In an exercise to collate data for research and better understand the metrics used by Twitter scoring tools, I’ve created a table of the top 25 Twitter users with the word [bristol uk] within their bio.
| Followerwonk | Klout | PeerIndex | TweetLevel | Twitalyzer | Kred | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BusinessZone | 84.42 | 64 | 61 | 81.8 | 6.5 | 816 |
| ukbizforums | 82.08 | 48 | 44 | 69 | 1.9 | 717 |
| josiefraser | 81.08 | 61 | 60 | 77.6 | 2.3 | 781 |
| jontangerine | 81.01 | 60 | 44 | 74.4 | 1.7 | 777 |
| DJNickWarren | 80.93 | 61 | 33 | 70.1 | 4.8 | 773 |
| thisisbristol | 80.11 | 61 | 62 | 78.5 | 5.3 | 771 |
| HistoryExtra | 78.23 | 63 | 61 | 74.4 | 6.7 | 789 |
| MellieMDY | 77.32 | 52 | 57 | 69 | 6.8 | 777 |
| eats_everything | 77.24 | 73 | 85 | 72.3 | 5.4 | 841 |
| lilollieg | 76.98 | 63 | 30 | 71.2 | 9.5 | 969 |
| bennicky | 76.54 | 64 | 85 | 80.8 | 4.1 | 844 |
| Dan_Martin | 76.43 | 57 | 63 | 79.7 | 2.3 | 788 |
| PhysicsWorld | 75.85 | 82 | 67 | 74.4 | 6.9 | 782 |
| tindle | 75.72 | 39 | 54 | 63.3 | 0.7 | 687 |
| WaterlooRoadTV | 75.73 | 57 | 85 | 80.8 | 6.5 | 886 |
| Z303 | 75 | 47 | 51 | 65.6 | 0.3 | 766 |
| verygrey | 73.73 | 54 | 47 | 63.3 | 0.2 | 723 |
| hayley | 73.53 | 58 | 42 | 66.7 | 2.5 | 779 |
| DezFutak | 73.04 | 44 | 56 | 67.8 | 6.5 | 733 |
| UppyJC | 71.78 | 48 | 52 | 56.4 | 0.7 | 776 |
| jakepjohnson | 71.73 | 51 | 59 | 73.4 | 0.5 | 778 |
| matthewogborne | 71.59 | 51 | 44 | 64.5 | 2.6 | 730 |
| Sirius7dk | 71.34 | 53 | 39 | 69 | 1.3 | 810 |
| iambags | 71.24 | 48 | 37 | 62.2 | 0.4 | 777 |
| lialeendertz | 70.84 | 54 | 35 | 72.3 | 0.9 | 779 |
The services used to compile this data are:
Defining a suitable metric for twitter users shall always be open to debate.
Analysing the top 25 accounts in detail, I’m fairly confident in the ability of Followerwonk and Klout. After testing my own accounts and analysing a large dataset belonging to non-affiliated accounts, it is noticeably simpler to inflate your score with Kred and Twitalyzer.
| Screen name | Full name | Location | # followers | # friends | Created | # of tweets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BusinessZone | BusinessZone.co.uk | Bristol, UK | 20983 | 3677 | 17 May 2008 22:23:55 | 18844 |
| ukbizforums | UK Business Forums | Bristol, UK | 9567 | 445 | 17 Oct 2008 13:21:01 | 43586 |
| josiefraser | Josie Fraser | Leicester, London, Bristol, UK | 10882 | 1367 | 02 Feb 2007 08:58:46 | 21161 |
| jontangerine | _ Jon Tan | Bristol, UK | 8175 | 99 | 21 Jul 2007 21:19:52 | 11577 |
| DJNickWarren | Nick Warren | Bristol, UK | 21632 | 170 | 23 Jan 2009 06:40:41 | 2621 |
| thisisbristol | This is Bristol | Bristol, UK | 13287 | 303 | 26 Feb 2009 14:55:25 | 8291 |
| HistoryExtra | BBC History Magazine | Bristol, UK | 29832 | 2019 | 03 Mar 2009 08:45:46 | 3987 |
| MellieMDY | Mellie D | Bristol, UK | 32965 | 1078 | 17 Jun 2011 10:08:48 | 5034 |
| eats_everything | TwEats Everything | Bristol, UK | 17646 | 487 | 03 Jul 2010 13:08:56 | 9214 |
| lilollieg | _Oliver Garland _ | bristol,UK | 42695 | 658 | 25 Apr 2010 02:29:24 | 39230 |
| bennicky | Ben Nicky | Bristol, UK | 17763 | 366 | 07 Apr 2009 17:51:07 | 24874 |
| Dan_Martin | Dan Martin | Bristol, UK | 8470 | 2775 | 27 Apr 2008 22:12:28 | 32017 |
| PhysicsWorld | Physics World | Bristol, UK | 28408 | 1289 | 03 Apr 2009 11:27:29 | 2867 |
| tindle | George Bolam | Bristol UK | 1662 | 1254 | 27 May 2007 21:26:03 | 31478 |
| WaterlooRoadTV | WaterlooRoadTV.com | Bristol, UK | 29196 | 1766 | 19 May 2009 18:24:44 | 22777 |
| Z303 | Zoe | Bristol, UK | 483 | 222 | 12 Feb 2007 12:42:30 | 25391 |
| verygrey | Grey | Bristol, UK | 564 | 313 | 24 Jul 2007 09:49:10 | 20904 |
| hayley | Hayley | Bristol,UK | 504 | 208 | 27 Dec 2006 09:37:09 | 11477 |
| DezFutak | Dez Futak | Bristol, UK | 32516 | 18605 | 07 Aug 2008 23:17:58 | 13126 |
| UppyJC | Slushpuppie James | Bristol, UK | 1591 | 1699 | 12 Jul 2007 17:10:07 | 27968 |
| jakepjohnson | Jake Johnson | Bristol, UK | 1078 | 469 | 18 Sep 2008 10:35:43 | 32918 |
| matthewogborne | Matthew Ogborne | Bristol, UK | 12892 | 115 | 25 Sep 2009 16:23:58 | 3969 |
| Sirius7dk | Sarah Melissa | Bristol, UK | 2019 | 1893 | 24 Mar 2007 00:13:19 | 31077 |
| iambags | Jonathan Bygraves | Bristol, UK | 1321 | 246 | 17 Jan 2009 00:06:52 | 23890 |
| lialeendertz | Lia Leendertz | Bristol, UK | 2892 | 784 | 14 May 2009 14:46:22 | 18273 |
