world, it has been found.Using a specially developed algorithm to measure influence rather than just followers @Wossy even comes ahead of world leaders and news organisations.
JCPR looked at users of Twitter.com measuring the interest their posts generated amongst their readership and involvement with the Twitter community.
A complicated looking equation was then used to rank them in order of influence, with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton coming in as the second most influential and Stephen Fry a close third.
The mathematician who spent years at university only to find himself doing 'work' like this probably feels a bit of a Twit himself.
“While this is a fun and different way to look at Twitter, there is a serious side to it as well,” said Jackie Cooper, of JCPR.
"Behind all the glitz and glamour that goes with fame, it‘s important to understand where real influence lies, which is often very different to mere popularity.
"The Twitter Index helps us define that within the hugely dynamic social media space."
The JCPR Twitter Index (Top 20)
1 Jonathan Ross
2 Perez Hilton
3 Stephen Fry
4 Ashton Kutcher
5 Graham Linehan
6 Demi Moore
7 CNN
8 Lance Armstrong
9 New York Times
10 Will Wheaton
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