100 Most Influential Tweeters in Scotland

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Rank ▸	Twitter ID ▸	Name ▸	SPi score ▸	Followers ▸	Description ▸	▸
1	@kevinbridges86	Kevin Bridges	97	802K	Comedian	Congratulate
2	@nickymcdonald1	Nicholas McDonald	97	342K	Singer	Congratulate
3	@frankieboyle	Frankie Boyle	97	1,650K	Comedian	Congratulate
4	@DaftLimmy	Brian Limond	97	127K	Comedian	Congratulate
5	@CalvinHarris	Calvin Harris	94	4,700K	DJ	Congratulate
6	@andy_murray	Andy Murray	94	2,680K	Tennis Player	Congratulate
7	@greghemphill69	Greg Hemphill	94	79K	Comedian	Congratulate
8	@IrvineWelsh	Irvine Welsh	93	137K	Author	Congratulate
9	@robertflorence	Robert Florence	93	37K	Actor/Comedian	Congratulate
10	@TheVampsCon	Connor Ball	92	893K	Singer	Congratulate
11	@AlexSalmond	Alex Salmond	92	80K	First Minister of Scotland	Congratulate
12	@NicolaSturgeon	Nicola Sturgeon	92	52K	SNP Deputy Leader	Congratulate
13	@govindajeggy	Sanjeev Kohli	92	46K	Actor/Comedian	Congratulate
14	@jk_rowling	J K Rowling	91	3,620K	Author	Congratulate
15	@GrahamSpiers	Graham Spiers	91	59K	Sports Writer	Congratulate
16	@ninanesbitt	Nina Nesbitt	91	156K	Singer	Congratulate
17	@GregorColeman	Gregor Coleman	91	14K	Singer (Supernovaboys)	Congratulate
18	@Martin1Williams	Martin Williams	91	23K	Journalist	Congratulate
19	@SarahBrownUK	Sarah Brown	91	1,210K	Campaigner	Congratulate
20	@dhothersall	Duncan Hothersall	90	4K	Businessman and Trade Union Activist	Congratulate
21	@GeorgeGalloway	George Galloway	90	222K	Politician	Congratulate
22	@SeanBattySTV	Sean Batty	90	82K	Weatherman	Congratulate
23	@Christy_ODonnel	Christy O'Donnell	90	13K	Singer (Supanovaboys)	Congratulate
24	@AngelaHaggerty	Angela Haggerty	90	7K	Journalist	Congratulate
25	@eddireader	Eddi Reader	90	21K	Singer	Congratulate
26	@kcommons15	Kris Commons	90	127K	Celtic Footballer	Congratulate
27	@pmacgiollabhain	Phil Mac Giolla Bhain	90	24K	Author	Congratulate
28	@FordKiernan1	Ford Kiernan	90	23K	Actor/Comedian	Congratulate
29	@nataliemcgarry	Natalie McGarry	89	5K	Political Commentator	Congratulate
30	@jamlang22	Jamie Langfield	89	18K	Aberdeen Player	Congratulate
31	@HarrisHiscoe	Harris Hiscoe	89	13K	Singer (Supernovaboys)	Congratulate
32	@MarkAngelico	Mark Angels	89	92K	Singer/Dancer	Congratulate
33	@euanmccolm	Euan McColm	89	4K	Journalist	Congratulate
34	@PeteWishart	Pete Wishart	89	7K	MP for Perth and North Perthshire	Congratulate
35	@TomEnglishSport	Tom English	89	27K	Sports Writer	Congratulate
36	@KennyFarq	Kenny Farquharson	88	10K	Deputy Editor of The Scotsman	Congratulate
37	@bbcjimspence	Jim Spence	88	39K	Presenter/Journalist	Congratulate
38	@GerryBraiden	Gerry Braiden	88	7K	Journalist	Congratulate
39	@STVGrant	Grant Russell	88	22K	Sports Journalist	Congratulate
40	@tommy_ball	Tommy Ball	88	2K	Socialist Activist	Congratulate
41	@chrisjohnmilly	Chris Millington	88	44K	Model	Congratulate
42	@brianjaffa	Brian Ferguson	88	9K	Journalist	Congratulate
43	@rfc_dickson	Andrew Dickson	88	20K	Presenter	Congratulate
44	@andywightman	Andy Wightman	88	7K	Writer/Researcher	Congratulate
45	@KnoxyDiane	Diane Knox-Campbell	88	22K	Presenter/DJ	Congratulate
46	@MattMcGlone9	Matt McGlone	88	19K	Football Writer	Congratulate
47	@realmackaystv	John MacKay	88	28K	Journalist/TV Presenter	Congratulate
48	@citizentommy	Tommy Sheridan	88	24K	MSP	Congratulate
49	@AngusMacNeilMP	Angus MacNeil	88	8K	MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Congratulate
50	@JaneyGodley	Janey Godley	88	14K	Comedian	Congratulate
51	@alanbissett	Alan Bissett	88	10K	Author/Playwright	Congratulate
52	@TheRealMcGowan	Drew McGowan	87	5K	Blogger	Congratulate
53	@ChristinaSNP	Christina McKelvie	87	8K	MSP	Congratulate
54	@LesleyRiddoch	Lesley Riddoch	87	15K	Journalist/Broadcaster	Congratulate
55	@charlie_mulgrew	Charlie Mulgrew	87	87K	Celtic Footballer	Congratulate
56	@PeterAdamSmith	Peter A Smith	87	9K	TV Journalist	Congratulate
57	@patrickharvie	Patrick Harvie	87	19K	MSP	Congratulate
58	@MhairiHunter	Mhairi Hunter	87	3K	Councillor	Congratulate
