Top 237 Twitter Users Who Will Follow You Back

As Twitter hits its stride and emerges as a juggernaut in social media, the top users on the site are distancing themselves from the pack. The race to 1,000,000 followers will be achieved in a few months by some accounts. With such strong followings, many new or inactive Twitter users may not think that there are top accounts that will follow them back.

On the contrary, there are many. In fact, many users with tens of thousands of followers will follow just about everyone back. Some use tools to automatically follow anyone who follows them. Others actually go through and manually add their new followers. Regardless of the method, these 237 accounts will most likely follow you back, even if you’re a Twitter newbie.

(image source: ProBlogger’s excellent article about growing your Twitter presence)

100,000+ Followers

1. BarackObama
2. DowningStreet
3. TheOnion

50,000-100,000 Followers

1. GuyKawasaki
2. Starbucks
3. Scobleizer
4. BigRichB
5. Astronautics
6. CaseyWright
7. PerryBelcher
8. AlohaArleen
9. Nansen
10. TheBusyBrain
11. RobMcNealy
12. MichaeMillman
13. Zaibatsu
14. WBAustin

40,000-50,000 Followers

1. Jonathan360
2. HashTags
3. TheDigitalLife
4. Andrew303
5. ESPN
6. MrSocial
7. ChrisPirillo
8. Stejules
9. DaveMalby
10. Eleesha

30,000-40,000 Followers

1. CraigTeich
2. StephenKruiser
3. Jerell
4. BradHoward
5. Foodimentary
6. ScotMcKay
7. EdStivala
8. RockingJude
9. ShannonSeek
10. RadioBlogger
11. MikeKlingler
12. RonnieWilson
13. DanTanner
14. MikePFS
15. TechXav
16. SocialMediaClub
17. FLWBooks
18. Kamper
19. AndrewWindham

20,000-30,000 Followers

1. Oliver_Turner
2. _SamJones
3. KMesiab
4. Mark33
5. StanleyTang
6. Barefoot_Exec
7. JackBastide
8. NicheTitans
9. MarketingZap
10. PragueBob
11. Twitter_Tips
12. TwitPic
13. 00Joe
14. JeanetteJoy
15. OHHDLInfo
16. MariaAndros
17. JeanLucR
18. TMaduri
19. TwitLive
20. ImogenHeap
21. NewMediaJim
22. MarkDavidson
23. OpenZine
24. BryantSmith
25. TYSONtheQUICK
26. DrJeffersnBoggs
27. JayOatway
28. Upicks
29. Gemstars
30. MichDdot
31. SethSimonds
32. JesseNewhart
33. Zefrank
34. RichCurrie
35. KarlRove
36. SitePointdotcom
37. iPodiums
38. AlexKaris
39. HoleInHisEye
40. Pistachio
41. OudiAntebi
42. DSMPublishing
43. PeterSantilli
44. Orrin_Woodward
45. QueenoftheClick
46. StockTwits
47. MarketingProfs
48. MariSmith

