This marks the third year that StatSocial and Haydn Shaughnessy publish a list of Twitter users most influential in the realm of social media—that is, social media experts with a great following among people also interested in social media. Excluded from this list of the top-hundred influencers are journalists and actual employees of social media companies.
We’ve published this annual list on Forbes.com for two years. Take a look below for this year’s list of movers and shakers. As you go through it, you will notice many similarities to the lists of previous years, but also some striking differences. Thanks to some remarkable recent advances in StatSocial’s technology, this year’s list features a very granular analysis of follower communities cultivated by these social-media leaders....
Among the usual social media suspects are several newcomers worth following.