December 4, 2013 at 12:52 p.m.
It was like kicking a hornets nest.
Last Friday’s list of the Top 35 Twitter Accounts in Bermuda, which was composed by Twitaholic, certainly had tweets flying.
A lot of people had their feathers ruffled that they did not make the list as they had more Twitter followers than some who were on it. That list took other factors into account.
Included among that group were a couple of my colleagues here at work.
As far as sheer numbers, the Twitaholic list was way off. There are several reasons for that, some people have their location set incorrectly while others have more worldwide appeal and have opted for a location that will attract a wider audience.
Added to that is Twitaholic’s Bermuda list was missing some people it was counting elsewhere.
Nahki Wells
Some of the most obvious omissions from the list where Bermudian athletes who are competing overseas. Nahki Wells being the prime example with over 13,000 Twitter followers, but others like Tyler Butterfield, Tyrone Smith, and Reggie Lambe also went missing.
Hotels were another category which saw several big accounts not make the Twitaholic compilation. Included on the ones that were omitted were both the Fairmont hotels as well as Elbow Beach and Rosewood Tucker’s Point.
Three of Bermuda’s accounts with the most followers were not on that list, and those include Dudley Freedom (51,226 followers), Wonder Woman (24,493 followers) and Elbow Beach Cycles (16,347).
Even our friends down the road on Par-la-ville — The Royal Gazette was MIA on the Twitaholic list.
Several radio stations and DJs were also omissions, if you based it strictly on followers.
Not easy
The list below is a compilation of the top 50 accounts at the end of November.
There is no easy one-stop spot for the Bermuda accounts for several reasons so there could be some that are missing that should be on the list.
Please contact me via Twitter and I’ll add you for the next list, which will be done in January.
That will, hopefully, make that list more accurate. We will aim to do a monthly list for all of 2014.
Top 50 Bermuda Twitter accounts by followers
1. John Layfield @jclayfield 418,898
2. Collie Buddz @CollieBuddz 61,128
3. Dudley Freedom @dudleyfreedom 51,226
4. Wonder woman @Platinum_bonita 24,493
5. ledrew fox @ledrew 20,622
6. Elbow Beach Cycles @bermudascooter 16,347
7. Nahki Wells @nahkiwells 13,240
8. Bermuda Tourism @GoToBermuda 8,673
9. Will Black @willblackrockz 8,640
10. Bernews @bernewsdotcom 6,957
11. DJ Genie @djgenie 6,539
12. Gosling’s Rum @TheBlackSeal 6,098
13. Vibe 103 @Vibe103 5,533
14. The Royal Gazette @TheRoyalGazette 5,497
15. Bermuda Sun @BDASun 5,289
16. Heather Nova @nova_says 4,388
17. Fairmont Southampton @fairmontsouth 3,923
18. Tyler Butterfield @tybutterfield 3,382
19. BERMEMES @BERMEMES 3,129
20. Carlos Ferreira @carlosf0527 2,497
21. Reggie Lamb @reggienaldo 2,419
22. Fairmont Hamilton @Fairmontham 2,400
23. Lennon Bermuda @BermudaLennon 2,368
24. J.L.G. @solja_jay 2,206
25. Brown & Co @brownandcostore 2,199
26. Cricket Bermuda @vCricketBE 1,960
27. Lesley @9lives2 1,852
28. cathwest @cathwest 1,800
29. Glenn Jones @Bermudadotcom 1,712
30. Digicel Bermuda @DigicelBermuda 1,569
31. Elbow Beach Bermuda @elbowbeach 1,425
32. Rosewood Tucker’s Point @RWTuckerspoint 1,406
33. Power Girl Trina @powergirltrina 1,355
34. Arthur Rego @arthurrego 1,331
35. Chewstick @chewsticks 1,294
36. palmrock @palmrock 1,278
37. Simons. Flow @flowbewankenobi 1,243
38. Zenji San @senjisan1 1,214
39. AnneHyde @AnneHyde 1,133
40. CellOne @celloneBDA 1,103
41. Style Bermuda @styleBda 1,095
42. ClaireHattieBermuda @NTDIBermuda 1,007
43. DJ Smokey @djsmokey 988
44. Tyrone Smith @iflynowings 988
45. Hott 107.5 @hott1075 978
46. Beachfest @beachfestbda 955
47. Fully @maddghost 907
48. One Bermuda Alliance @1bermudalliance 885
49. Bobbi S @Sportchicka 883
50. Laurel Burns @MizBurns 845
• Think you should be included on this list? Send a tweet to Don Burgess:Tweets by @DonatBDASun
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