59	@judmoo	Judy Murray	87	111K	Tennis Coach	Congratulate
60	@blairmcdougall	Blair McDougall	87	7K	Campaign Director for @UK_together	Congratulate
61	@AndyMerryRisk	Andy Merry	87	74K	Singer	Congratulate
62	@dollydigital	Dolly Digital	87	4K	Graphic Designer	Congratulate
63	@a_rose1dresses	Lisa Hague	87	11K	Celtic WAG	Congratulate
64	@AnasSarwar	Anas Sarwar	87	7K	MP for Glasgow Central	Congratulate
65	@pauljcorrigan	Paul James Corrigan	87	12K	Actor	Congratulate
66	@Leasky	David Leask	87	7K	Reporter	Congratulate
67	@afneil	Andrew Neil	87	160K	Journalist/Broadcaster	Congratulate
68	@HumzaYousaf	Humza Yousaf	87	17K	MSP	Congratulate
69	@reallorraine	Lorraine Kelly	86	488K	Presenter	Congratulate
70	@IainConnell	Iain Connell	86	19K	Comedian	Congratulate
71	@BoogsTweets	Boogie	86	21K	Radio DJ	Congratulate
72	@GordonSmart	Gordon Smart	86	94K	Editor at The Scottish Sun	Congratulate
73	@Amy__Macdonald	Amy Macdonald	86	85K	Singer	Congratulate
74	@BBCJamesCook	James Cook	86	14k	Scotland Correspondent BBC News	Congratulate
75	@MorayMP	Angus Robertson	86	11K	MP for Moray	Congratulate
76	@markmcdsnp	Mark McDonald	86	5K	MSP	Congratulate
77	@colinmccredie	Colin McCredie	86	7K	Actor	Congratulate
78	@aidanjohnmoffat	Aidan Moffat	86	16K	Musician	Congratulate
79	@alexmassie	Alex Massie	86	11K	Journalist	Congratulate
80	@karendunbar147	Karen Dunbar	86	7K	Comedian	Congratulate
81	@emelisande	Emeli Sandé	86	1,200K	Singer	Congratulate
82	@chrishoy	Chris Hoy	86	600K	Cyclist	Congratulate
83	@AnnieLennox	Annie Lennox	85	151K	Singer	Congratulate
84	@MichelleMone	Michelle Mone	84	707K	Businesswoman	Congratulate
85	@RuthDavidsonMSP	Ruth Davidson	84	9K	Leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	Congratulate
86	@KevinJPringle	Kevin Pringle	84	5K	SNP Strategic Communications Director	Congratulate
87	@RaeComm	Derek Rae	84	22K	Football Commentator	Congratulate
88	@kevmcguiremusic	Kevin McGuire	84	4K	Singer	Congratulate
89	@TogetherDarling	Alistair Darling	83	18K	MP for Edinburgh SW	Congratulate
90	@kdugdalemsp	Kezia Dugdale	83	7K	MSP	Congratulate
91	@LordMcConnell	Jack McConnell	83	7K	Member of the House of Lords	Congratulate
92	@mcgregor_ewan	Ewan McGregor	82	699K	Actor	Congratulate
93	@JohannLamont	Johann Lamont	82	9K	Leader Scottish Labour Party	Congratulate
94	@SusanCalman	Susan Calman	82	44K	Comedian	Congratulate
95	@KirstyWark	Kirsty Wark	81	24K	Journalist	Congratulate
96	@Aiannucci	Armando Iannucci	79	400K	Writer	Congratulate
97	@joswinson	Jo Swinson	79	16K	MP for East Dunbartonshire	Congratulate
98	@iainmartin1	Iain Martin	77	24K	Journalist	Congratulate
99	@valmcdermid	Val McDermid	77	24K	Writer and Broadcaster	Congratulate
100	@des_clarke	Des Clarke	77	16K	Comedian and Presenter	Congratulate

Methodology:

The key is to understand how other people respond to a tweeter. Your rating is a function of other people’s assessments. This process, a bit like voting, is harder for a single individual to ‘game’. Each person is then assigned a Scotland π-score (SPi-score) from 1 to 100. The Scotland π-score is an influence score in the context of the Scottish Twittersphere.
For this research, we focussed only on whether other people in Scotland were responding to, retweeting or engaging with a tweeter. So having loads of fans in the US doesn’t necessarily help your influence score here.
Our maths also assesses who the people engaging with an influencer are. So a retweet from someone highly influential is worth more than a retweet from an average person. The number of followers does not factor in the weighting.
We crunched around 10bn tweets and looked at more than 220m accounts on Twitter to generate this list.
We did a couple of small pieces of editorialisation:

• We excluded all corporate and brand accounts, such as newspapers.
• We excluded parody accounts.
• We manually added fewer than 50 particularly famous Scottish tweeters not currently living there to the initial community.
• Tweeters had to be active in the 30 days to Aug 31st. If you weren’t active during this time you were eliminated.