50 Top Digital Influencers to Follow in 2017 [Updated 09/2017 – Moz+Klout Social Scores]

Here’s a Fine List of 50 Top Global Digital Influencers to Follow on Twitter in 2017 [ranked by their Moz+Klout Social Scores]. This list is of course non exhaustive 😉

09/2017 Update

(This list is covering major Topics around the global economic and technical Digital Transformation, such as: Digital Marketing/SEO, Social Media Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, IoT (Internet of Things), IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), Algorithms, Neural Networks, Autonomous Vehicles, Digital Health, Cloud, Smart Cities, Automation, Robotics, Robots/Bots/Chatbots, Future of Work, Data Science, Big Data, Analytics, Fintech, Insurtech, DevOps, Edtech, Cyber Security…)

The ‘Authority Score’ in this list  is just the average of Moz and Klout Social Authority scores with no modification at all. (“Giant” companies are not in this list because they don’t “play the same game” ;=)

1. World Economic Forum Twitter: @wef | SCORE: 93 (Moz:92 Klout:94)
2. Business Insider Twitter: @businessinsider | SCORE: 92.5 (Moz:91 Klout:94)
3. TechCrunch Twitter: @TechCrunch | SCORE: 92.0 (Moz:89 Klout:95)
4. Marsha Collier Twitter: @MarshaCollier | SCORE: 87.5 (Moz:91 Klout:84)
5. MIT Tech Review Twitter: @techreview | SCORE: 85.5 (Moz:85 Klout:86)
6. AI Twitter: @DeepLearn007 | SCORE: 84.0 (Moz:89 Klout:79)
7. Bill McCabe Twitter: @IoTRecruiting | SCORE: 84.0 (Moz:86 Klout:82)
8. TechRepublic Twitter: @TechRepublic | SCORE: 84.0 (Moz:81 Klout:87)
9. ipfconline Twitter: @ipfconline1 | SCORE: 84.0 (Moz:88 Klout:80)
10. Mike Quindazzi Twitter: @MikeQuindazzi | SCORE: 84.0 (Moz:87 Klout:81)
11. Evan Kirstel Twitter: @evankirstel | SCORE: 83.5 (Moz:85 Klout:82)
12. Social Media Today Twitter: @socialmedia2day | SCORE: 82.0 (Moz:84 Klout:80)
13. J-Baptiste Lefevre Twitter: @jblefevre60 | SCORE: 82.0 (Moz:90 Klout:74)
14. Maria Johnsen Twitter: @iMariaJohnsen | SCORE: 81.5 (Moz:89 Klout:74)
15. Brian Ahier Twitter: @ahier | SCORE: 81.5 (Moz:84 Klout:79)
16. Tamara McCleary Twitter: @TamaraMcCleary | SCORE: 81.0 (Moz:81 Klout:81)
17. Sam Hurley Twitter: @Sam___Hurley | SCORE: 81.0 (Moz:83 Klout:79)
18. Kirk Borne Twitter: @KirkDBorne | SCORE: 80.5 (Moz:83 Klout:78)
19. Spiros Margaris Twitter: @SpirosMargaris | SCORE: 80.5 (Moz:83 Klout:78)
20. Jim Marous Twitter: @Jim Marous | SCORE: 80.0 (Moz:81 Klout:79)
21. Dez Blanchfield Twitter: @dez_blanchfield | SCORE: 80.0 (Moz:82 Klout:78)
22. Jeff Bullas Twitter: @jeffbullas | SCORE: 80.0 (Moz:80 Klout:80)
23. CloudEXPO Twitter: @CloudExpo | SCORE: 79.0 (Moz:89 Klout:69)
24. Ronald van Loon Twitter: @Ronald_vanLoon | SCORE: 79.0 (Moz:83 Klout:75)
25. Content Marketing Twitter: @CMIContent | SCORE: 78.5 (Moz:77 Klout:80)
26. Andrew Ng Twitter: @AndrewYNg | SCORE: 78.0 (Moz:75 Klout:81)
27. Neal Schaffer Twitter: @NealSchaffer | SCORE: 77.0 (Moz:80 Klout:74)
28. Simon Porter Twitter: @simonlporter | SCORE: 77.0 (Moz:75 Klout:79)
29. Christine Boursin Twitter: @chboursin | SCORE: 77.0 (Moz:81 Klout:73)
30. Andreas Staub Twitter: @andi_staub | SCORE: 76.5 (Moz:80 Klout:73)
31. KDnuggets Twitter: @kdnuggets | SCORE: 76.0 (Moz:77 Klout:75)
32. Tiffani Bova Twitter: @Tiffani_Bova | SCORE: 75.5 (Moz:77 Klout:74)
33. Rebekah Radice Twitter: @RebekahRadice | SCORE: 74.5 (Moz:74 Klout:75)
34. Theo Twitter: @psb_dc | SCORE: 74.0 (Moz:78 Klout:70)
35. Ludmila MorozovaBuss Twitter: @TopCyberNews | SCORE: 73.5 (Moz:74 Klout:73)
36. Fabienne Billat Twitter: @fadouce | SCORE: 73.5 (Moz:74 Klout:73)
37. Danielle Guzman Twitter: @guzmand | SCORE: 73.0 (Moz:75 Klout:71)
38. Glen Gilmore Twitter: @GlenGilmore | SCORE: 73.0 (Moz:73 Klout:73)
39. Severine Lienard Twitter: @SeverineLienard | SCORE: 73.0 (Moz:78 Klout:68)
40. Pinna Pierre Twitter: @pierrepinna | SCORE: 72.5 (Moz:77 Klout:68)
41. FlashTweet Twitter: @FlashTweet | SCORE: 72.5 (Moz:74 Klout:71)
42. Marc R Gagné MAPP Twitter: @OttLegalRebels | SCORE: 72.5 (Moz:77 Klout:68)
43. HealthIT Policy Twitter: @HITpol | SCORE: 72.0 (Moz:85 Klout:59)
44. GrowthHackers Twitter: @GrowthHackers | SCORE: 72.0 (Moz:75 Klout:69)
45. 7wData Twitter: @7wData | SCORE: 71.5 (Moz:76 Klout:67)
46. Data Science Central Twitter: @DataScienceCtrl | SCORE: 71.0 (Moz:76 Klout:66)
47. Duane Baker Twitter: @DBaker007 | SCORE: 70.5 (Moz:73 Klout:68)
48. Dr. GP Pulipaka Twitter: @gp_pulipaka | SCORE: 70.5 (Moz:72 Klout:69)
49. Carol Rudinschi PhD Twitter: @IIoT_World | SCORE: 69.0 (Moz:71 Klout:67)
50. Shira Rubinoff Twitter: @Shirastweet | SCORE: 68.5 (Moz:70 Klout:67)