The Top 100 Most Followed Steemit Accounts

lukestokes (75) in steemit • 8 years ago

Last night I wrote a script analyzing 54,459 accounts to give you the top 100 most followed Steemit users as of Tuesday, August 9th.

TOP 100 USERS BY FOLLOWER COUNT

	Account	Number of Followers
1	@dollarvigilante:	1101
2	@dantheman:	733
3	@stellabelle:	650
4	@dan:	603
5	@larkenrose:	514
6	@cryptoctopus:	473
7	@ned:	468
8	@donkeypong:	395
9	@heiditravels:	392
10	@xeroc:	385
11	@craig-grant:	372
12	@blocktrades:	346
13	@pfunk:	343
14	@gavvet:	340
15	@piedpiper:	331
16	@masteryoda:	331
17	@roelandp:	328
18	@complexring:	317
19	@falkvinge:	316
20	@clains:	315
21	@fyrstikken:	292
22	@cryptogee:	291
23	@sterlinluxan:	284
24	@lukewearechange:	284
25	@tuck-fheman:	284
26	@berniesanders:	275
27	@rok-sivante:	265
28	@infovore:	252
29	@jamtaylor:	250
30	@arhag:	247
31	@pharesim:	245
32	@smooth:	235
33	@jesta:	230
34	@dragonanarchist:	224
35	@cass:	220
36	@crypt0:	208
37	@anwenbaumeister:	208
38	@sirwinchester:	207
39	@andrarchy:	204
40	@steempower:	203
41	@the-alien:	203
42	@kencode:	201
43	@ozchartart:	201
44	@steemed:	199
45	@steemitblog:	197
46	@kevinwong:	189
47	@steemship:	186
48	@anyx:	186
49	@steemrollin:	184
50	@officialfuzzy:	183
51	@dana-edwards:	183
52	@ash:	182
53	@lukestokes:	168
54	@federicopistono:	168
55	@jl777:	166
56	@clayop:	162
57	@guerrint:	160
58	@abit:	160
59	@nextgencrypto:	159
60	@teamsteem:	158
61	@wang:	157
62	@steve-walschot:	155
63	@kaylinart:	152
64	@jacor:	151
65	@rolypoli20:	148
66	@hipster:	148
67	@knozaki2015:	146
68	@calaber24p:	145
69	@bitcalm:	141
70	@blueorgy:	136
71	@jaredhowe:	134
72	@liberosist:	131
73	@hisnameisolllie:	131
74	@modprobe:	131
75	@klye:	129
76	@benjojo:	128
77	@lauralemons:	127
78	@lehard:	125
79	@allasyummyfood:	125
80	@sean-king:	123
81	@ftlian:	122
82	@blakemiles84:	120
83	@roadscape:	120
84	@dragonslayer109:	119
85	@nanzo-scoop:	119
86	@inboundinken:	118
87	@rainman:	117
88	@venuspcs:	117
89	@trevonjb:	115
90	@dragonho:	115
91	@fairytalelife:	112
92	@dashpaymag:	111
93	@isaac.asimov:	111
94	@edgeland:	108
95	@riverhead:	108
96	@katecloud:	106
97	@neilstrauss:	105
98	@cheetah:	105
99	@fuzzyvest:	105
100	@condra:	102

Steemit Is Not a Popularity Contest

Let's be clear about that right up front. This isn't high school all over again. It's possible to game this report by creating 100's of bot accounts and then following yourself with them. What matters most here is the content you create. Will it always be noticed or appreciated with whales votes? Nope. Should you keep writing great content anyway? Yes, if you want to see this platform succeed long term and, over time, gain followers of your own. For the most part, IMO, these people have a lot of followers because they're consistently posting great content others want to read. Do the same, engage, write something meaningful, build relationships, leave useful comments, and you will make connections as well.

