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Twitter has a thriving community of market researchers. In particular, the #mrx and #newmr Twitter communities collate some of the most innovative and interesting thinking from thought leaders in the market research industry. But who exactly are the most influential market researchers on Twitter? We wanted to find out, so employed the influence measurement tools available at Buzzsumo to find out.
Though there was thousands of candidates, we focused on the top 100. These are the people you want to hear from - those that create and share thinking from the frontlines of market research and will have a hand in shaping the future of the industry. For the purposes of this list, we excluded syndications, companies and blogs. The final one hundred are all real people, tweeting their own ideas and thoughts about current trends in market research.
| Rank | Name | Twitter Handle |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Henning | jhenning |
| 2 | Kathryn Korostoff | researchrocks |
| 3 | Tom Ewing | tomewing |
| 4 | RayPoynter | raypoynter |
| 5 | Cathy Harrison | virtualmrx |
| 6 | Reineke Reitsma | rreitsma |
| 7 | Tamara Barber | tamarabarber |
| 8 | Ole Andresen | oleandresen |
| 9 | Julie K | julie1research |
| 10 | Gian Fulgoni | gfulgoni |
| 11 | Roxana Strohmenger | rstrohmenger |
| 12 | Kate Tribe | katetribe |
| 13 | Sean Copeland | copeland1985 |
| 14 | John Rymer | johnrrymer |
| 15 | Jason Ebbing | jebbing9 |
| 16 | Mike Beder | mikebeder |
| 17 | Annie Pettit | lovestats |
| 18 | Reg Baker | thesurveygeek |
| 19 | Michaela Mora | rinsights |
| 20 | Leonard Murphy | lennyism |
| 21 | Tom H C Anderson | tomhcanderson |
| 22 | Ben Bajarin | benbajarin |
| 23 | Kate Leggett | kateleggett |
| 24 | Kristin Luck | kristinluck |
| 25 | Tom De Ruyck | tomderuyck |
| 26 | Katie Clark | insightsgal |
| 27 | Melissa Pepper, PRC | melrp |
| 28 | Sandra Bauman | baumanresearch |
| 29 | Krista Joyce | kristajoyce1114 |
| 30 | Sharon Donnelly | |
| 31 | Stephen Koukoulas | thekouk |
| 32 | Trent Collins | tcollins |
| 33 | Ben Smithee | spychresearch |
| 34 | Larry Tabb | ltabb |
| 35 | Michael D. Lieberman | statmaven |
| 36 | Kevin McPartland | kmcpartland |
| 37 | Eoghan O'Neill | eoghanlondon |
| 38 | George Zdanowicz | georgezd |
| 39 | Rowan Haylett | rowanhaylett |
| 40 | Michelle Mamo Stando | mlmamo |
| 41 | Adam Jolley | adamjolley |
| 42 | Aaron Burch | theburchyburch |
| 43 | Paul Eichberger | pauleichberger |
| 44 | Ben Page, Ipsos MORI | benatipsosmori |
| 45 | Shaili Bhatt | shailibhatt |
| 46 | SokoAnalyst | sokoanalyst |
| 47 | Robert Rush | robertrush |
| 48 | Bret Goble | bretig |
| 49 | Baillie Buchanan | bailliebuch |
| 50 | David Senf | senformation |
| 51 | Gaelle Normand | gaellenormand |
| 52 | Kristof De Wulf | kristofdewulf |
| 53 | Tom Keene | tomkeene |
| 54 | Dianne Gardiner | digardiner |
| 55 | Oliver Tabino | olitab |
| 56 | Ed Bradford | fullcarry |
| 57 | Tim Macer | timmacer |
| 58 | Tadas Viskanta | abnormalreturns |
| 59 | Bond Vigilantes | bondvigilantes |
| 60 | Paul Long | paul_long |
| 61 | J.C. Parets | allstarcharts |
| 62 | Tom Brakke | researchpuzzler |
| 63 | Mark Fauntleroy | mfauntleroy |
| 64 | Matt Foley | mattpluggedin |
| 65 | Christian Kämper | ckaemper |
| 66 | Gary Austin | austinresearch |
| 67 | Sascha Theismann | stheismann |
| 68 | Jon Puleston | jonpuleston |
| 69 | Daniel Ghinn | engagementstrat |
| 70 | Alan Murray | alansmurray |
| 71 | Mark Smith | marksmithvr |
| 72 | Thomas Edwards | run2tom |
| 73 | Jordan S. Terry | the_analyst |
| 74 | Matt Phillips | matthewphillips |
| 75 | John Carney | carney |
| 76 | Adrían Bridgwater | abridgwater |
| 77 | Alex Williams | alexwilliams |
| 78 | Carol Phillips | carol_phillips |
| 79 | James Mackintosh | jmackin2 |
| 80 | Chris Adams | chrisadamsmkts |
| 81 | Herb Greenberg | herbgreenberg |
| 82 | George Colony | gcolony |
| 83 | Randi Stillman | bottomlinemr |
| 84 | Robert Moran | robertpmoran |
| 85 | David Stark | davidstarkca |
| 86 | Brendan Tuppack | brendantuppack |
| 87 | Michael Fauscette | mfauscette |
| 88 | Meb Faber | mebfaber |
| 89 | Diane Hessan | dianehessan |
| 90 | Michael Gartenberg | gartenberg |
| 91 | Leigh Drogen | ldrogen |
| 92 | Ignacio Racca | nacho_racca |
| 93 | Kayla Tausche | kaylatausche |
| 94 | Barb Darrow | gigabarb |
| 95 | Lawrence McDonald | convertbond |
| 96 | Amy Lynn | amylynnorg |
| 97 | Carl Richards | behaviorgap |
| 98 | Conor Sen | conorsen |
| 99 | Paul Kedrosky | pkedrosky |
| 100 | Curt Monash | curtmonash |