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Filed Under (Blogging, Tools) by Mani Karthik on 21-02-2009

Twitter sure is the next big thing (well, it already is). Some peeps find it boring and waste of time but there are a handful of “Tweeple” who make the best out of it. They have people flocking them, and ReTweeting their tweets. Simply put – they are the most influential Twitter users in India. Here is a list of the top 100 – the elite from India. Based on -

  • The number of followers you have.
  • The power of your network.
  • The frequency and pace of your updates. Top-twitterers-india Rank No .1 kalyan_normaldollars5 (CEO of Great Innovus) Web Apps and Niche web services development No. of Followers - 6,347
  • Rank No .2 04022007_022__normalleplan (leplan) CEO, InRev Systems No. of Followers - 8,048

    Rank No .3 Copy_of_DSC005821_normalcheth (cheth) I’m a freelance web & graphic designer. Who’s also into some easy animations and also doing B.E in Computer Science No. of Followers - 2,004

    Rank No .4 IMG_4971_normaldebasispradhan (Debasis Pradhan) software-test… Meet a Constructive mind on a Destructive Mission. A Passionate Tester who asks Questions to find Defects in Software and usually gets Paid while doing so! No. of Followers - 2,990

    Rank No .5 amit_normallabnol (Amit Agarwal) www.labnol.org Technology columnist & professional blogger No. of Followers - 2,895

    Rank No .6 AC_normalangsuman (Angsuman Chakraborty) Entrepreneur, Software architect, programmer, blogger, social media enthusiast, java, php & wordpress guru, more? http://tinyurl.com/26jmb2 No. of Followers - 1,977

    Rank No .7 twitter_normalgoobimama (Milind Alvares) smokingapples… Editor of Smoking Apples, blogger of junk, and owner of the @ismallcat. No. of Followers - 1,162

    Rank No .8 Meghna_normalmeghnak (MeghnaK) meghnaspages.… Avid reader. Aspiring writer. 13 y/o School Student. Creative Writing Blogger, Book Lover. Story Maker. A real prankster…..Owner of Twitter…. No. of Followers - 1,359

    Rank No .9 Amit-Small_normalamitbhawani (Amit Bhawani) www.amitbhawa… Iam a SEO & Blogger who writes at www.amitbhawani.com No. of Followers - 1,571

    Rank No .10 manitwitter_normal_normaldrmani (Dr Mani) EzineMarketin… Be an Internet infopreneur & Niche marketer - http://DrMani.name No. of Followers - 2,447

    Rank No .11 P1010034-1_normalvimoh (Vijayendra Mohanty) www.vmohanty.… I am a writer, blogger, and a comic book geek. I live in Delhi with my parents. No. of Followers - 1,930

    Rank No .12 twit04_normalnaina (Naina Redhu) www.nainaredh… logo designer, freelancer, blogger, photographer, re-toucher, moleskine & malazan book of the fallen addict, on LinkedIn, Facebook, Haryana Jat No. of Followers - 2,004

    Rank No .13 kiruba_iitcanteen_small_normalkiruba (Kiruba Shankar) www.kiruba.com CEO of Business Blogging, Social Media Enthusiast, Podcaster, Teacher, Columnist, Wikipedian, Barcamper & Proud Dad. No. of Followers - 2,623

    Rank No .14 headshot_normalIndianGuru (Satish Talim) satishtalim.c… Founder & CEO of RubyLearning ? A Ruby Evangelist ? Author ? Trainer ? Tweeting mostly about interesting stuff ? Also as @RubyLearning No. of Followers - 1,260

    Rank No .15 TU_LOGOTecupdates (Technology Updates) tec-updates.b… No. of Followers - 1,881

    Rank No .16 gautam3_normalgautamghosh (Gautam Ghosh) gauteg.blogsp… Management Consultant, HR professional, Facilitator, Business Blogger, No. of Followers - 1,062

    Rank No .17 nisha_goyal_normalnishu (nishu goyal) www.nishug.com Not going to change the world. No. of Followers - 2,188

    Rank No .18 IMG_3175_normalasfaq (Asfaq) www.Asfaq.com Tech Writer, Thinker, Occasional Cribber, Veggies Hater, Bathroom Singer, Moody Blogger, Social Media Enthusiast and an Online Evangelist for Pinstorm. No. of Followers - 1,402

    Rank No .19 aalaap_normalaalaap (Aalaap Ghag) aalaap.com Founder of LinkBunch, Lincr, etc., web developer, technology evangelist, web 2.0 activist, prolific Twitterer, infrequent blogger, PS3 fanboy and bedroom DJ. No. of Followers - 1,031

