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The 100 Most Powerful Black Women on Twitter

I told you some time ago, "We be Tweetin'" and now it seems like the whole world is catching up to that fact. BlackWeb 2.0 just put out a great list of the most powerful black women that tweet. It was a surprise to me to see Angela Simmons at the top of the list, but it shouldn't be. This family has become a marketing powerhouse. The Simmons rock web, TV, music & fashion worlds simultaneously. Watch for big things from Little Diggy Simmons too!


from BlackWeb 2.0
These women have gained a tremendous amount of influence on Twitter by amassing a large number of followers, retweets, and memberships on user lists.  We used Klout andTwittergrader, two online reputation measurement tools, to compile a list of the 100 most powerful black women on Twitter.
See the top twenty after the jump.





RankPictureProfileFollowersFollowingUpdatesListedTweet
1AngelaSimmons 
Angela Renee Simmons | LA
live, love, life
262,3471404,6782,679
2OfficialKimora 
Kimora Lee Simmons | In the Fab Lane
Model,Mogul,Mom! Designer, TV personality, Author, Perfumista, Married 2 Djimon Hounsou, Mother of Ming Lee, Aoki Lee+ Kenzo Lee. Living Life n the FAB Lane!
190,19796415,1892,824
3TherealTaraji 
Taraji P. Henson | Everywhere Love IS
Taraji aka TJ was born and raised in Washington DC. Single mother and doin the damn thang!
232,269160232,2743,632
4NICKIMINAJ 
Nicki Minaj
Official Nicki Minaj Twitter. Myspace.com/nickiminaj
1,126,9096063,17316,058
5ReaganGomez
Reagan Gomez | Cali World
Hi. It’s me. I’m a wife, mommy, and I do a little bit of acting. I TWEET. A LOT. LOVES MY BLOCK BUTTON. IF ITS 2 MUCH, LOVE YOUR UNFOLLOW BUTTON. THANK YOU:)
52,02045826,177877
6TRINArockstarr 
TRINA | WORLDWIDE!
MILLION $ GIRL!! Baddest Chick In The Game!! Recording Artist & Boss Chick!! New Album AMAZIN’ in stores NOW!! youtube.com/missTRINAdiva
275,0855347,2793,586
7MissKeriBaby 
keri hilson | ATL
designer of audible art•lover of all things houndstooth•candle enthusiast•appreciator of design•i dream in color•sleep sold separately
737,7652214,2869,848
8aliciakeys 
Alicia Keys | New York City
Light Bearing Artist/songwriter/musician/producer
/actress/activist/people person
2,130,37913493425,879
9TiaMowry 
Tia Mowry | Los Angeles, Ca
I LOVE love and LOVE to be in LOVE. I am an actress, a wife, and proud to be who I am! I have no regrets and give 110% in everything I do! Live, Love, and Eat
297,135916,3713,473
10PaulaAbdul 
The Real Paula Abdul | Los Angeles, CA
The Real Paula Abdul – American pop singer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.
1,718,1122,0925,13511,460
11JanelleMonae 
Janelle Monae | Metropolis
The ArchAndroid is in Stores EVERYWHERE. And on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/getArchAndroid
97,8191263,3602,653
12MsLaurenLondon 
Lauren London | Cali
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
13MonicaMyLife 
Monica | Atlanta, GA
Lil Rocko & Romelo’s Mommy
357,374518,6704,760
144everBrandy 
Brandy Norwood | The moment
Singer, Actress, Poet, Executive Producer, Mother, Daughter, and Ray J’s Sister
704,6391,0833,9965,496
15MsTerryMcMillan
Terry McMillan | online
writer,idealist,truth-seeker troublemaker, loyal friend, bad singer, textile designer.
23,377785,773647
16tyrabanks 
Tyra Banks | Fierceland
Business woman by day, SMIZE-r by night. Favs: ANYTHING in BBQ sauce & perfecting H2T poses in the mirror.
1,880,7655611,06419,703
17StarJonesEsq 
Star Jones | New York
An American Lawyer Chick who is FREE, BLACK and GROWN.
47,6921288,8701,145
18missfree 
Free | look behind you lol
V & Radio Personality, Writer and all around lover of the people!www.freesworld.com
130,66765715,6311,165
19epiphanygirl 
chrisette michele | in my dreams!
grammy award winning, singer songwriter poet actress, def jam recording artist, friend to many, uber-girly moi!!!
95,18140810,0631,664
20rihanna 
Rihanna | New York
Come here RUDE BOY!!
1,186,006616816,333
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7 comments:

The Audacity of Color said...

This list is surprising. Really shocked to see Angela Simmons at number 1. I would have gone with Alicia Keys or Rihanna for that one. Thanks for the interesting info.

Craig said...

TAoC, Right I didn't even know these folks were on twitter let alone follow them and to think how much power (followers) they have.

Anonymous said...

Tonia @Chic Modern Vintage said...
The funny thing. I don't follow not a one of these. I just stopped following Tyra...but glad to see this list.

Craig said...

@Tonia, I had to repub your comment.

And yeah, I thought about following Tyra...

Craig said...

@Tonia, I had to repub your comment.

And yeah, I thought about following Tyra...

Tafari said...

I say the most powerful people on Twitter correspond with their followers.

Seems like a lot of celebs on correspond with other celebs.

Craig said...

Tafari, Bam, there you have it. I thought twitter was about conversation, dare I say relationships, even at 140 letters or less. These ratios look a little like ice queens and minions. But I'm sure their numbers look great to some algorithm. Also the sycophantic nature of american, they tweet we flock. "Luv them new shoes MaryJ, you my gurl."