BlackWeb20 Compiles The Most Powerful Black Women & Men on Twitter

Celebrities | hiphopucit | September 3, 2010 at 8:05 am

For those of us who are Twitter-obsessed, it came as no surprise that African-Americans are the group that tweets the most. But did you ever wonder who’s running things on Twitter? BlackWeb20.com compiled two lists of the 100 most powerful Black women and 100 most powerful Black men on the social networking site, using online reputation measurement tools Klout and Twittergrader to create their lists. Angela Simmons topped the list for the women and LeBron James won the #1 spot for the men. Here are the top five from both lists.

The top five Black women on Twitter are:

1. Angela Simmons
Profile: @AngelaSimmons
Followers: 270,579
Tweets: 4,887

2. Kimora Lee Simmons
Profile: @OfficialKimora
Followers: 200,616
Tweets: 15,530

3. Taraji P. Henson
Profile: @TherealTaraji
Followers: 240,756
Tweets: 3,357

4. Nicki Minaj
Profile: @NICKIMINAJ
Followers: 1,217,692
Tweets: 3,077

5. Reagan Gomez
Profile: @ReaganGomez
Followers: 52, 587
Tweets: 26,426

The most popular men on Twitter are:

1. LeBron James
Profile: @LeBron James
Followers: 712,712
Tweets: 9,864

2. Sean “Diddy” Combs
Profile: @iamdiddy
Followers: 2,868,287
Tweets: 9,020

3. Kanye West
Profile: @kanyewest
Followers: 899,844
Tweets: 472

4. Barack Obama
Profile: @barackobama
Followers: 5,208,216
Tweets: 869

5. Tyga
Profile: @tyga
Followers: 336,712
Tweets: 2,395

Are you surprised by anyone on this list? Who’s your favorite celebrity tweeter?