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140Char: Track Twitter followers for UK newspapers

  • malcolm coles · 2 months ago
    Yes, the 2nd most popular account, TimesFashion, is very engaged with its followers - I think this is the right model, rather than glorified RSS feed, if you want a lot of followers ...
  • Dan Thornton · 2 months ago
    Hi, thanks for commeting, as I've been a keen follower of your hard work in tracking it (And then just putting my guesses over the top!). It would be interesting to go through each of the accounts checking for engagement or not - certainly I'd put money on either engagement or individual celebrity being the key driver for followers...
  • malcolm coles · 2 months ago
    Your wish is my command! The very first time I put the stats together I did a column saying whether they were a glorified RSS feed or not: http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/newspapers-o...

    Scroll the iframe to the right to get it. The list from back then has been refined (and I've switched from twittercounter to real Twitter API) so stats aren't directly comparable. But whether they are engaging with followers or pumping out headlines is probably the same.

    Interesting comparison with Kutcher / Fry - wish I'd thought of it!!! Cheers.
  • hiteshthakur034 · 2 months ago
    There are many twitter applications through which you can know your position as twitter followers in number of tweets received.