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.
Table 2. Top 20 Big Data Influencers
| Big Data Influence | Name | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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