Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For April 2015
[Written by Don Burgess]
Baltimore has become a hotspot of social media activity. The death of Freddie Gray has sparked an intense scrutiny over that city’s policing methods. Many in the community took to the streets to peacefully demonstrate, while some elements saw it as an opportunity to create mayhem.
On Twitter, the hashtags #Baltimoreriots and #Baltimoreuprising allowed average citizens to express their viewpoints with a clear sign which side of the fence they were on.
The police department savvy enough to get its view out and often had to face a backlash from people who saw it more as propaganda.
Even after the curfew went into effect on Tuesday, the hashtags #JosephKent and #whereisjospehkent became popular. Mr. Kent is a Baltimore community activist protested the curfew by breaking it and did so boldly by walking right in front of a line of police officers with his hands up before he was arrested.
We’ve had plenty of protests in Bermuda over the past year, but no one has effectively harnessed the power of Twitter as it was happening.
Bermuda’s top 10 saw Devaune Ratteray move past Fiyah Marshall for the fifth spot, but the rest of Bermuda’s elite remain the same. FOX commentator and former WWE champ John Layfield gained 14,000 followers in April and reggae star Collie Buddz gained on Dudley Freedom for the second spot.
Bernews added more than 2,000 to its followers count for the month and also surpassed the 10,000 follower mark. Webster Butler had another good month of growth and should also go past the 10,000 marker in May.
Singer Twanee moved up several spots in the list with a gain of more than 1,000 followers and is now #24.
Forever Bermuda made its list debut with 3,200 followers. It is a tourism related site operated by the folks who run Bernews. Xterra champ Flora Duffy rejoined the list by claiming the last spot in the Top 50.
Dropping out this month were Digicel Bermuda [#51] and Anty August Alina [#53].
The numbers for this report was taken on April-28. If you have a Twitter following of more than 2,400 and were not on this list, please e-mail Don Burgess at dburgesspb@gmail.com or send him a Twitter mention via @DonBermuda
Person and Twitter handle – April
- John Layfield @jclayfield 624,190
- Dudley Freedom @dudleyfreedom 69,661
- Collie Buddz @CollieBuddz 69,139
- Ledrew Fox @ledrew 31,192
- Devaune Ratteray @devauneratteray 28,425
- Fiyah Marshall @fiyahmarshall 28,311
- Carina Azevedo @Platinum_bonita 24,004
- Nahki Wells @nahkiwells 21,885
- Elbow Beach Cycles @Bermudascooter 19,611
- Bermuda Tourism @GoToBermuda 15,070
- Shiona Turini @shionat 14,688
- Don Burgess @DonBermuda 14,502
- Shaun Goater @OfficialSgoater 14,426
- Clare O’Connor @Clare_OC 12,054
- Bernews @bernewsdotcom 11,016
- Ace Group @ACEGroup 10,942
- Shawn Harvey @bscja 9,002
- Webster Butler @Websterbda 8,734
- The Royal Gazette @theroyalgazette 8,610
- Will Black @willblackrockz 8,407
- Gosling’s Rum @TheBlackSeal 8,403
- DJ Vibes @lifestyles103 8,384
- XL Insurance @XL_Insurance 7,766
- Twanee @MissTwanee 7,652
- Vibe 103 @Vibe103 7,135
- DJ Genie @djgenie 7,005
- Bermuda Sun @BDASun 6,715
- Mishka @Mishkamusic 6,297
- Bermuda News @NewsOfBermuda 6,212
- Tyler Butterfield @tybutterfield 5,331
- Heather Nova @nova_says 5,281
- Fairmont Southampton @fairmontsouth 5,218
- Bermemes @Bermemes 4,636
- Kidd Clazzic @itsClazzic 4,401
- DjStylez @80minassassin 4,299
- Gideon Kigotho @Kigotho 4,203
- Fairmont Hamilton @Fairmontham 3,906
- Nikki Butterfield @nikbutterfield 3,583
- Forever Bermuda @ForeverBermuda 3,271
- Stuart Lambert @BDASpiritWalker 3,103
- Reggie Lambe @reggienaldo 3,012
- Carlos Ferreira @carlosf0527 3,007
- Bermuda.com @Bermudadotcom 2,995
- Jennie Doidge @jennie_Lynnexo 2,986
- Lennon Bermuda @BermudaLennon 2,882
- Bermuda Cricket Board @cricketbermuda 2,649
- Cricket Bermuda @vCricketBE 2,598
- Cathy West @cathwest 2,444
- Brown & Co @brownandcostore 2,441
- Flora Duffy @floraduffy 2,411
Don Burgess is the former deputy editor of the Bermuda Sun newspaper who has a strong interest in social media.
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