Some interesting things I discovered while putting this together:

I finally figured out how the API works. You can see the nerdy details of how I got this data here.
I'm somewhat of a narcissist. I originally planned on showing the top 50, but since I was 53 on the list, I decided to go with 100. That's forgivable, right?
Out of 54,459 accounts only 18,898 have actually posted at least once. We have a lot of bots/mined accounts around here.
Only 6,671 accounts have at least one follower.
I really love geeking out about data like this.

Interested in more? Follow my blog.

-- Luke Stokes --

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8 years ago by lukestokes (75)

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sweetgallery (39) · 6 years ago

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redlambo (43) · 6 years ago

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oceanwhale (56) · 6 years ago

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billbutler (65) · 8 years ago

While I'm not on the list, I'm happy to say that two of my referrals are on the list : @lukestokes and @katecloud

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

I'm very thankful for you and @sean-king who got me interested in this thing early on. Thanks Bill!

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funny-videos (13) · 7 years ago

Nice post! What will happening, if someone resteem your post?

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mysearchisover (70) · 7 years ago

Do you make money for your referrals?

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b-guided (25) · 7 years ago

I'll be on that list soon!

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cryptos (66) · 8 years ago

After going through the full list of 100 people my followed number has increased from 38 to 63, so @lukestokes thanks again for this post. It was useful to find some more interesting people to follow here on steemit :)

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Excellent! Glad you found some good accounts to follow.

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago

I can't believe I saw I follow over 200 people . Wonder how this happened in just 2 weeks

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cryptos (66) · 8 years ago

I'm sure there will soon come time where we are going to be removing accounts from our follow list as well... :)

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago

I already started :)

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dragonho (65) · 8 years ago

Thanks for the mentioning and as always `

cryptos (66) · 8 years ago (edited)

Thanks for the list, I'll be checking some of these account to seeif I find something interesting.

The stats you got about the users that actually have posted at least once is more interesting though... a bit less tha 19 thousand out of almost 55K registetred. This simply shows how small steemit is at this stage and how much headroom for further growth it actually has :)

Following @dollarvigilante for example is pretty much pointless for me, even thoughhe is at the top of the list... he has yet to post something interesting for me personally, even though judging by his post's rewards, votes and comment you can say he is quite successful on steemit.

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago

His last post was downvoted because he repeated himself . His knowledge has no value to me ! I just mentioned this in my previous post a couple of hours ago

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cryptos (66) · 8 years ago

Starting to repeat yourself just after a couple of posts simply eans that there is not much you can actually say. On the other hand it is not bad that he came to steemit as he brought some of his followers along and among them might be some hidden gems that just need time to be revealed...

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago

I agree

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anca3drandom (68) · 8 years ago

It's interesting how big the difference is between the number of accounts and how many have actually posted.

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Yeah, most of the accounts on Steemit are bots or mining accounts. When people talk about the platform growing to 50k+ users, that's not really an accurate reflection of active accounts, which you can see here.

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rok-sivante (75) · 8 years ago

Ha ha. I like the "narcissist" confession thrown in there. :-)

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Truth in transparency, right? :)

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voltarius (59) · 8 years ago

That's quite a list, thanks for the info! It's definitely helpful when considering the different types of data on the site, as you mentioned.

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firepower (79) · 8 years ago

This is great! It's good to know that it's possible to view this data!

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Everything is on the blockchain... it's pretty amazing. :)

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smailer (67) · 8 years ago

Nice work, thank you for your effort.

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vorsseli (39) · 8 years ago

Great job mate! You have one follower more now! :)

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Thank you! I always appreciate some new followers. :)

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razvanelulmarin (72) · 8 years ago

And on #200, with 78 followers is ...meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :)

Great post as always man.

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

I changed the script to show the top 1000 and you're actually #142, according to the data from last night:

➜  php-steem-tools git:(master) ✗ php follower_stats.php | grep 'razvanelulmarin'
|  142  |@razvanelulmarin: |   72   |

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razvanelulmarin (72) · 8 years ago

haha. thanks, man, it ws a joke :)

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allasyummyfood (73) · 8 years ago

Hahah awesome statistics! Im number 79 ;) I love how you decided to do top 100 cos you were 53 :P So what can we do about the bots accounts? Can they be deleted?

