As Twitter hits its stride and emerges as a juggernaut in social media, the top users on the site are distancing themselves from the pack. The race to 1,000,000 followers will be achieved in a few months by some accounts. With such strong followings, many new or inactive Twitter users may not think that there are top accounts that will follow them back.
On the contrary, there are many. In fact, many users with tens of thousands of followers will follow just about everyone back. Some use tools to automatically follow anyone who follows them. Others actually go through and manually add their new followers. Regardless of the method, these 237 accounts will most likely follow you back, even if you’re a Twitter newbie.
100,000+ Followers
BarackObama
DowningStreet
TheOnion
- Asimrapper
GuyKawasaki
Starbucks
Scobleizer
BigRichB
Astronautics
CaseyWright
PerryBelcher
AlohaArleen
Nansen
TheBusyBrain
RobMcNealy
MichaeMillman
Zaibatsu
WBAustin
40,000-50,000 Followers
Jonathan360
HashTags
TheDigitalLife
Andrew303
ESPN
MrSocial
ChrisPirillo
Stejules
DaveMalby
Eleesha
30,000-40,000 Followers
CraigTeich
StephenKruiser
Jerell
BradHoward
Foodimentary
ScotMcKay
EdStivala
RockingJude
ShannonSeek
RadioBlogger
MikeKlingler
RonnieWilson
DanTanner
MikePFS
TechXav
SocialMediaClub
FLWBooks
Kamper
AndrewWindham
20,000-30,000 Followers
Oliver_Turner
_SamJones
KMesiab
Mark33
StanleyTang
Barefoot_Exec
JackBastide
NicheTitans
MarketingZap
PragueBob
Twitter_Tips
TwitPic
00Joe
JeanetteJoy
OHHDLInfo
MariaAndros
JeanLucR
TMaduri
TwitLive
ImogenHeap
NewMediaJim
MarkDavidson
OpenZine
BryantSmith
TYSONtheQUICK
DrJeffersnBoggs
JayOatway
Upicks
Gemstars
MichDdot
SethSimonds
JesseNewhart
Zefrank
RichCurrie
KarlRove
SitePointdotcom
iPodiums
AlexKaris
HoleInHisEye
Pistachio
OudiAntebi
DSMPublishing
PeterSantilli
Orrin_Woodward
QueenoftheClick
StockTwits
MarketingProfs
MariSmith
10,000-20,000 Followers
MarcWarnke
Debbas
SteveWeber
TUAW
KikiValdes
WayneMansfield
USBargains
Rex7
CoffeeTweet
LarryLanier
JulieRoy
JamesRivers
MikeFilsaime
Montaignejns
SeanMalarkey
WebAddict
LarryBrauner
Leplan
AaronMartirano
JeffPulver
Teedubya
DCRBlogs
ShawnRobinson
KonaEndurance
TradingGoddess
JohnReese
InfadelsAreCool
Techhie
Nabbit
DiyanaAlcheva
Unmarketing
Meteorit
TrafficGen
StaffInSeconds
PeterDrew
LittleQuiz
TeddyShabba
DawudMiracle
RightWingNews
OutsideMyBrain
Dollars5
MediaBistro
Adnagam
COasis
NicholasPatten
AlexisNeely
EverywhereTrip
E_Stampede
ChristianFea
MojoJuju
eMom
RizzoTees
Anexemines
AmericanElement
TravisGreenlee
RickySantos
PawLuxury
KrisColvin
PinkElephantPun
JasonFinch
LonnieHodge
JanSimpson
Stickham
DaveLawrence
CaliDeals
JamesByers
JeffHerring
Linc4Justice
GSpowart
HowardBienstock
Peter_R_Casey
BettyDraper
MichaelEmlong
Dexin
The_Gman
BobCallahan
TrendTracker
TylerTorment
GarinKilpatrick
Jim_Turner
Ann_Sieg
Ken_Cosgrove
Frostfire
Pat_Lorna
WineTwits
BradFallon
TimJensen
PhotoCanvas
JasonMitchener
Bill_Romanos
MikeMayhew
HawaiiRealty
9Miles
Sotero_Garcia
Loyalty360
WeirdChina
MarkRMatthews
SteveOuch
Socrates_Soc
Comcastcares
ChrisMoreschi
CoffeeCupNews
WillieCrawford
LouieBaur
Coolsi
Nicolane
NixTheNews
EzineArticles
Hubpages
ChrisSpagnuolo
FredaMooncotch
SheriTingle
JustingLover
ShortAwards
Flap
SuggestionBox
JimDeMint
TweetStats
theBilly
ThaPaparazza
WritingHannah
0Boy
ThinkGeek
LanceScoular
MayhemStudios
TraderAdvice
Dana_Willhoit
JimmySmithTrain
JoelDrapper
Kidscash
KellyShibari
SteveGarfield
JasonTryfon
DanSchawbel
LookCook
JudyRey
MJBerry
EdwardMoore
BlackBottoms
DougH
CrumCake
ProsperityGal
Lotay
JudyRey
How to Use this List
Regardless of what stage you are in Twitter, if your goal is to accumulate active followers, the people on this list are good for that. Most on the list are active and interact with their followers on a daily basis. They retweet to their followers when they find something interesting on or off Twitter and many of them post high-quality tweets.
Some do not, and you’ll be able to identify the spammers and self-serving users from what appears in your stream. This list has not been validated for quality (maybe a future blog post) but rather to help new and experienced users grow their followers.
Unfortunately, I did the list backwards. Anyone who wants to grow their Twitter account should start from the bottom and work their way up, adding all 237 either all at once or spread out over time. The advantage of adding from this list is two-fold:
Obviously, as these users have demonstrated a willingness to follow those who follow them, it gives you a likely additional follower.
The side-benefit of adding from this list is that once you follow them, your account will, for a short period of time, be at the top of their followers list. Many users build their Twitter followers by adding the followers of users such as these, so being at the top increases your account’s exposure and the number of opportunities for other users to follow you.
This blog does not condone “Twitter Follower Spam” or whatever you would like to call the practice of adding a ton of followers, unfollowing them later, and adding more in a vicious cycle of growth, but hey, it works, and many people do it. This is just a resource to help users at every level build their accounts as quickly as they would like
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