    Rank No .20 tf_normaltwilightfairy (twilightfairy) www.twilightf… Things get magical at the time of twilight. I am a telecom s/w person, blogger, photographer, enthusiast. No. of Followers – 868

    Rank No .21 Me_-_Profile_Pic_normalyuvipanda (Yuvi Panda) blog.yuvisens… A 17 year old wannabe geek from India No. of Followers – 917

    Rank No .22 avatar_normalankeshk (Ankesh Kothari) www.NonToxin.… Serial entrepreneur (Go to AnkeshKothari.com to read about my entrepreneurial adventures) No. of Followers - 2,969

    Rank No .23 photogenicd_normaldina (Dina) dinamehta.com/ Looking outside. Researcher, ethnographer. Social media consultant. http://mosoci.com/ No. of Followers - 3,262

    Rank No .24 brajeshwar_normalBrajeshwar (Brajeshwar) brajeshwar.com Brajeshwar is an ardent believer of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), he envisions pushing the technical envelope time and again. No. of Followers - 1,002

    Rank No .25 mangavatar_normalpreshit (???s??d) presh.it Head of Operations at @smokingapples. I review iPhone apps for a living. No. of Followers – 880

    Rank No .26 pcpic95_normalpchere (pchere) quickonlineti… Chief Blogger & Editor of QuickOnlineTips.com - Publishes technology news, blogging tips, wordpress hacks, web 2.0, new media No. of Followers - 1,221

    Rank No .27 Avatar_Redmond_normalbaxiabhishek (Abhishek Baxi) www.baxiabhis… Technology. New media. Web No. of Followers – 839

    Rank No .28 avatar_arun_normalsimplyarun (Arun) simplyarun.de… Designer (of sorts) at SlideShare No. of Followers - 1,266

    Rank No .29 2267443_normalgsik (Gaurav Sikka) www.gauravsik… comic books, filmmaker, folk music, photography, yoga, kalaripayattu, apple, arsenal & michigan (wolverines) fanatic, social media junkie, last.fm lover! No. of Followers - 1,163

    Rank No .30 Sharjeel_normalsharjeelsayed (Sharjeel Sayed) www.sharjeel.… Techie, Social Media Junkie, Early Adopter and a Foodie No. of Followers - 1,087

    Rank No .31 photo_2_53dd75ec2453b068f14e8d332fb8c68e_normalshankargan (Shankar Ganesh) www.shankarga… 16 Year Old Blogger and Freelance Writer from India. No. of Followers - 1,222

    Rank No .32 camp4_normalvijayanands (Vijay Anand) www.vijayanan… Indian. Entrepreneur. Blogger. Love Startups! No. of Followers - 1,086

    Rank No .33 new_pic_normalsampad (sampad swain) sampadswain.c… Concerned Citizen, Social Media Evangelist, Blogger, Hobbyist Sketcher, Early Adopter, Internet Geek, Influencer, Influenced, GODREJite… No. of Followers – 782

    Rank No .34 rss_normalTheNonsenseBlog (Guttu) www.thinknons… Bio?? I am a normal human being with 206 bones and a little amount of muscle just enough to cover bones No. of Followers - 1,136

    Rank No .35 j120t_normaljaytweeter (Jayadeep Rath) Internet Marketing, PPC-Adwords, SEO and Social Media Enthusiast No. of Followers - 1,939

    Rank No .36 ProfilePic_2_normalaDeSe (aDeSe) aditi-gupta.b… “Chocolates - Icecreams - Flowers - Pups - LyF - LuV - Romance - Water - Talking - Mood - Cuteness - Work - Twitter” Crazee and an Evangelist :) No. of Followers – 828

    Rank No .37 ssl20673_normalceetee (Chetan Thaker) ceetee.mp I’m a Tech freak, Gadget Lover, Software Breaker, PJ cracker, Web 2.0 person No. of Followers – 756

    Rank No .38 sonal-chauhan33_normalnaziasayed (Nazia) friendfeed.co… Social Media wannabe, Moderate Techie No. of Followers - 1,050

    Rank No .39 chetan-new-avatar_normalsizzler_chetan (Chetan Bhawani) www.thewwwblo… A tech blogger, webmaster, SEO, dental student… In short a “Multi-functional Robot!” My personal blog at www.chetanbhawani.com No. of Followers – 865

