Tory Radio have produced a new index of Tory Twitter influence based on Edelman's tweet level service. Left Foot Forward produces a similar Labour list.
As the debate over Tweetminster’s report continues, Tory Radio have produced a new index of Tory Twitter influence based on Edelman’s tweet level service.
The index showed that Iain Dale and Tory Bear had more influence on twitter despite having fewer followers than Boris Johnson or the Conservative Party itself.
Left Foot Forward has carried out the same analysis from Iain Dale’s list of the top 20 Labour tweeters. As with Tory Radio list, the brackets outline where they are positioned in Iain’s list.
Tom Watson, an MP well respected in techy circles, tops the list with bloggers Ellie Gellard and Cath Elliott the two highest climbers. Both Tom Watson and Sarah Brown have more influence than any Tory tweeters.
Top Labour Tweeters by Tweet Level
1. (4) Tom Watson – 69
2. (1) Sarah Brown – 67
=3. (19) Ellie Gellard – 65
=3. (3) John Prescott – 65
5. (9) Kerry McCarthy – 64
6. (2) Alastair Campbell – 63
7. (12) LabourList – 59
8. (15) Tom Harris – 55
9. (14) The Fabians – 54
=10. (7) Lord Drayson – 52
=10. (18) Cath Elliott – 52
12. (8) Ed Balls – 51
13. (16) Stuart Bruce – 49
14. (20) Sion Simon – 48
=15. (10) Sadiq Khan – 47
=15. (17) Kevin Maguire – 47
17. (5) David Miliband – 45
18. (6) Ed Miliband – 44
19. (11) David Lammy – 40
20. (13) Ben Bradshaw – 36
Earlier today at my suggestion, Mark Thompson produced a list of the Top 20 Lib Dem twitterers. Over to Mark again for a list of the most influential Lib Dem tweeters.
Hat-tip: Samuel Coates
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36 Responses to “Tom Watson is Labour’s top influencer on twitter”
Political Scrapbook
Haven’t quite a few Labour activists been left off this – which was kind of the point of the Tweetminster report?
http://tweetlevel.edelman.com/user/wdjstraw (TweetLevel 49)
http://tweetlevel.edelman.com/user/northernheckler (TweetLevel 54)
http://tweetlevel.edelman.com/user/LukePollard (TweetLevel 51)
http://tweetlevel.edelman.com/user/wesstreeting (TweetLevel 61)
http://tweetlevel.edelman.com/user/AdamBienkov (TweetLevel 54)
Alasdair
Ah, I see. That makes more sense then. Still not sure about the methodology – there’s no way I’m more influential (even among my smaller following circle) than both Milibands!
Sheds light on the interesting question of how you can measure ‘influence’ on Twitter. Lots of services try it, not sure I’ve seen any get it right yet…
Ellie Gellard
Hatter, I was rather surprised myself! You’re absolutely right, I’m nothing more than a random person with an opinion on politics, and I’m not sure how these figures are calculated.
However, I do engage with hundreds of people on Twitter, sometimes over DM (which means you won’t see it) and sometimes in @ replies and if you’re not following the person I’m replying to, you’re unlikely to see those either. I’ll defend this Government’s record where I see fit and also admit where they’ve gone wrong. I’ve found Twitter a fantastic forum to debate policy initiatives, and use it to do so, as well as strengthening the vibrant Labour community we have built on there. And, yes, the nature of Twitter would lend itself to “spouting” sometimes too…
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Dominic Campbell
TweetLevel says am more influential than any Tory http://bit.ly/7qfrpL & 1 behind @tom_watson for Labour http://bit.ly/4QKIWJ? *plots evil*