Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For April 2015

April 30, 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

  1. John Layfield @jclayfield 624,190
  2. Dudley Freedom @dudleyfreedom 69,661
  3. Collie Buddz @CollieBuddz 69,139
  4. Ledrew Fox @ledrew 31,192
  5. Devaune Ratteray @devauneratteray 28,425
  6. Fiyah Marshall @fiyahmarshall 28,311
  7. Carina Azevedo @Platinum_bonita 24,004
  8. Nahki Wells @nahkiwells 21,885
  9. Elbow Beach Cycles @Bermudascooter 19,611
  10. Bermuda Tourism @GoToBermuda 15,070
  11. Shiona Turini @shionat 14,688
  12. Don Burgess @DonBermuda 14,502
  13. Shaun Goater @OfficialSgoater 14,426
  14. Clare O’Connor @Clare_OC 12,054
  15. Bernews @bernewsdotcom 11,016
  16. Ace Group @ACEGroup 10,942
  17. Shawn Harvey @bscja 9,002
  18. Webster Butler @Websterbda 8,734
  19. The Royal Gazette @theroyalgazette 8,610
  20. Will Black @willblackrockz 8,407
  21. Gosling’s Rum @TheBlackSeal 8,403
  22. DJ Vibes @lifestyles103 8,384
  23. XL Insurance @XL_Insurance 7,766
  24. Twanee @MissTwanee 7,652
  25. Vibe 103 @Vibe103 7,135
  26. DJ Genie @djgenie 7,005
  27. Bermuda Sun @BDASun 6,715
  28. Mishka @Mishkamusic 6,297
  29. Bermuda News @NewsOfBermuda 6,212
  30. Tyler Butterfield @tybutterfield 5,331
  31. Heather Nova @nova_says 5,281
  32. Fairmont Southampton @fairmontsouth 5,218
  33. Bermemes @Bermemes 4,636
  34. Kidd Clazzic @itsClazzic 4,401
  35. DjStylez @80minassassin 4,299
  36. Gideon Kigotho @Kigotho 4,203
  37. Fairmont Hamilton @Fairmontham 3,906
  38. Nikki Butterfield @nikbutterfield 3,583
  39. Forever Bermuda @ForeverBermuda 3,271
  40. Stuart Lambert @BDASpiritWalker 3,103
  41. Reggie Lambe @reggienaldo 3,012
  42. Carlos Ferreira @carlosf0527 3,007
  43. Bermuda.com @Bermudadotcom 2,995
  44. Jennie Doidge @jennie_Lynnexo 2,986
  45. Lennon Bermuda @BermudaLennon 2,882
  46. Bermuda Cricket Board @cricketbermuda 2,649
  47. Cricket Bermuda @vCricketBE 2,598
  48. Cathy West @cathwest 2,444
  49. Brown & Co @brownandcostore 2,441
  50. 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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