The Twitter Index is a list of the world’s 200 most influential users of Twitter. I was amazed to receive an email telling me that I am ranked 13th on the list! Just after Downing Street - and above Barack Obama!!! Jonathan Ross is 1st, Stephen Fry 3rd and Lance Armstrong 8th. The list is compiled using algorithms designed to calculate a user’s standing within the Twitter community, how often their name is used, how much their messages are passed around and the interest their posts generate within their readership.
Other notable entries in the list include Twitter itself at 24th, Tony Hawks & Britney Spears 44th & 45th respectively- and Arnold Schwarzenegger 97th!