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

I was really hoping I'd be in the top 50. This process has caused me to think about my narcissistic tendencies. :)

So what can we do about the bots accounts?

Yeah, I'm thinking about that. I included accounts which have at least one post, but I could also try the mined: true attribute which is probably a good indication of a bot, but not perfect. I could also improve it to exclude followers who are bots or who have low reputation. Whatever mechanisms I use to message the data could possibly be gamed either way. In the end, the content is what matters, so follow count is just one signal among many.

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allasyummyfood (73) · 8 years ago

hahahah maybe ;P sounds good, although I was just told they cannot be deleted. lol So reputation will be our best bet and I think this makes sense ;)

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

I haven't looked into how to calculate the new reputation score yet and it's not a property I see in the API.

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allasyummyfood (73) · 8 years ago

Cool, well let me know when you do :)

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macksby (73) · 8 years ago

Damn... looks like I've got some work to do if I ever plan on cracking the 100 mark. I think Im at 4 followers. Cheers, thanks for the work put in!

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

You're welcome! I enjoyed putting it together.

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greenmanalishi (33) · 8 years ago

Didn't realize the top of the chart was just over 1000 and most of the runners up in the hundreds... imagine when this place jumps to Youtube or Facebook audience numbers 0_0

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Let's hope it's a "when" and not and "if." :)

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seva (54) · 8 years ago

Echo of the past- bots with 0 posts and with 100-200 followers)
And no-bots will take more followers now)

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Which accounts on the list are definitely bots which don't also post? I'd like to play with this over time and add other metrics such as reputation score and post count of the actual followers (i.e., don't bother including non-active followers to the count totals).

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seva (54) · 8 years ago

@wang

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago

Ok , now I know . Do I need to know this ? 😜

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

It's helpful for those looking to follow others who consistently put out good content... or at the least, follow count is one indicator among many we can use to decide who to follow.

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago (edited)

Luke , my comment was a little bit sarcastic but it feels like promotion to name the same same same people . I follow some of them I realized since the new feed tool . So I must have liked their content . I am on my own mission to find people I think are worth to upvote but I appreciate your very valuable information . Don't misunderstand . I just followed you :) finally because I see how hard you work 🙌

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Thanks @mammasitta! We really do need a sarcasm font, I think. :) So much of it goes right over people's heads, especially computer geek nerds like me. Thanks so much for the follow! I'm glad t hear you're looking for new authors as well. I hope this list changes dramatically in the weeks to come. Actually, many at the top are brand new to Steemit, which is pretty cool, IMO.

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago

Exciting cyberspace :) I'm loving it all so far

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liberosist (70) · 8 years ago (edited)

Very interesting. Also shows that people have started using the Follow feature since the Feed has come live - some new users are doing rather well. But I'm sure oldies will start catching up.

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clement (61) · 8 years ago

I was hopping to be on the list, but even a bot like cheetah have more follower than me aha

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Cheetah is one of my favorite accounts on this whole platform.

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mammasitta (70) · 8 years ago

MEOW ! I adore @cheetah

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justtryme90 (71) · 8 years ago

I will keep working to someday make this list!

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joelinux (57) · 8 years ago

Thanks for the list. I have an idea to fill some space on my blog. A steemit journal. Let me know what you think. https://steemit.com/steemit/@joelinux/8-11-16-2-00am-california-mildly-entertaining-journal-entry-1

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lukestokes (75) · 8 years ago

Nice! I like the idea of journaling on the blockchain. I think I did one of the very first #journal posts, actually. You can see my third entry here. I don't think I'll journal daily, but I will do it ever so often because I like the idea of having "myself in the past" recorded in the blockchain.