100 Tech And Social Media Twitter Accounts You Should Follow Right Now
Twitter has exploded in popularity so has the amount of content being shared on it. Content about technology and social media is in particular demand and with a view to helping you find the best info out there, we have created a list with the top 100 technology and social media heads to follow. Some are well known, but some of the accounts belong to journalists within the industry who mightn’t be as famous, but who still share great information. Follow all 100 and watch your Twitter feed improve right in front of your eyes.
Name : Robin Wauters
Username: @robinwauters
Bio:European Editor at @thenextweb. Cyberflâneur. Lover of startups, my family and Belgian beer. Used to write for @techcrunch, now for @tnw.
Name: Danny Sullivan
Username: @dannysullivan
Bio:Editor of SearchEngineLand.com, covering Google, SEO, PPC and all aspects of search engines and search marketing.
Name: Dave Lee
Username: @davelee
Bio: Technology reporter for the BBC. Loves the news like Ron Burgundy loves San Diego. Story? dave.lee@bbc.co.uk
Name: Milo Yiannopoulos
Username: @Nero
Bio: Founder & Editor-in-Chief, @kernelmag. Chief Feature Writer, @catholicherald. I write about tech, culture and religion. Followers explained: http://is.gd/kGm26O
Name: Andrew Phelps
Username: @andrewphelps
Bio: I write about things that interest me for @niemanlab.
Name: Josh Halliday
Username: @joshHalliday
Bio: Guardian reporter covering media & tech. Not French guitarist, nor bloke from Lost. Any opinions mine. Leeds fan; Yorkshireman josh.halliday@guardian.co.uk
Name: John Herrman
Username: @jwherrman
Bio: Deputy Tech Editor, @buzzfeed john.herrman@buzzfeed.com
Name: David Pogue
Username: @Pogue
Bio: Tech columnist, NY Times; PBS NOVA host; Missing Manuals creator, dad of 3!
Name: Tim O’Reilly
Username: @timoreilly
Bio: Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.

Name: Kara Swisher
Username: @karaswisher
Bio: Co-Executive editor, AllThingsD
Name: Charles Arthur
Username: @charlesarthur
Bio: The Guardian’s Technology editor. Written a book on Apple, Google, Microsoft. Like: free data, transparency, social networks, etc. Opinions mine, but do borrow.
Name: Alexia Tsotsis
Username: @alexia
Bio: Co-Editor at TechCrunch. Breaks news, hearts. alexia@techcrunch.com
Name: Steffen Konrath
Username: @StKonrath
Bio: Researcher: Future of Journalism & Media | Founder of Liquid Newsroom: real-time news curation, ultra-fast publishing platform #News3.0 #liquidnews
Name: Doug MacMillan
Username: @dmac1
Bio: Technology reporter for Bloomberg/Businessweek
Name: Brian X. Chen
Username: @bxchen
Bio: New York Times technology reporter / Author of Always On (Da Capo)
Name: Zee M Kane
Username: @Zee
Bio: CEO of @thenextweb. Media and Technology Entrepreneur. Passionate about tech, content, design, media & startups.
Name: Josh Catone
Username: @catone
Bio: Editorial Director @mashable. Co-founder @thefluffpo. Goonies never say die.
Name: Dwight Silverman
Username: @dsilverman
Bio: Techblogger, social media manager @ Houston Chronicle | chron.com. Co-host of Technology Bytes radio show. TWiT panelist. Computer book author. UH instructor.

Name: Nicholas Carlson
Username: @nichcarlson
Bio: Deputy Editor at Business Insider, running SAI. Tweets and retweets about tech business, sports, and news – lots of news. Tips: nicholas@businessinsider.com
Name: Jordan Golson
Username: @jlgolson
Bio: Editor at @macrumors; Formula One and baseball enthusiast; shooter of first persons.
Name: Nick Halstead
Username: @nik
Bio: Founder of DataSift Inc
Name: Ryan King
Username: @rk
Bio: An engineer at Twitter. Puns are always intended.
Name: Anthony Ha
Username: @anthonyha
Bio: TechCrunch writer, science fiction/comic book nerd
Name: Jenn Van Grove
Username: @jbruin
Bio: VentureBeat writer, web geek, vegan, CrossFit addict, Apple fan girl and UCLA grad. Formerly of Mashable and NBC SD.

