Top Conservatives of Twitter (TCOT)

National   |   Steven Ertelt   |   Nov 21, 2010   |   3:17PM   |   Washington, DC

Below, we have ranked the top 100 conservative Twitter users. The ranking includes nationally known organizations, writers, activists, columnists, blogs and web sites, candidates, party organizations, etc.

The “best of the rest” follow them so we can include some more prominent groups and people for you to see how they fare. Some of them are moving their way up towards the Top 100.

While some conservative elected officials may have more followers than those listed here, we’ve tried to focus on potential 2012 presidential candidates and other top elected officials with a national conservative reputation who may not necessarily be potential candidates.

We also have not combined more than one username for users representing the same entity (e.g. Sean Hannity’s account and that of his show). And we have generally not included those whose accounts are more than one month out of use (Rush Limbaugh is one notable exception as he’s never tweeted).

If you feel your favorite elected official, group or other Twitter user deserves consideration on the list or if we missed a user, contact LifeNews.com via direct message (DM) on Twitter @StevenErtelt.

While we have focused on known organizations and personalities, we have also compiled a list of individual conservative Twitter activists. These are folks whose follower count would allow them to be placed on this TCOT list. We’ve included them in their own ranking since they deserve recognition for building a big Twitter network. Contact us if you have wish to be included and have more followers than the lowest-ranked activist.

Key: RC – Rank change since start of TCOT list in April 2010, FolStart – number of followers as of 5/2/10 to gauge follower increase or decrease.

Top Conservatives of Twitter

Rank UserName Affiliation Followers RC FolStart
1 NewtGingrich Newt
Gingrich
1,309,130

  1,319,700

2 GlennBeck Glenn
Beck
315,485   228,199
3 SarahPalinUSA Sarah
Palin
306,871 U1 140,589
4 Radioblogger Duane
Patterson

(Hugh Hewitt Show)

252,811

D1

192,963

5 KarlRove Karl
Rove
194,256   132,869
6 drudge_report Drudge
Report
135,537 U1 78,645
7 MichelleMalkin Michelle
Malkin
122,344

U2 71,353
8 stephenkruiser Stephen
Kruiser
120,039 D2 113,671
9 GovMikeHuckabee Gov.
Mike Huckabee
107,617 U1 70,785
10 SeanHannity Sean
Hannity
95,364

U9 33,240
11 Heritage Heritage
Foundation
83,348 U2 41,842
12 RightWingNews Right
Wing News
73,817

D4 74,893
13 limbaugh Rush
Limbaugh
69,666

D1 60,279
14 CatoInstitute Cato
Institute
64,464 U4 35,293
15 GOPLeader John
Boehner
60,966 U10 24,712
16 JimDeMint Sen.
Jim DeMint
60,128

  36,466
17 HannityShow Sean
Hannity
56,242 D5 48,810
18 gretawire Greta
Van Susteran
54,272 D1 34,845
19 MarkLevinShow Mark
Levin
51,595 U4 25,968
20 BobbyJindal Gov.
Bobby Jindal
51,449

D5 39,334
21 OReillyFactor Bill
O’Reilly
49,227 U1 28,246
22 fredthompson Fred
Thompson
47,236 D2 31,875
23 Talkmaster Neal
Boortz
38,541 D2 30,818
24 IngrahamAngle Laura
Ingraham
37,649 U3 22,404
25 ccoalition Christian
Coalition
30,339 U1 24,577
26 AndrewBreitbart
Andrew
Breitbart
29,085 U5 17,767
27 pinkelephantpun Tabitha
Hale
27,750

D3 25,211
28 coutpost Conservative
Outpost
26,529   21,752
29 Senate_GOPs Senate
Republicans
26,081

  19,204
30 mkhammer Mary
Katherine Ham
25,710   19,088
31 RepPaulRyan Rep.
Paul Ryan
25,311

U9 14,409
32 SECupp S.E.
Cupp
23,580 U15 13,131
33 Krauthammer Charles
Krauthammer
23,784

U19 11,365
34 CTmagazine Christianity
Today
23,774 D1 16,763
35 WeeklyStandard Weekly
Standard
22,170 D3 16,822
36 TimPawlenty Tim
Pawlenty
21,291 D1 15,710
37 redstate Red
State
20,931 U7 13,650
38 GOPWHip Eric
Cantor
20,411 U21 10,792
39 RNC Republican
Party
20,348 D2 14,935
40 TomCoburn Sen.
Tom Coburn
20,225 U5 13,581
41 Steven
Ertelt
LifeNews.com 17,634 U19 11,332
42 AnnCoulter Ann
Coulter
17,604 D3 14,674
43 FredBarnes Fred
Barnes
17,558   13,915
44 MelissaTweets Melissa
Clouthier
17,547

