A reader passed on a link to this highly addictive and unscientific web site which quantifies the clout people have on Twitter.
It’s a 100-point scale, with higher being better, and the site claims to crunch over 35 variables to generate a number that “is highly correlated to clicks, comments and retweets.”
So, here are the rankings for some New York figures. In short, Bloomberg (71) does pretty well, but Anthony Weiner (76) looms large over us all.
If you find rankings for other politicos, stick them in the comments section.
36: John Liu
41: Scott Sringer
42: Stu Loeser
43: NYC Council
47: Bill de Blasio
54: Howard Wolfson
56: Andrew Cuomo
62: Azi Paybarah
71: Mayor Bloomberg
73: Ben Smith
75: Jack, creator, co-founder of Twitter
76: Anthony Weiner
Follow Azi Paybarah via RSS.
@NYCGreenfield is a 50
@CoryBooker tops the list at 77
88: Barack Obama
78: Donald Trump
54: Pete King
63: Chuck Schumer
66: Kirsten Gillibrand
53: City Hall News
73: @nydailynews
71: @newyorkobserver
10: @nyobserver
@BilldeBlasio’s klout jumped up a point after his twitter war with @howiewolf:disqus
How you know that Klout is full of s*it: I’m ranked three points higher than the Governor of New York. (@mikeyarbrough: 59)