Name: Philip Elme-DeWitt
Username: @philiped
Bio: After working for someone else for 30 years — as a writer & editor at Time — I’m on my own now covering my favorite story: The company that Steve Jobs built.
Name: Devindra Hardawar
Username: @Devindra
Bio: Tech/film writer & podcast host. VentureBeat National Editor, focusing on mobile. Cohost of the Slashfilmcast, Drill Down, Symbiotek podcasts. All around geek
Name: Chris Saad
Username: @ChrisSaad
Bio: Co-Founder of APML & Backplane, DataPortability.org, SynapticWeb.org & others. Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @echoenabled
Name: Kent Nichols
Username: @kentnichols
Bio: Co-Creator of AskANinja.com, Filmmaker, Writer, Community Member, Ninja Master. @ me to get my attention
Name: Bradley Horowitz
Username: @elatable
Bio: VP Product, Google+
Name: Frederic Lardinois
Username: @fredericl
Bio: I write about tech for TechCrunch.
Name: David Cohn
Username: @Digidave
Bio: Journalism entrepreneur. Founding editor @circa (www.cir.ca). Founder of Spot.Us (now part of APM). Do lots of things to help where I can. Also, I love you.
Name: Jeff Jarvis
Username: @jeffjarvis
Bio: blogger and j-school prof; author of Public Parts, What Would Google Do?
Name: Adrian Wecklet
Username: @adrianweckler
Bio: Digital, technology editor of The Sunday Business Post. Opinions expressed are my own.
Name: Kevin C.Tofel
Username: @KevinCTofel
Bio: I’m the Mobile site editor at GigaOM.com where I cover mobile technology, gadgets and the wireless industry. I also run; every day.
Name: Paul Carr
Username: @paulcarr
Bio: Editor in Chief, Not Safe For Work Corporation.
Name: MG Siegler
Username: @parislemon
Bio: Partner at CrunchFund, Columnist at TechCrunch. I roam the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws. A renegade.
Name: Mathew Ingram
Username: @mathewi
Bio: I’m a senior writer at GigaOm, a former columnist with the Globe and Mail and co-founder of the mesh conference in Toronto.

Name: Kevin Rose
Username: @kevinrose
Bio: Partner at Google Ventures. Founder of @digg, @revision3. @tea drinker.
Name: Josh Constine
Username: @JoshConstine
Bio: Writer for TechCrunch, Stanford M.A. in Cybersociology, culture omnivore. I bring the truth with swag. Subscribe on FB: http://www.facebook.com/JoshConstine
vName: Courtney Boyd Myers
Username: @CBM
Bio: Director of Audience Development for @ga_london. Writer @thenextweb. Member of @sandbox_network. ENFJ, traveler, jogger & yogi.
Name: Adam Lisagor
Username: @lonelysandwich
Bio: Proprietor of sandwichvideo.com, youlooknicetoday.com, and adamlisagor.com. So many websites!
Name: Larry Magid
Username: @larrymagid
Bio: Tech journalist & internet safety activist
Name: Mike Isaac
Username: @MikeIsaac
Bio: Senior Editor at AllThingsD. I cover Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and most everything social in the Valley. Contact me here: Mike@allthingsd.com

Name: Nilay Patel
Username: @reckless
Bio: Managing Editor of The Verge, former copyright attorney, permanent man of leisure.
Name: Brian Wong
Username: @brian_wong
Bio: Founder and CEO of @kiip. Former Digg’er. Nomad by choice. Explorer.
Name: Jonah Peretti
Username: @peretti
Bio: Co-Founder: BuzzFeed | Huffington Post | ContagiousMedia.org
Name: Tom Krazit
Username: @tomkrazit
Bio: News Editor at GigaOM. Background in chips, PCs, Web, search, mobile, and a few things I’ve forgotten. Sports and music also found here.

