100 Best Twitter Accounts

by Christian Hollingsworth on July 19, 2012

in Social Media, Twitter

I’ve put together a list of the 100 best Twitter accounts to follow.

You’ll find everything from journalists, to bloggers, to food critics.

They’re simply the best.
Twitter’s 100 best. 

  1. @neilpatel (Seattle, WA) - I’m Kind of a Big Deal
  2. @Mixergy - I interview successful entrepreneurs on Mixergy.com
  3. @ramit (New York & San Francisco) - Author of the New York Times bestseller, I Will Teach You To Be Rich. Specialty in persuasion and behavioral change. Formerly co-founded PBwiki.
  4. @DanSchawbel (Boston, MA) - Founder at Millennial Branding, personal branding expert, #1 international bestselling author of Me 2.0, speaker, TIME/Forbes columnist.
  5. @ThisIsSethsBlog - Founder of Squidoo.com, author, blogger. This is a retweet of my blog.
  6. @chrisbrogan (Boston, MA) - President, Human Business Works.
  7. @problogger (Melbourne, Australia) - Blogging about Blogging and Photography (and a little Tweeting from the Trenches of a Family with 3 Boys).
  8. @TheRiseToTheTop (St. Louis, MO) - Having uncensored, uncut, unconventional conversations with badass entrepreneurs on The Rise To The Top
  9. @copyblogger (Boulder, CO) - Content marketing, online publishing, and copywriting advice from the editorial team at Copyblogger Media.
  10. @thebizguy (Phoenix, AZ & Vancouver, BC) - Adam Toren is an award winning Author, Serial Entrepreneur, Mentor & Investor. Co-Founder of YoungEntrepreneur.com. SBBV.com (Small Business BIG Vision!)
  11. @smallbiztrends (Cleveland, Ohio) - Tweets from the Small Business Trends community and its CEO, Anita Campbell. Author of @VisualMktgBook. A Forbes Top Influential Woman for Entrepreneurs.
  12. @penelopetrunk (Darlington, WI) - author, blogger, entrepreneur
  13. @garyvee (NYC) - Family 1st! but after that, Businessman- a dude that Loves the hustle, people & the @nyjets - @vaynermedia. Tasted wine for years online!
  14. @guykawasaki (Silicon Valley, California) - Author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. Former chief evangelist of Apple. Co-founder of Alltop.
  15. @ducttape (Kansas City, MO) - Small business marketing consultant, speaker and author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine and soon to be released – The Commitment Engine.
  16. @zen_habits (San Francisco) - Simplicity blogger at zenhabits.net & mnmlist.com.
  17. @lifehacker - Don’t live to geek; geek to live.
  18. @dharmesh (Boston, MA) - Entrepreneur. Founder/CTO @HubSpot inbound marketing and startup blogger at OnStartups.com.
  19. @smexaminer - Updates from Social Media Examiner. For questions, see account @mike_stelzner & facebook.com/smexaminer
  20. @eldon (San Francisco) - Co-Editor at TechCrunch.
  21. @ajkeen (Santa Rosa, CA) - The Anti Christ of Silicon Valley
  22. @mjburnsy (Flint, MI) - I write about gadgets and technology mostly on TechCrunch. I live in Michigan. I have kids and a dog. That’s about it.
  23. @leenarao (Chicago) - Tech Writer, dog-lover, foodie, quirky
  24. @sarahintampa (Tampa, FL) - Blogger at TechCrunch. Google Voice: (813) 377-2545 / Email: sarahp AT TechCrunch / Skype: sarahintampa / Mailing: flavors.me/sarahintampa
  25. @anthonyha (San Francisco) - TechCrunch writer, science fiction/comic book nerd
  26. @ripemp (Berkistan, CA) - I’m just your average guy named Rip. Also, I’m a janitor
  27. @frauenfelder (Studio City, CA) - Editor-in-chief of MAKE, founder of Boing Boing.
  28. @doctorow (Londinium) - Writer, blogger, activist. If you want a reply, use email.
  29. @beschizza (Boing Boing) - Managing Editor of Boing Boing
  30. @maggiekb1 (Minneapolis) - Science editor at Boingboing.net. Before the Lights Go Out, my new book on future of energy, coming April 10.
  31. @glennf (Seattle, WA) - Contributor to the Economist’s Babbage blog, senior contributor to Macworld, Seattle Times columnist, dad of 2, Seattle-ite
  32. @seanbonner (Los Angeles) - Misanthropologist
  33. @iamsusannah - I’m a writer.
  34. @atlasobscura (Everywhere) - The definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders. Uncovering the world.
