Most influential people on Twitter 2020

In 2020, Donald Trump (@realdonaldtrump), was ranked as the most influential Twitter user worldwide. Other top-tweeters included Narendra Modi (@narendramodi), Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) and Elon Musk (@elonmusk). Influencers were ranked on the level of genuine engagement users created within the year. The amount of followers, retweets, replies, and the more influential the people users engaged with all together determined the score.

Most influential people on Twitter worldwide in 2020

Characteristic	Index score
@realdonaldtrump	97
@narendramodi	97
@taylorswift13	97
@elonmusk	96
@katyperry	96
@ArianaGrande	95
@BarackObama	95
@BillGates	95
@Cristiano	95
@TheEllenShow	95
@KimKardashian	95
@ladygaga	95
@JLo	95
@Harry_Styles	94
@HilaryClinton	94
@justinbieber	94
@jtimberlake	94
@KingJames (LeBron James)	94
@MacMiller	94
@Eminem	94

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November 2020

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

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According to the source: "Audiences ranks accounts according to a selection of criteria that, added together, create their influence score. This is how the influence level of an account is measured over time. Based on the level of genuine engagement they are creating. While lots of followers, retweets and replies will help, the more influential the people they engage with, the better the score."

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