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Barack Obama, Taylor Swift Are Most Listed Twitterers
President Barack Obama and Taylor Swift appear to be the most listed people or organizations on Twitter as of this writing. This could easily change as there are still many people who do not yet have Twitter lists enabled. Here is a short list of the most listed Twitterers as of right now, noonish on Thursday, October 29th.
- @BarackObama: 3,571
- @taylorswift13: 3,178
- @cnnbrk: 2,922
- @mashable: 2,654
- @TheEllenShow: 2,649
- @johncmayer: 2,486
- @ladygaga: 2,470
- @aplusk: 2,441
- @ddlovato: 2,246
- @katyperry: 2,196
- @google: 2,143
- @stephenfry: 2,128
- @twitter: 2,039
- @selenagomez: 1,987
- @TheOnion: 1,866
- @oprah: 1,860
I created this short list manually and it will no doubt be automated by someone using Twitter's API in the days ahead. It's probably not a surprise to see celebrities and news organization leading the pack. Early on the most listed list had more tech people as you can see here but that has changed somewhat. Those who first had Twitter lists was probably dominated by peeps in the tech industry. Who is on the most lists won't really tell the whole story because determining reach on Twitter has become much more complex. There is the issue that people can follow other people's lists which may be hard to calculate. There are also plain old follower counts but even those don't tell you the whole story because a lot of people have followers that have abandoned Twitter.
Lists and followers will be used to measure how much reach a person or organization has on Twitter even if the measure is imperfect. The great thing about lists is not as a way to measure popularity but that they allow people to organize twitter accounts and their incoming tweets. This way they can get a lot more value out of Twitter.
Update 11-1-09: You can see an update list of the most listed Twitter accounts here.
Posted on October 29, 2009
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Obama to Announce Running Mate by Text Message
 Barack Obama wants to let people know who he chooses as a running mate by email or text message. You can sign up here.
Barack is about to choose a running mate, and he wants you to know first. You have helped build this movement from the bottom up, and Barack wants you to be part of this important moment.
Sign up today and we'll send you an email announcing Barack's running mate.
You can also text VP to 62262 to receive a text message on your mobile phone.
Barack Obama has a popular Facebook profile. He also has over 50,000 Twitter followers. He could have used either of these distribution channels but his campaign chose this method. Maybe they are trying to grow their database of contacts. Obama did use Twitter to announce that people could receive his VP selection by text message or email.
Posted on August 10, 2008
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Senator Barack Obama Launches Social Network
 Senator Barack Obama recently announced that he will be running for president in 2008. Obama has gone a step farther than the other candidates by including his own social network on the BarackObama.com site. Fortunately, Obama's campaign team spared us a silly name like Obamaster or ObamaSpace. The social network is simply called MyBarackObama.
Obama is doing very well on Facebook (thx Bivings Report) but running your own social network is much more complex than having a popular page on MySpace or a popular Facebook group. Mathew Ingram says their is a risk the social networks Obama and other candidates may build in the 2008 race could become Potemkin villages. There is also a good chance Obama's staff will find themselves wasting time fighting off spammers and trolls that set up MyBarackObama profiles.
On the positive side for Senator Obama the social network launch does get them in the news. They might also be able to get a traffic boost from the social network if lots of people starting setting up profiles there. Many of today's teens and young adults have a transitory connection with the profiles they establish. They like setting up new profiles and trying new social networks so there is a chance this could happen on Obama's site. More discussion of Obama's new social network can be found at IP Democracy, Mashable, Drew Meyers, Profy, Blogher, A VC and Techmeme.
Posted on February 11, 2007
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