Media organizations and journalists top the list of the most influential Twitter users in Peru, according to a report done by the analysis firm Quantico Trends and published Feb. 4. Among the Top 20 most influential Tweeters are 14 users who are considered media organizations or journalists.
The study classified users according to a QLOUD score that is calculated based on a “universe” – in this case the “universe of Peruvians on Twitter,” which added up to 1.3 million users according to the study.
A score from 1 to 100 was calculated for each user along three dimensions: popularity (number of followers), authority (the score the most popular users give to other users), and impact (retweets, mentions, and quotes).
At the top of the list of the 500 accounts with the most influence are the newspapers El Comercio, Perú 21, RPP Noticias, and La República. Politicians and opinion leaders also had a presence on the list, with Peru’s president Ollanta Humala in 11th place, and the first lady Nadine Heredia in 14th.
Artists top the list for the 25 most influential Tweeters globally, according to a study done by Twitalyzer Benchmarks. Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga took the top two spots. Barack Obama was the only politician on the list, while Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres were the closest to media organizations.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
