Rory Cellan-Jones tops Tech Influence 2012 list
The top 25 media influencers in UK’s digital technology space in 2012 have today been named in The Tech Influence 25, a report by Propeller and Cision.
Rory Cellan-Jones, technology correspondent for the BBC leads the list, followed by Charles Arthur, technology editor for The Guardian and Mark Prigg, science & technology editor for the Evening Standard.
While most influencers are based in the UK, the list also includes US influencers Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired at number seven and Michael Wolff at number 18.
Top 25:
- Rory Cellan-Jones, tech correspondent at the BBC
- Charles Arthur, tech editor at the Guardian
- Mark Prigg, science & tech editor at the Evening Standard
- Murad Ahmed, tech correspondent at the Times
- Mark Sweney, media reporter at the Media Guardian
- Jonathan Fildes, tech reporter at the BBC
- Tim Bradshaw, digital media correspondent at the Financial Times
- Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief at Wired
- Rupert Goodwins, editor at ZDNet
- Aleks Krotoski, tech, media & telecoms news editor at the Guardian
- Ian Burrell, media editor at the Independent
- Daniel Robinson, tech editor at v3.co.uk
- Emma Barnett, digital media editor at the Telegraph
- Josh Halliday, media & tech reporter at the Guardian
- Dan Sabbagh, head of tech & media at the Media Guardian
- Kieran Alger, online editor at T3 The Gadget Magazine
- Michael Wolff, contributing editor at Vanity Fair
- Katherine Rushton, telecomms, tech & media correspondent at the Telegraph
- Pete Cashmore, CEO at Mashable
- Mike Butcher, European editor at TechCrunch
- Ken Wheaton, managing editor at AdAge
- Olivia Solon, associate editor at Wired
- Shane Richmond, head of technology at the Telegraph
- Justin Pearse, editor at New Media Age
- Ludwig Siegele, tech correspondent at the Economist
The list was complied using Cision’s Influence Score, which is based on 50 measures of influence – data on Facebook Likes, Twitter retweets, unique visitors, inbound links, time spent on site, votes and comments, content sharing, traditional media impact measurements such as outlet circulation or audience size and more. The rating is calculated using an algorithm comprising these key social and traditional media metrics thereby representing all media types.
View the infographic here.