RightRelevance helps find key topics, top influencers in Big Data, Data Science, and Beyond

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RightRelevance leverages the social web to find key topics and top influencers in many areas, from Big Data to emergency medicine. We use it to identify top influencers in Big Data, Data Science, and Data Mining.

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By Gregory Piatetsky, KDnuggets.

Table 2. Top 20 Big Data Influencers

Big Data Influence	Name	Twitter	Followers
98	Forrester Research	@forrester	319,131
96	Hilary Mason	@hmason	59,551
96	Mike Gualtieri	@mgualtieri	46,831
95	Gigaom	@gigaom	303,927
95	Doug Laney	@doug_laney	29,472
94	Kirk Borne	@kirkdborne	34,394
93	Merv Adrian	@merv	20,361
93	Fred Wilson	@fredwilson	399,150
93	Eric Kavanagh	@eric_kavanagh	45,148
93	James Kobielus	@jameskobielus	17,048
92	Bernard Marr	@bernardmarr	83,129
92	Gregory Piatetsky	@kdnuggets	36,636
92	Rick Sturm	@rick345	15,383
92	Jeff Hammerbacher	@hackingdata	22,055
92	Werner Vogels	@werner	70,849
92	Jeremiah Owyang	@jowyang	162,238
92	IBM Big Data	@ibmbigdata	83,224
92	MIT Tech Review	@techreview	412,288
92	Ben Lorica	@bigdata	25,980
91	Big Data Science	@analyticbridge	96,377

Turning to another key topic for our audience, Data Science, we found 2909 influencers.

Surprisingly, New York City leads San Francisco here. Boston, Austin, and London fight for 4th, 5th, 6th place.

Table 3. Top Cities for Data Science Influencers

City	ST	Country	Data ScienceInfluencers
New York City	NY	USA	350
San Francisco	CA	USA	312
Washington	DC	USA	76
Austin	TX	USA	50
Boston	MA	USA	44
London	--	UK	43
Palo Alto	CA	USA	42
Seattle	WA	USA	42
Cambridge	MA	USA	35
Chicago	IL	USA	25
Paris	--	France	25
Berlin	--	Germany	24
Los Angeles	CA	USA	24

Table 4. Top 20 Data Science Influencers

Data Science Influence	Name	Twitter	Followers
98	Hilary Mason	@hmason	59,551
93	Nathan Yau	@flowingdata	47,950
93	Jeff Hammerbacher	@hackingdata	22,055
92	dj patil	@dpatil	27,495
92	Peter Skomoroch	@peteskomoroch	24,124
91	Gregory Piatetsky	@kdnuggets	36,636
91	Kirk Borne	@kirkdborne	34,394
91	Chris Dixon	@cdixon	181,499
91	Ben Lorica	@bigdata	25,980
90	danah boyd	@zephoria	109,376
90	Mike Bostock	@mbostock	29,960
90	Doug Laney	@doug_laney	29,472
89	O'Reilly Strata	@strataconf	25,165
89	Drew Conway	@drewconway	13,320
89	Michael E. Driscoll	@medriscoll	13,619
90	Big Data Science	@analyticbridge	96,377
89	Mike Gualtieri	@mgualtieri	46,831
88	Monica Rogati	@mrogati	13,818
88	Werner Vogels	@werner	70,849
88	John Myles White	@johnmyleswhite	12,738

We can compare "Data Science" with its older predecessor "Data Mining".

RR finds 1891 influencers in Data Mining.

Top 10 cities are below. Interestingly, here London, Paris, and Berlin are higher ranked than in Data Science list - perhaps in Europe "Data Mining" is still as fashionable as "data science".

Table 5. Top Cities for Data Mining Influencers

City	ST	Country	Data Mining Influencers
New York City	NY	USA	158
San Francisco	CA	USA	139
Washington	DC	USA	42
London	--	UK	31
Paris	--	France	28
Seattle	WA	USA	27
Berlin	--	Germany	22
Palo Alto	CA	USA	21
Toronto	ON	Canada	21
Boston	MA	USA	20
Cambridge	MA	USA	20
Mountain View	CA	USA	20
Austin	TX	USA	19

Table 6. Top 20 Data Mining Influencers

Data Mining Influence	Name	Twitter	Followers
98	Hilary Mason	@hmason	59,551
95	Nathan Yau	@flowingdata	47,950
94	Peter Skomoroch	@peteskomoroch	24,124
93	Gregory Piatetsky	@kdnuggets	36,636
93	Jeff Hammerbacher	@hackingdata	22,055
92	Ben Lorica	@bigdata	25,980
92	Jure Leskovec	@jure	11,857
91	Kirk Borne	@kirkdborne	34,394
90	Drew Conway	@drewconway	13,320
90	Big Data Science	@analyticbridge	96,377
90	O'Reilly Strata	@strataconf	25,165
89	Monica Rogati	@mrogati	13,818
89	David Smith	@revodavid	15,796
89	Ryan Rosario	@datajunkie	11,489
89	Edward Tufte	@edwardtufte	53,459
89	Claudia Imhoff	@claudia_imhoff	17,393
89	Doug Laney	@doug_laney	29,472
89	Tableau Software	@tableau	59,683
88	Merv Adrian	@merv	20,361
88	Andy Kirk	@visualisingdata	19,989