U2 13,272
45 TuckerCarlson Tucker
Carlson
17,452

U21 8,739
46 sanuzis Sal
Anuzis
17,118

D8 14,873
47 BigGovt Big
Government
16,948

U7 11,358
48 RepRonPaul Ron
Paul
16,695 U35 6,684
49 gopconference House
GOP
16,499 U12 10,884
50 WashTimes Washington
Times
16,482 U4 11,183
51 DickMorristweet Dick
Morris
16,257 D1 12,080
52 AmandaCarpenter Amanda
Carpenter (Sen. Jim DeMint)
15,650 D1 11,942
53 EwErickson Erick
Erickson

(Red State)

15,370 U10 10,164
54 YRTV Young
Republicans
15,531 D20 15,996
55 FreedomWorks Freedom
Works
15,345 D6 12,762
56 RepMikePence Rep.
Mike Pence
15,203 U1 11,029
57 Newsbusters Newsbusters 14,622 U12 8,530
58 Jordan
Sekulow
Jordan
Sekulow (ACLJ)
14,238 D11 12,854
59 HeyTammyBruce Tammmy
Bruce
14,214 U5 9,766
60 C4Liberty Campaign
for Liberty
14,012 D18 11,012
61 DailyCaller The
Daily Caller
13,533 U24 6,027
62 SCrowder Steven
Crowder
13,167   10,411
63 PatrickRuffini Patrick
Ruffini
13,136 D5 10,930
64 Peggynoonannyc Peggy
Noonan
10,829 D10 7,275
65 DLoesch Dana
Loesch

(Big Journalism)

12,392   11,555
66 AllahPundit Hot
Air Blog
12,055 D1 9,280
67 MittRomney Mitt
Romney
11,604 D14 9,604
68 MattKLewis Matt
Lewis
11,417 D16 11,217
69 JohnThune Sen.
John Thune
10,928 U15 6,321
70 AmSol American
Solutions

(Newt Gingrich)

10,380 D2 8,789
71 Jonahnro Jonah
Goldberg

(National Review)

10,258 U11 6,448
72 EdMorrissey Hot
Air Blog
9,956 U6 6,913
73 JimGeraghty National
Review
9,926 U7 6,740
74 GGordonLiddy Gordon
Liddy
9,478 D7 8,494
75 cnsnews_com CNS
News
9,472 D2 7,276
76 TeamBachmann Rep.
Michelle Bachmann
9,250 D7 6,577
77 stephenfhayes Stephen
Hayes (NationalReview)
9,243 U42 2,673
78 InstaPundit InstaPundit 9,064 D2 7,147
79 NRO National
Review Online
8,986 U15 5,061
80 AccuracyInMedia Accuracy
in Media
8,708

D3 7,099
81 RichLowry Rich
Lowry

(National Review)

8,679 D11 5,382
82 BigHollywood Big
Hollywood
8,643 U5 5,853
83 HaleyBarbour Haley
Barbour
8,391

U7 5,666
84 DickArmey Dick
Armey (Freedom Works)
7,852

D14 7,496

85 HotAirBlog Hot
Air Blog
7,601 U1 5,895
86 PJTV Pajamas
Media
7,577 U21 4,391
87 LeadershipInst Leadership
Institute
7,433 D12 7,196
88 KathrynLopez National
Review
7,422

U10 4,689

89 davidall David
All
7,395 D10 6,752
90 JamesOKeefeIII James
O’Keefe
7,366 D2 5,761
91 ByronYork Byron
York (NR)
7,164 U33 2,542
92 RedCounty Red
County
6,946

U16 4,298
93 AndreaTantaros Andrea
Tantaros
6,556 U10 4,485
94 AEIonline American
Enterprise Institute
6,513

U12 4,394
95 TownHallcom Town
Hall
6,359 U6 4,637
96 HumanEvents Human
Events
6,326 U29 2,212
97 jerilthompson Jeri
Thompson
6,224 U27 2,151
98 GroverNorquist Grover
Norquist
6,091 U11 4,308
99 NROCorner National
Review
6,057 U21 2,559
100 NTU Nat
Taxpayers Union
6,040 D11 5,754
           
  Best
of the Rest
       
101 BigJournalism Big
Journalism
5,760 U21 2,220
102 Rsmccain Robert
McCain (AmSpec)
5,743 U15 3,254
103 JennyErikson Jenny
Erikson
5,717   4,600
104 TeriChristoph Teri
Christoph

(Smart Girl Politics)

5,584 D4 4,609
105 NedRyun Ned
Ryun (American Majority)
5,478 D5 4,928
106 ASavageNation Mark
Savage
5,473 U9 3,473
107 ChiefDeputyWhip Rep.
Kevin McCarthy
5,462 D3 4,402
108 RobertBluey Heritage
Foundation
5,433 D11 4,722
109 Stacy_Mott Stacy
Mott (Smart Girl Politics)
5,421 D16 5,318
110 DonIrvine Don
Irvine

(Accuracy in Media)

5,093

U14 4,742

111 WORLD_mag World
Magazine
5,043 D1 4,018
112 ConnieHair
Human
Events
4,832 D2 3,487
113 gatewaypundit Gateway
Pundit
4,825 U7 2,458
114 MarkdKelly2 Mark
Kelly (Heritage Foundation)
4,815