    Rank No .40 Dithered_Image_normalhiway (Harshad Sharma) harshad.me/ Snake Charmer/ Python Programmer, LightStalker/ Photographer, Roadrunner/ Motorcycle tourer, Freebird :-) No. of Followers – 783

    Rank No .41 Image007-ed2_normalnischalshetty (Nischal Shetty) www.twi5.com Techie, blogger, twitter fan, love to help you :) I blog at iSimplyBlog.com No. of Followers - 1,337

    Rank No .42 thej_normalthej (thej) thejeshgn.com geek, blogger, biker, traveler, adventurer , programmer , web developer, photographer No. of Followers – 813

    Rank No .43 Winter_Leaves_normalmonikkinom (Monik|age-13 blogger) www.etiole.com Hi. I am a 13 yr old boy and i blog at etiole.com , i love playing soccer and playing computer games. No. of Followers - 1,417

    Rank No .44 me_normalmayank (Mayank Gupta) mayank.info/ Wordpress theme designer, Pro-Blogger, Entreprenuer, Young Indian :) No. of Followers – 855

    Rank No .45 cub_normalwildlifesos (Wildlife SOS India) www.wildlifes… I’m Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder of Wildlife SOS in India. No. of Followers - 1,426

    Rank No .46 sml_abhi_normalwingsofsuccess (Abhishek Agarwal) www.wingsofsu… Brand 126 Niche Books With Your Affiliate ID. And Also Get MRR To All These Books! No. of Followers - 3,369

    Rank No .47 a_normalfarrhad (Farrhad A) www.letssermo… 15 y.o. Entrepreneur, Blogger, Designer, Web enthusiast and much much more, always there to help! Always Follow back, and RT a lot too | Tweet many quotes No. of Followers - 1,050

    Rank No .48 Ram4_normalRamkarthik (Ramkarthik) www.bloggingt… 19 year old blogger and freelance writer No. of Followers – 836

    Rank No .49 DSC00493_normalnarayananh (Narayanan Hariharan) www.techspike… Entrepreneur, Blogger, Twitterer, Music Lover No. of Followers - 700

    Rank No .50 DSC00493_normalWATblog (WATBlog) http://watblog.com I am not human. I am a refreshing blog on Web, Advertising, Technology & Social Media in India. Talk to me! 3% chance i’ll talk back, unless you say WTF! - No. of Followers - 848

    Top-twitterers-india


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    1. A little off don’t you think? Based totally on the followers list. For one I think I should be moved from No. 7 to No.1. Doesn’t make sense otherwise. ;)

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      LOL Not at all Goobi, a deeper lok and you’ll see the algo.

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    2. Great list Mani,

      Glad to find some of my own close friends here, Cheth, Ceetee and our own Albins..

      Where did you get the data from..? Made it all up manually..?

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    3. It was easy to compile the names, But had a not so easy time sorting with the follower numbers and number of tweets. It wasn’t hard- though yea- manual.

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      Narayanan HariharanNo Gravatar Replied:

      I wonder how you say this compilation is manual. Quoting my previous comment and your reply -

      “Narayanan Hariharan

      Hey.. Nice list.. Looks like I just scraped through :P BTW you’ve used Twitter Grader for this listing right?

      Mani Karthik Replied:

      Yea Narayan, I have.”

      The Twitter Grader Elite list gives out the top 50 readymade - http://twitter.grader.com/location/?Location=India
      Then how do you claim that you’ve done this manually by checking on follower numbers and number of tweets??

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      Narayanan, I never did say I didnt use grader. I recall I said I did :) I havent developed any algorithm either. I have used the data from grader and compared it with twitterholic, other rank lists on blogs and altered it a bit thats all. It’s def not a scrape off am afraid, but manually done.

      Untill I develop an algorithm :D I would still be using the data from all the other sources. Unfortunately ! And, Im not calling it - The 50 top users on Twitter I created ! lol

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      KarthiksnNo Gravatar Replied:

      But I find striking similarity between this and the grader one. Only difference being graders is a little up to date.

      Narayanan HariharanNo Gravatar Replied:

      Please take a relook at your list and at the twitter grader list and tell me in which case you’ve made an alteration. (apart from the fact that twitter grader is up to date)

    4. M shivendu is unfit to figure in this list and he is a copycat blogger…He simply copies the content of other blogs…affected blogs were amitbhawani, chetan’ wwwblog, nirmaltv and several other indian blogs…you shouldn’t list people who are web thieves…

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      Thanks for letting know Rajesh. Hope you’d agree that this is only a technical manifestation of the Twitter metrics. How I wish if I could check everyones background info before posting.
      But I think the comment itself will explain it and help others make not of.
      Appreciate it.