10,000-20,000 Followers

1. MarcWarnke
2. Debbas
3. SteveWeber
4. TUAW
5. KikiValdes
6. WayneMansfield
7. USBargains
8. Rex7
9. CoffeeTweet
10. LarryLanier
11. JulieRoy
12. JamesRivers
13. MikeFilsaime
14. Montaignejns
15. SeanMalarkey
16. WebAddict
17. LarryBrauner
18. Leplan
19. AaronMartirano
20. JeffPulver
21. Teedubya
22. DCRBlogs
23. ShawnRobinson
24. KonaEndurance
25. TradingGoddess
26. JohnReese
27. InfadelsAreCool
28. Techhie
29. Nabbit
30. DiyanaAlcheva
31. Unmarketing
32. Meteorit
33. TrafficGen
34. StaffInSeconds
35. PeterDrew
36. LittleQuiz
37. TeddyShabba
38. DawudMiracle
39. RightWingNews
40. OutsideMyBrain
41. Dollars5
42. MediaBistro
43. Adnagam
44. COasis
45. NicholasPatten
46. AlexisNeely
47. EverywhereTrip
48. E_Stampede
49. ChristianFea
50. MojoJuju
51. eMom
52. RizzoTees
53. Anexemines
54. AmericanElement
55. TravisGreenlee
56. RickySantos
57. PawLuxury
58. KrisColvin
59. PinkElephantPun
60. JasonFinch
61. LonnieHodge
62. JanSimpson
63. Stickham
64. DaveLawrence
65. CaliDeals
66. JamesByers
67. JeffHerring
68. Linc4Justice
69. GSpowart
70. HowardBienstock
71. Peter_R_Casey
72. BettyDraper
73. MichaelEmlong
74. Dexin
75. The_Gman
76. BobCallahan
77. TrendTracker
78. TylerTorment
79. GarinKilpatrick
80. Jim_Turner
81. Ann_Sieg
82. Ken_Cosgrove
83. Frostfire
84. Pat_Lorna
85. WineTwits
86. BradFallon
87. TimJensen
88. PhotoCanvas
89. JasonMitchener
90. Bill_Romanos
91. MikeMayhew
92. HawaiiRealty
93. 9Miles
94. Sotero_Garcia
95. Loyalty360
96. WeirdChina
97. MarkRMatthews
98. SteveOuch
99. Socrates_Soc
100. Comcastcares
101. ChrisMoreschi
102. CoffeeCupNews
103. WillieCrawford
104. LouieBaur
105. Coolsi
106. Nicolane
107. NixTheNews
108. EzineArticles
109. Hubpages
110. ChrisSpagnuolo
111. FredaMooncotch
112. SheriTingle
113. JustingLover
114. ShortAwards
115. Flap
116. SuggestionBox
117. JimDeMint
118. TweetStats
119. theBilly
120. ThaPaparazza
121. WritingHannah
122. 0Boy
123. ThinkGeek
124. LanceScoular
125. MayhemStudios
126. TraderAdvice
127. Dana_Willhoit
128. JimmySmithTrain
129. JoelDrapper
130. Kidscash
131. KellyShibari
132. SteveGarfield
133. JasonTryfon
134. DanSchawbel
135. LookCook
136. JudyRey
137. MJBerry
138. EdwardMoore
139. BlackBottoms
140. DougH
141. CrumCake
142. ProsperityGal
143. Lotay
144. JudyRey

How to Use this List

Regardless of what stage you are in Twitter, if your goal is to accumulate active followers, the people on this list are good for that. Most on the list are active and interact with their followers on a daily basis. They retweet to their followers when they find something interesting on or off Twitter and many of them post high-quality tweets.

Some do not, and you’ll be able to identify the spammers and self-serving users from what appears in your stream. This list has not been validated for quality (maybe a future blog post) but rather to help new and experienced users grow their followers.

Unfortunately, I did the list backwards. Anyone who wants to grow their Twitter account should start from the bottom and work their way up, adding all 237 either all at once or spread out over time. The advantage of adding from this list is two-fold:

Obviously, as these users have demonstrated a willingness to follow those who follow them, it gives you a likely additional follower.

The side-benefit of adding from this list is that once you follow them, your account will, for a short period of time, be at the top of their followers list. Many users build their Twitter followers by adding the followers of users such as these, so being at the top increases your account’s exposure and the number of opportunities for other users to follow you.

This blog does not condone “Twitter Follower Spam” or whatever you would like to call the practice of adding a ton of followers, unfollowing them later, and adding more in a vicious cycle of growth, but hey, it works, and many people do it. This is just a resource to help users at every level build their accounts as quickly as they would like.

UPDATE:

Starting the new and revised list now. Will update a little more every day. It’s a long process, as I must go through each individual account to make sure they’re adding people who follow them. Also, there was someone who had already compiled a list. I would love if they would contact me so I can link to it from here as well.

1. Threadless
2. Hootsuite
3. Firefox
4. ElUniversal
5. thebeatles
6. LFC
7. corbinbleu
8. GuyKawasaki
9. Foodimentary
10. AshokaTweets
11. lonelyplanet
12. StartupPro
13. wakooz
14. Radioblogger
15. nansen
16. weirdchina
17. LFC
18. clatko
19. thinkgeek
20. TweetSmarter
21. leopoldolopez
22. PenguinBooks
23. judyrey
24. DesignerDepot
25. LarryWentz
26. PleasureEllis
27. ajcampos01

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