Who has the most ‘klout’ in Rugby?

Our @rugbyrocks7s account recently passed the 1,500 follower mark on Twitter, #humblebrag, which sparked a bit of debate in the office about who our favourite rugby Tweeters are and also who are the most influential.

So I had a look at ‘Klout’ - www.klout.com – a site which was founded to help "measure and leverage your influence" within social media channels and rates "your ability to drive action within social networks".

The score is out of 100, with the average score being 20. As it stands our @rugbyrocks7s account is sitting at 48, which isn't bad!

When it comes to 'Rugby' the top influencers are currently:

1. Jeremy Guscott - @JeremyGuscott
2. Lote Tuqiri - @LoteTuquiri
3. Tom Fordyce - @tomfordyce
4. Gareth Thomas - @GarethThomas14
5. Rugby World Cup - @rugbyworldcup
6. David Campese - @Davidcampese11
7. Brian O'Driscoll - @BrianODriscoll
8. Will Carling - @WillCarling
9. James Haskell - @Jameshaskell
10. Victor Matfield - @VictorMatfield

But as with any metrics, these do not necessarily tell the whole story as to who is influencing others in rugby, where is @andipeters for instance, he is always interacting with high profile rugby players every day through social media, or the @Official_RFU for that matter?

Other accounts that are always worth a follow in the rugby world include @UgoMonye and @DannyCare who tend to tweet at each other as much as at anyone else...#bromance. @Davidflatman provides light hearted views and some very interesting thoughts and @Lukenarraway's profile pics are always worth a view...

Who are your favourite rugby related tweeters? Who should all rugby fans be following during the Six Nations?

Until next time,

Andy