Nearly Half of Elon Musk’s Twitter Followers are Fake, Online Data Reveals!
We live in a world where some of society views those with a large social media following to a higher degree. However, these large followings don’t mean that we should be blindly following influencers’ advice.
Interested in the ever-changing world of business, CashFloat.co.uk analysed the latest data from Forbes to establish the entrepreneurs with the highest number of fake followers on Twitter.
The Entrepreneurs With The Fakest Twitter Following!
Rank
Entrepreneur
Number of Twitter Followers
Number of Fake Twitter Followers
Fake Twitter Followers (%)
1.
Elon Musk
60,260,801
28,016,682
46.5%
2.
Bill Gates
55,576,382
23,508,813
42.3%
3.
Sundar Pichai
3,963,444
1,557,633
39.3%
4.
Jeff Bezos
2,682,930
1,038,294
38.7%
5.
Jack Ma
654,649
244,839
37.4%
6.
Michael Bloomberg
2,704,144
941,042
34.8%
7.
Richard Branson
12,620,944
4,228,002
33.5%
8.
Jack Dorsey
5,725,376
1,694,712
29.6%
9.
Mackenzie Scott
180,855
43,043
23.8%
10.
Steve Ballmer
42,798
10,058
23.5%
Here are some of the results:
As well as being the most discussed entrepreneur in the world, according to MoneyTransfers.com, Elon Musk has 28,016,682 fake Twitter followers – that’s nearly half of his following (46.5%)!
In second place with 42.3%, Bill Gates’ Twitter account contains 23,508,813 fake followers
In the wake of Amazon’s fake workers on Twitter, Jeff Bezos has 38.7% fake Twitter followers (1,038,294)
Mackenzie Scott, in the ninth spot, fairs a lot lower than her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, with only 23.8% of fake Twitter followers – 43,043 out of her total 180,855 followers
Of the ten entrepreneurs analysed, Steve Ballmer, who was CEO at Microsoft for 14 years, has the least number of fake Twitter followers (23.5%)
Methodology:
In order to determine the top entrepreneurs with the highest percentage of fake Twitter followers, CashFloat.co.uk identified, from a range of reputable online resources (such as Forbes.com), a seed list of the wealthiest entrepreneurs.
Once each entrepreneur was input into Twitter to verify whether they have an active account, SparkToro.com was utilised to measure the number and percentage of fake followers of each respective entrepreneur.
Fake followers are accounts that are identified as unreachable, either because they’re spam, bots, propaganda, or because they’re no longer active on Twitter.
Some reputable and renowned entrepreneurs like Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerburg and Mukesh Ambani were omitted from the data as they no longer have an active Twitter account.
Data was collected on the 30th of September 2021.