Name: Jeffrey Kalmikoff
Username: @jeffrey
Bio: Startup advisor. Metalhead. Head of Product & Design at @betable. Previously: Threadless (CCO), Digg (Director of Design & UX), SimpleGeo (VP Product)
Name: Anthony De Rosa
Username: @AntDeRosa
Bio: Reuters columnist, social media editor, host of @reuterstv Tech Tonic. RTs are not endorsements, dummy. anthony.derosa@thomsonreuters.com / (678)-HEY-SOUP
Name: Ethan Bloch
Username: @ebloch
Bio: Product @demandforce. Formerly Co-founder and CEO @flowtown. Always be readingâ„¢
Name: Mike Baldwin
Username: @micah
Bio: Live a life of extreme honesty. First company when I was 14; sold last company in 2007. Now CEO & founder of @graphicly. Startup advisor/mentor. Animal lover.
Name: Jim Dalrymple
Username: @jdalrymple
Bio: Editor in Chief of LoopInsight; guitar player; dog lover; Sometimes I say things; Been reporting on Apple for almost 20 years.
Name: Morgan Missen
Username: @mm
Bio: Founder @main, previously @google, @twitter and @foursquare. Build, release, repeat.
Name: Marcus Nelson
Username: @marcusnelson
Bio: CEO of @addvocate •adviser •speaker •twin •chili champ •husband to @emilyjo •dad of 3 •1/2 kiwi born #Texan raised #Wisconsin •former @salesforce @uservoice
Name: Raffi Krikorian
Username: @raffi
Bio: Director of @twittereng’s Platform Services. I break things.
Name:Ed Gutman
Username: @eddie
Bio: Manager in Sales Ops @twitter. Work for Twitter, tweet for me.
Name: Mario Sundar
Username: @mariosundar
Bio: LinkedIn’s social media guy since 2007
Name: Rich DeMuro
Username: @richdemuro
Bio: Tech Reporter at KTLA-TV; When I’m not playing with new gadgets I’m running, reading, being a new dad & hopping back to NJ for family, good bagels and pizza

Name: Matt Brezina
Username: @brezina
Bio: Co-founder & CEO of @sincerely Previously founded @xobni Want to send me a @postagram? Send to 800 market st. floor Six 94102
Name: Jess Lee
Username: @jesskah
Bio: Co-founder, Polyvore. Ex-Googler, Maps. Love drawing, manga, memes. Goddamn those half-Japanese girls.
Name: Courtney Guertin
Username: @courtstarr
Bio: I love creating products: @kiip, @eightbit, @followstyle, and mobile apps. Previously was hacking at @digg. I enjoy exploring SF and snowboarding.
Name: Graham Hancock
Username: @grahamhancock
Bio: I make videos. Editor/Post-Production at @revision3. Shooter/Editor for @foundationkr.
Name: KW Low
Username: @kw
Bio: tech, online, ecommerce, new media – strategy & marketing – jack of all trades
Name: Tobias Peggs
Username: @tobiaspeggs
Bio: Brit-abroad. Loves music, footy, snowboarding, cycling, food. Formerly CEO of OneRiot…acquired by Walmart, where I now oversee international mobile products.
Name: Jolie O’Dell
Username: @jolieodell
Bio: Tech journalist. Computer science student. Honey badger. Lover of books, nice people, rock & roll, life in general.

Name: Michael Arrington
Username: @arrington
Bio: Be Excellent To Each Other
Name: James Cox
Username: @imajes
Bio: technologist, raconteur, photographer, explorer, entrepreneur; in various orders.
Name: Greg Kumparak
Username: @grg
Bio: Formerly of TechCrunch and PandoDaily. Currently of fun secret things.
Name: Paul Boutin
Username: @paulboutin
Bio: Writer for New York Times, MIT Technology Review, Wired, Wall Street Journal
Name: Jack Schofield
Username: @jackschofield
Bio: Tech journo who covered IT for the Guardian (1983-2010), the Jack in Ask Jack, and a jackdaw who tweets fun links about photography, Lego, advertising, art etc
Name: Darren Murph
Username: @darrenmurph
Bio: Engadget. Author. I love my wife. Also, I hold a Guinness World Record as the world’s most prolific professional blogger https://twitter.com/darrenmurph
Name: Bobbie Johnson
Username: @bobbiejohnson
Bio: Gadabout, troublemaker, cyborg. Editor, @gigaom Europe, co-founder @readmatter, proprietor of @ifyouonly. Stories? bobbie@gigaom.com, phone +44 (0) 758 4043330
Name: Leo Laporte
Username: @leolaporte
Bio: Podcaster, broadcaster and tech pundit. The Tech Guy on the Premiere Radio Networks. Chief TWiT at live.twit.tv For my link feed follow @links_for_twit
Name: John Furrier
Username: @furrier
Bio: Silicon Valley entrepreneur Founder SiliconANGLE Network. Inventing New Things, Blogging, Tweeting Social Media

