Data Science Top Influencers
Data Science A-list - latest update: @analyticbridge, @derrickharris, @kdnuggets, @rwang0, @gilpress, @cloud_aware, @swgoof, @data_nerd, and @al3xandru.
From: Gregory Piatetsky
The latest update (as of Jan 26, 2013) of the Data Science A-list, curated by Gil Press includes these 10 leaders below.
In addition to Reach (audience size), Resonance (ability to engage their community), and Relevance (to Data Science context), defined by Traackr, I also added Klout influence scores as of Jan 30, 2013.
| Influencer | Klout | Reach | Resonance | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Vincent Granville, Analytic Bridge, @analyticbridge | 52 | 100 | 40 | 91 |
| 2. Derrick Harris,GigaOM, @derrickharris | 59 | 84 | 83 | 82 |
| 3. Gregory Piatetsky, KDnuggets, @kdnuggets | 65 | 72 | 73 | 85 |
| 4. R Ray Wang, Constellation Research, @rwang0 | 66 | 94 | 81 | 79 |
| 5. Gil Press, gPress, @gilpress | 57 | 68 | 70 | 78 |
| 6. Jian Zhen, VMware, @cloud_aware | 46 | 91 | 65 | 74 |
| 7. Ryan Swanstrom, Wells Fargo @swgoof | 48 | 28 | 80 | 79 |
| 8. Carla Gentry, Analytical-Solution @data_nerd | 61 | 71 | 21 | 80 |
| 9. Alex Popescu, MyNoSQL, @al3xandru | 56 | 86 | 80 | 63 |
| 10. Maria Deutscher, SiliconANGLE | na | 65 | 41 | 73 |
Most of the influencers get their influence from Twitter, except for Derrick Harris and Maria Deutscher - the 2 journalists on the list.
In comparison with a similar Data Science A-list from March 2012, only 2 names have remained among top 10:
- Gregory Piatetsky, @kdnuggets (in 3rd place both years)
- Alex Popescu, MyNoSQL, @al3xandru (dropped from #1 to #9).
Other relevant lists include
- 7 Business Analytics Gurus on Twitter, Information Management, Jan 2013
- Who Are The Top 20 Influencers in Big Data?, Forbes, Feb 2012
- Most Influential Data Scientists on Twitter and Quora, KDnuggets, Dec 2012
- Who are the most notable and influential data scientists?, Quora, Dec 2012