  35. @dangillmor (CA, AZ) - Bio and disclosures: http://dangillmor.com/about
  36. @hodgman (Brooklyn) - All you need to know about wine, wealth, sports, and the end of the world.
  37. @DangerMindsBlog (Los Angeles)
  38. @jimrossignol - Writing and blogging for Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Making computer games with Big Robot. My views *are* those of my employer, because I am him.
  39. @bonzrat (Brighton, UK) - I write about video games. I co-own RockPaperShotgun.com. I am quite hairy.
  40. @botherer (Bath, UK) - Editor, co-director and the nice quarter of Rock, Paper, Shotgun. My views are not necessarily those of my own.
  41. @rushkoff (Hastings on Hudson, NY) - Media theorist, author; A.D.D. Program or Be Programmed, Life Inc.
  42. @cshirky (New York City) - Bald. Unreliable. Easily distracte
  43. @johnpaul (Philadelphia, PA) - Writer for @RWW. I write about the future of music & TV, Apple and new media. Freelancer. Drummer. — Story tips? john@readwriteweb.com
  44. @jzb (St. Louis, MO) - Technology journalist and editor, music junkie, and artist-in-training. Editor/writer for ReadWriteWeb, Linux.com. Vim lover. Fan of polar bears.
  45. @Ross (Palo Alto, CA) - Biz Dev for SlideShare, a LinkedIn company. Social, I called it…
  46. @daveasprey (Duncan, BC or Cupertino, CA) - Trend Micro VP Cloud Security ☁ Runs top 100 cloudsec blog cloudywords.com ☁ Virtualization + cloud strategist & speaker ☁ AKA @bulletproofexec for biohacking
  47. @ruv (Toronto) - Digital Provocateur @Forbes, SVP @Virtustream, Founder @Enomaly @SpotCloud, Co-creator @CloudCamp & Co-host of @DigitalNibbles Podcast sponsored by @Intel
  48. @barton808 (Austin, TX) - Dir of Mktg for Dell’s Web|Tech vertical. Focused on developers, big data, hyperscale. Family guy. Blogger/Video podcaster. These opinions are my own.
  49. @michellemalkin (USA) - American. Conservative. Mom. Wife. Blogger.
  50. @ariannahuff - president and editor-in-chief of the huffington post media group. mother. sister. flat shoe advocate. sleep evangelist.
  51. @billmaher (Los Angeles) - The Official Bill Maher Twitter
  52. @JenKirkman (Los Angeles) - COMEDIAN. Chelsea Lately. After Lately. Drunk History. My book I Can Barely Take Care of Myself is out April 2013!
  53. @sbellelauren (Hollywood) - i’m a comedian from arkansas. i live in LA. but i comede all over. witstream.com please & thank you.
  54. @tedleo - Journeyman/Virgo-Dog/Bodhichitta Warrior in training
  55. @azizansari (Los Angeles, CA) - I’m an actor/comedian.
  56. @mindykaling (Los Angeles) - writer/performer/shopper
  57. @arjunbasu (Montreal) - Author, writer, editor, Shorty Award winner (though I’m not that short), foodie, husband, dad. Creating Twisters, 140-character short stories.
  58. @stephencollins (Santa Monica, CA) - Actor-writer, 7th Heaven dad, briefly Cap’t of Enterprise, the new 3 Stooges movie, nutsoid Mets fan, eater of organic non-GMO foods, keeps in touch w/7H cast.
  59. @andrewbolt (Southbank) - Professional victim. Professional Googler. I am popular with racists and homophobics but I can’t work out why.
  60. @laurentborgmann (Cologne, Germany) - University Lecturer (subject: Intercultural Communication and Business Communication)
  61. @technorati (San Francisco)
  62. @nick_nolte (A catatonic state) - Aw hell, sugar, I ain’t affiliated with the actor Nick Nolte. I’m only a fictional entity based on his mugshot. Whatever the shit that means. (*spits*)
  63. @errolmorris (Cambridge, MA) - writer, filmmaker, something else maybe…
  64. @popcandy (New York, NY) - I am a pale, curious, sneaker-wearing writer.
  65. @bobdylansays - Every Bob Dylan song line-by-line. 1 line/hr until all have been tweeted.
  66. @EsquireMag (New York, NY) - Man at His Best
  67. @actuallynph (Hollywoodland) - I act some. Dig variety acts, Pixar, puppets, theme parks and great meals.
  68. @danharmon (Los Angeles) - mudmonster on shore leave
  69. @scotteweinberg (Austin) - Editor / Film Critic for Twitch, FEARnet and Movies.com — Wise-ass. Film Geek. Cat lover. I tweet a lot. Deal with it.