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    5. Awesome List. Wondering how did MeghnaK reach No.8. And glad to find myself in the list and also some of my followers and very good friends..

      Awesome work..

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      meghnaNo Gravatar Replied:

      I too agree. Maybe some mistake……??

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    6. Hey.. Nice list.. Looks like I just scraped through :P
      BTW you’ve used Twitter Grader for this listing right?

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      Yea Narayan, I have.

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    7. Thanks for compiling such a list and sharing with us all. Pleased to see my name too amongst such great people.

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    8. Hi I am a Kid Tech Blogger of 15
      My Twittter
      http://twitter.com/mshivendu
      1600+ Followers
      Please analyse and list me also
      Thanks

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    9. Thanks for including me in the list buddy :-) You missed out @Swaastik, he really must be on this list.

      -@Farrhad

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    10. Greate compilation . A great list of great people.A lot of kiddies in this list. Personally I was aware of Amit of labnol only.

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    11. Cool I’m following most of them
      http://twitter.com/shoutmeloud

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    12. @Mani Karthik

      Cool compilation! I’m glad I made into your Third slot.. :) Following you on twitter now. Hope to know you better :)

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    13. Surprised to see a lot of familiar names here…good job on the list Mani.

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    14. Glad to be in that list. What happens if I am on rank 34? This is the reason I like grader more than twitterrank :D

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    15. Nice compilation but i am on the other side of the line…..
      Using the number of followers and the number of updates might not be right always…

      1. The ratio of the number of follwers/number of following should be prioritized in the algo…
      It is pretty simple to get 1000 followers by following 1100 people!
      2. The next one is the lame guy’s trick …. Follow 2000 people get 19XX followers and then unfollow everyone!

      I personally ve noticed 2 ppl from the top half of the list do this shady thing.

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      I agree Ram,

      But these tricks dont give them a good reputation right? I have only picked up the technical metrics. It would be difficult to measure the “good factor” for each. But that’s something worth thinking about.

      Thanks for the idea.

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      RajeshNo Gravatar Replied:

      I think many in this list do that act of following many people, getting the followers and then doing a nofollow….This includes Amit Bhawani…I had seen him following more than 1000 at one point of time and he has started a nofollow later…not sure how all these are really going to help people…

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      GuttuNo Gravatar Replied:

      I noticed that too. But I am not like them and still in that list. :)

      RiyaNo Gravatar Replied:

      Yea I agree the first two guys are following too many people.. sounds like a good strategy but its not going to help for sure. na!

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    16. You should have mentioned that the grades are copied verbatim from http://twitter.grader.com/index.php?Action=TwitterUsersByLocation&Country=IN

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      Its not copletely based on grader Angsuman, Ive used data from grader, twitterhoilc, other top users list from blogs and my own friends list. Appreciate your feedback.
      And yea, I’d dare not even think about this as “the” top users out there. This is just a compilation, I tried. Its not completely right I agree :)

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    17. Hi Mani,

      Great list there (not because my name is there ;) Of course, it is way down the list and will be gone after you add a couple of people :D ).

      I appreciate the hard work you have put in to create this list. Congrats to all the twitter users in that list.

      P.S: Where’s your name in the list? I thought you were an Indian too :P

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    18. Thanks good list.

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    19. Perhaps you should drop “Influential” from your list definition. These are top twitter users (as per Twitter Grader, and perhaps like you said other lists too that you used). I follow some of the people in the list. I get links to many cool sites/news but let me assure you, they are NOT influential tweets, not in the remotest of sense.

      Please delete my previous comment.

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      Thanks for dropping by Mohan, yea its high time we have a good ranking algorithm made taking into consideration all the metrics. Every new list I see, when dissected - is lame or closer cos its all numbers

      But I’m going to take them until we have it to suggest something at least, if not the most appropriate/accurate data.

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    20. I am not copying any posts from any blog
      One of my post have been copied by TechCrunch and I have got a link back from TechCrunch
      Please Crawl http://twitter.com/mshivendu

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    21. I am on 34th in Twitter Grader Elite

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    22. Perhaps retweets (RT) can be used as one of the parameters for “influential” twitterers. Ideally there should be a way to measure originality and quality of tweets.

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      Mani KarthikNo Gravatar Replied:

      Yea I agree, Retweets are a great way to find out if ones genuinely interesting or not.

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