D12 4,483
115 VodkaPundit VodkaPundit 4,718 U1 3,400
116 Amspec American
Spectator
4,671 U2 3,209
117 JasonMattera Human
Events
4,662 U6 n/a
118 TechRepublican Tech
Republicans
4,661

D13 4,355
119 LoyaltoLiberty Alan
Keyes
4,416 D6 3,880
120 LisaDeP Lise
DePasquale (CPAC)
4,393 D8 3,793
           
  Top
Activists
       
1 nansen Nansen
Malin
255,293   206,041
2 bearfanron Bear
fan Ron Show
162,038   131,392
3 coffeemaverick David
J. Morris
121,686   109,938
4 MikePfs MikePfs 118,617 U2 100,182
5 thejimjams James
Hirsen
113,078 U5 76,410
6 MarkRMatthews Mark
R Matthews
108,561 U1 89,855
7 jerell Jerell
Klaver
103,532 U3 103,750
8 wbaustin Bill
Austin
100,566 D3 100,211
9 BryanLongworth Bryan
Longworth
98,552 D2 71,871
10 0boy JD
Rucker
94,499 D2 87,747
11 TheDigitalLife Rick
Abbott
85,490 D2 84,161
12 JanSimpson Jan
Simpson
84,424 U1 64,715
13 rockingjude Jude 79,888 D1 70,562
14 TCTaxTeaParty TCTaxTeaParty 78,168 U3 52,416
15 ChadTEverson Chad
Everson
61,387 D1 59,534
16 dcdecker Douglas
Decker
60,986 U2 49,793
17 TPO_Hisself Tom
O’Halloran
59,097 U4 46,370
18 wildwasser Norbert
Doetsch
58,515 U3 47,229
19 KatyinIndy Katy 57,850 U3 54,688
20 BraveLad Markham
Robinson
53,966 U15 28,021
21 augustine25 Augustine
25
50,599 D2 48,942
22 STXherry Sherry 50,359 U17 26,192
23 bambenek John
Bambenek
48,043   46,394
24 johnsykes1035 John
Sykes
47,822 D4 48,940
25 ACPundit Alamo
City Pundit
46,252   40,832
26 TexasRV TexasRV
45,374 U14 18,397
27 andilinks Andi
Silver
45,237 D5 47,070
28 exposeliberals Dave 45,231 U9 26,266
29 PatriotJournal Michael
Spence
40,087 D3 40,786
30 michaelemlong michaelemlong 39,491 D3 36,499
31 TheEngineer2008 Rich
Muny
38,931 D2 35,518
32 New_federalists New
Federalists
37,676 D24 35,648
33 grivno
Ben Grivno
37,466 D11 22,374
34 infidelsarecool Infidels
Are Cool
35,447 D4 34,703
35 NaiveAbroad Marcus
Wilder
33,173 D4 30,936
36 Bob_Schaffer Bob
Schaffer
31,579 D4 28,703
34 Flap Gregory
Flap Cole
29,713   28,412
37 tkinder Terry
Kinder
28,802 U27 12,189
38 lizarddawg Phil
Kammer
28,370 U5 23,471
39 ArtArgenio Art
Argenio
28,324 D3 27,448
40 accesssonora
Bob Wilson
26,817   26,072
41 E_Stampede Republican
GOP
26,752   25,130
42 ryanpdixon Ryan
P. Dixon
25,650 D4 26,513
43 JediMaster_OPS Joshua
Ecuyer
24,982 D5 20,865
44 billyhallowell Billy
Hallowell
24,290 D2 23,932
45 TheOregonianBoo TheOregonianBoo 22,456 U11 16,051
46 ClayOxen Clay
Oxen
22,438 D1 21,369
47 J_T_Ray Josh
Ray
21,085 D2 21,658
48 ConNews Conservative
News
20,656 D2 21,496
49 SarahPalin_Blog Sarah
Palin Blog
20,283 D2 17,833
50 COasis Conservative
Oasis
18,960 D1 18,642
51 wbconservative Wayne
Bradley
18,033 U3 16,865
52 EarlPdxPearl Earl
Pearl
18,003 U6 13,660
53 presidentbarryo President
Barry O
17,272 U1 17,651
54 jeanniemcbride Jeannie
Mcbride
16,950 U15 10,889
55 Daggy1 Dagwood
B
15,060 U12 11,333
56 RandyInman Randy
Inman
14,774 U9 11,413
57 ScottWGraves Scott
Graves
14,264 U3 12,137
58 goparchitect GOP
Architecht
13,402 U4 12,107
59 procopy Ken
Harrison
13,131 U9 11,147
60 TheFlaCracker Fla
Cracker
12,504 U3 11.964
61 alwayscatholic sophia
guerra
12,329 U9 10,860
62 michaelpleahy Michael
Leahy
11,851 U2 11,522
63 FreedomFactory Freedom
Factory
10,999 U3 11,382