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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 accounts will most likely follow you back, even if you’re a Twitter newbie.

How To Gain MORE Twitter Followers!!!

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100,000+ Followers

  1. SukhSandhu
  2. BarackObama
  3. DowningStreet
  4. 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
  15. Jonathan360
  16. HashTags
  17. TheDigitalLife
  18. Andrew303
  19. ESPN
  20. MrSocial
  21. ChrisPirillo
  22. Stejules
  23. DaveMalby
  24. Eleesha
  25. CraigTeich
  26. StephenKruiser
  27. Jerell
  28. BradHoward
  29. Foodimentary
  30. ScotMcKay
  31. EdStivala
  32. RockingJude
  33. ShannonSeek
  34. RadioBlogger
  35. MikeKlingler
  36. RonnieWilson
  37. DanTanner
  38. MikePFS
  39. TechXav
  40. SocialMediaClub
  41. FLWBooks
  42. Kamper
  43. AndrewWindham
  44. Oliver_Turner
  45. _SamJones
  46. KMesiab
  47. Mark33
  48. StanleyTang
  49. Barefoot_Exec
  50. JackBastide
  51. NicheTitans
  52. MarketingZap
  53. PragueBob
  54. Twitter_Tips
  55. TwitPic
  56. 00Joe
  57. JeanetteJoy
  58. OHHDLInfo
  59. MariaAndros
  60. JeanLucR
  61. TMaduri
  62. TwitLive
  63. ImogenHeap
  64. NewMediaJim
  65. MarkDavidson
  66. OpenZine
  67. BryantSmith
  68. TYSONtheQUICK
  69. DrJeffersnBoggs
  70. JayOatway
  71. Upicks
  72. Gemstars
  73. MichDdot
  74. SethSimonds
  75. JesseNewhart
  76. Zefrank
  77. RichCurrie
  78. KarlRove
  79. SitePointdotcom
  80. iPodiums
  81. AlexKaris
  82. HoleInHisEye
  83. Pistachio
  84. OudiAntebi
  85. DSMPublishing
  86. PeterSantilli
  87. Orrin_Woodward
  88. QueenoftheClick
  89. StockTwits
  90. MarketingProfs
  91. MariSmith
  92. MarcWarnke
  93. Debbas
  94. SteveWeber
  95. TUAW
  96. KikiValdes
  97. WayneMansfield
  98. USBargains
  99. Rex7
  100. CoffeeTweet
  101. LarryLanier
  102. JulieRoy
  103. JamesRivers
  104. MikeFilsaime
  105. Montaignejns
  106. SeanMalarkey
  107. WebAddict
  108. LarryBrauner
  109. Leplan
  110. AaronMartirano
  111. JeffPulver
  112. Teedubya
  113. DCRBlogs
  114. ShawnRobinson
  115. KonaEndurance
  116. TradingGoddess
  117. JohnReese
  118. InfadelsAreCool
  119. Techhie
  120. Nabbit
  121. DiyanaAlcheva
  122. Unmarketing
  123. Meteorit
  124. TrafficGen
  125. StaffInSeconds
  126. PeterDrew
  127. LittleQuiz
  128. TeddyShabba
  129. DawudMiracle
  130. RightWingNews
  131. OutsideMyBrain
  132. Dollars5
  133. MediaBistro
  134. Adnagam
  135. COasis
  136. NicholasPatten
  137. AlexisNeely
  138. EverywhereTrip
  139. E_Stampede
  140. ChristianFea
  141. MojoJuju
  142. eMom
  143. RizzoTees
  144. Anexemines
  145. AmericanElement
  146. TravisGreenlee
  147. RickySantos
  148. PawLuxury
  149. KrisColvin
  150. PinkElephantPun
  151. JasonFinch
  152. LonnieHodge
  153. JanSimpson
  154. Stickham
  155. DaveLawrence
  156. CaliDeals
  157. JamesByers
  158. JeffHerring
  159. Linc4Justice
  160. GSpowart
  161. HowardBienstock
  162. Peter_R_Casey
  163. BettyDraper
  164. MichaelEmlong
  165. Dexin
  166. The_Gman
  167. BobCallahan
  168. TrendTracker
  169. TylerTorment
  170. GarinKilpatrick
  171. Jim_Turner
  172. Ann_Sieg
  173. Ken_Cosgrove
  174. Frostfire
  175. Pat_Lorna
  176. WineTwits
  177. BradFallon
  178. TimJensen
  179. PhotoCanvas
  180. JasonMitchener
  181. Bill_Romanos
  182. MikeMayhew
  183. HawaiiRealty
  184. 9Miles
  185. Sotero_Garcia
  186. Loyalty360
  187. WeirdChina
  188. MarkRMatthews
  189. SteveOuch
  190. Socrates_Soc
  191. Comcastcares
  192. ChrisMoreschi
  193. CoffeeCupNews
  194. WillieCrawford
  195. LouieBaur
  196. Coolsi
  197. Nicolane
  198. NixTheNews
  199. EzineArticles
  200. Hubpages
  201. ChrisSpagnuolo
  202. FredaMooncotch
  203. SheriTingle
  204. JustingLover
  205. ShortAwards
  206. Flap
  207. SuggestionBox
  208. JimDeMint
  209. TweetStats
  210. theBilly
  211. ThaPaparazza
  212. WritingHannah
  213. 0Boy
  214. ThinkGeek
  215. LanceScoular
  216. MayhemStudios
  217. TraderAdvice
  218. Dana_Willhoit
  219. JimmySmithTrain
  220. JoelDrapper
  221. Kidscash
  222. KellyShibari
  223. SteveGarfield
  224. JasonTryfon
  225. DanSchawbel
  226. LookCook
  227. JudyRey
  228. MJBerry
  229. EdwardMoore
  230. BlackBottoms
  231. DougH
  232. CrumCake
  233. ProsperityGal
  234. Lotay
  235. JudyRey

40,000-50,000 Followers

30,000-40,000 Followers

20,000-30,000 Followers

10,000-20,000 Followers

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.