  70. @mashable (NYC/SF) - The largest independent website dedicated to news & resources for the connected generation.
  71. @MySecondEmpire (Port Hope) - I’m a writer for Esquire and the back-page columnist for ESPN: The Magazine. You will find equal reason to love and hate me. I’m undecided myself.
  72. @tomwarren (London, UK) - Senior News Editor at The Verge and founder of WinRumors. Primarily focused on Microsoft news and reviews. Avid Arsenal fan.
  73. @mjgormans (Fort Wayne, IN) - Author – 21centuryedtech blog & wiki. Conference Presenter. Interests in topic 21century skills, PBL, STEM, & NETS. Love networking, new to Twitter
  74. @bheater (Aysteria, NY) - Probably best remembered for fixing the 1919 World Series.
  75. @verge (NYC) - The Twitter account of The Verge
  76. @jbrodkin (My living room) - Mensa dropout. Writer for @ArsTechnica. Lover of couches, books and gadgets.
  77. @kyleorl - Senior Gaming Editor for Ars Technica. Also I know how to juggle.
  78. @drpizza (Airstrip One, Oceania) - I’m an IT/technology journalist.
  79. @lanow (Los Angeles) - Southern California — this just in. News from L.A. and beyond from the Los Angeles Times. See @latimes & @latimescitybeat for more news.
  80. @bxchen (New York, NY) - New York Times technology reporter / Author of Always On (Da Capo)
  81. @gigaom (San Francisco, CA) - Hear the latest from GigaOm blogs and enjoy things we like. Also it is a great way to stay connected with us.
  82. @RuPaul (LAX/JFK) - You’re born naked & the rest is drag
  83. @nickbilton (NY for 15 years; now SF!) - Columnist & Lead Writer, The New York Times, Bits Blog. Author. Now writing the book about ‘The Twitter Story.’ Penguin Press, 2013.
  84. @edmorrissey (Minneapolis) - Writer for hotair.com, columnist, talk radio host, and grandfather of 2!
  85. @allahpundit (Tehran) – hack
  86. @drewmagary (USA) - Deadspin/Gawker Columnist. GQ Correspondent. Author of The Postmortal. World’s tenderest lover.
  87. @sportsguy33 (Los Angeles) - Grantland.com (editor-in-chief, columnist), BS Report podcast (host), thebookofbasketball.com (author).
  88. @brianstelter (New York City) - I report on TV & media for The New York Times. I’m working on a book about morning TV.
  89. @sisario (New York, NY)
  90. @amalah (Washington, DC) - I look forward to utilizing social media outlets such as Twitter in order to express myself in a more succinct & to-the-point manner, furthermore I believe tha
  91. @nevverdaily (Hell, CA) - An image a day & an MP3 to go with it‚ for no obvious reason.
  92. @SmartBoyDesigns (Sacramento, CA) - Blogger, entrepreneur, digital marketing consultant and recording artist. I make money online and teach others how to do the same.
  93. @choire - High functioning gay.
  94. @brandonleblanc (Redmond, WA) - I’m a Communications Manager at Microsoft and I run the company’s official Windows blog. I read/write a lot, love taking photos, and love music and movies.
  95. @mjtpockets (Los Angeles) - Bass player, Scotch lover, Conspiracy Theorist
  96. @jeffrubenstein (San Francisco) - I work at PlayStation. If you know me, that’s probably why.
  97. @sidshuman - Social media & community for @PlayStation, former senior editor of @GamePro, eater of ramen, lover of SHODAN, player of many many video games
  98. @chris_roper (Seattle Area) - Hello! I’m Chris Roper. You may remember me from such former employers as IGN.com and Zipper Interactive.
  99. @PopHiss (Los Angeles) - The @latimes music blog. entertainment news.
  100. @mikeriggs (D.C./St. Pete) - Law enforcement and drug policy reporter for @reason; itinerant essayist; native Floridian; @caitlinreagan’s lesser half. Say hi: mriggs@reason.com

What are some of your favorite Twitter accounts to follow? Do you follow some of these 100 best Twitter accounts? Who shares the most pertinent information to your message? How often do you visit your favorite Twitter profiles?

 100 Best Twitter AccountsAbout the Author, Christian Hollingsworth

Blogger, entrepreneur, digital marketing consultant and recording artist. I make money online and teach others how to do the same.

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