Name: Josh Elman
Username: @joshelman
Bio: Product Guy. I have worked on Twitter, Facebook Connect, Zazzle, LinkedIn, RealPlayer. Principal at Greylock, looking for crazy new things.
Name: Dave Morin
Username: @davemorin
Bio: Small town Montana guy. Husband. Entrepreneur. Skier. Co-Founder and CEO of Path.
Name: Mari Smith
Username: MariSmith
Bio: Leading Social Media Strategist, Speaker, Author | Top Facebook Marketing Expert | ?Mastermind with Mari in San Diego! Sept 13-14. http://bit.ly/SMintensive?
Name: Mark Schaefer
Username: @markwscheaefer
Bio: Chieftain of the social web’s most unique blog, {grow}. Consultant, college professor, author of Return On Influence and Tao of Twitter. Social Media Bouncer.
Name: Luca Filigheddu
Username: @filos
Bio: BlackBerry Developer Evangelist at RIM, Twimbow co-founder, geek, early adopter, italian, twitter addict, pianist, taekwondo, dad, husband. Opinions are my own.
Name: Zoli Erdos
Username: @ZoliErdos
Bio: Editor / Publisher, CloudAve & Enterprise Irregulars. Startup Advisor. Former life: SAP, Deloitte, IBM
Name: Nick O’Neill
Username: @allnick
Bio: Co-Founder & CEO of @holler, Founder of Social Times & allfacebook.com. Personal blog: nickoneill.com
Name: Hiten Shah
Username: @hnshah
Bio: Co-Founder of @kissmetrics. Previously started @crazyegg. I love creating something big out of nothing and helping other entrepreneurs do the same.
Name: Chris Sacca
Username: @sacca
Bio: Dreamily married to @crystale, dad to @cceleven, investor in @twitter, @uber, @instagram, @turntablefm & other startups. Learn more: http://lowercasellc.com/.
Name: Gave Rivera
Username: @gaverivera
Bio: I run Techmeme. Sometimes I tweet what I mean. Sometimes I tweet the opposite. I’m not as nice as my picture here suggests.
Name: Jack Dorsey
Username: @jack
Bio: Executive Chairman of Twitter, CEO of Square, a founder of both.
Name: Loic Le Meur
Username: @loic
Bio: LeWeb and Seesmic founder. Loves kitesurfing and running!

Name: Frank Gruber
Username: @FrankGruber
Bio: Startup guy. CEO & Co-Founder @techcocktail – tech startup events, news & resources. Co-creator @dcweek. Former AOL & Tribune. Ex-TechCrunch writer. Cubs fan.
Name: Amit Agarwal
Username: @labnol
Bio: Tech columnist at WSJ India, founder of http://labnol.org, a popular how-to site and author of The Most Useful Websites http://amzn.to/tBf2VI
Name: Robert Scoble
Username: @scobleizer
Bio: Technology news, videos, opinions, from an enthusiastic Rackspace employee who grew up in Silicon Valley and has interviewed more than 3,200 geeks.
Name: Chris Brogan
Username: @chrisbrogan
Bio: President, Human Business Works. More? http://bit.ly/cbbio .
Name: Tara Hunt
Username: @missrogue
Bio: CEO (@buyosphere), blogger (@ungracefully), Author/Speaker (@whuffiefactor), Mom (@taquitotadito), Pug lover (@ridley) + partner (@carlospache_co)
Name: Biz Stone
Username: @biz
Bio: Co-founder of Twitter, Inc.
Name: Ross Mayfield
Username: @Ross
Bio: Biz Dev for SlideShare, a LinkedIn company. Social, I called it…
Name: Oren Jacob
Username: @orenjacob
Bio: Founder and CEO, ToyTalk. Previously EIR August Capital, Pixar CTO, Supervising Technical Director Finding Nemo, and Assistant Store Manager at Kinko’s.
Name: Brian Dainton
Username: @bdainton
Bio: Founder and VP of Engineering at @massrelevance. Ruby developer, entrepreneur, husband, father.


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