You've heard it before: Twitter is a firehose!
So how do you keep up with important tweets without having to scan your Twitter feed nonstop?
Two words: Twitter lists
I recently wrote about Twitter lists & showed you how to build your own lists to follow your favorite niches.
After that post, a friend asked me how to follow awesome Twitter lists without creating them yourself.
Here's my answer! :)
In this post I'll highlight 101 awesome Twitter lists -- created by tweeters from all walks of life.
I've arranged the lists in categories like:
- Social Media
- Startups & Tech
- Venture Capital
- Journalists/News
- Women
- Businesses
- Advertising & Marketing
- Tools
- Sports
- Lifestyle, Beauty & Fashion
- Health & Fitness
- Food
- Travel
And yes, I spent hours & drank loads of coffee compiling these lists.
So please enjoy them! :)
101 Best Twitter Lists To Follow in the Twitterverse
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Social Media Twitter Lists
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1. Influencers
By Ari Herzog
Every person on this list has at least 10,000 Twitter followers. You'll find people like me (ahem), Kim Garst & Lolly Daskal.
2. Thought Leaders
With a whopping 390 members, more than 1,841 people subscribe to this list. Members include heavyweights like Guy Kawasaki & David Meerman Scott.
3. Top Twitter Influencers
As the name suggests, this list has some of the top INFLUENCERS in social media.
4. Thought Leaders
By Aaron Lee
I included guys like Gary Vaynerchuk & Dave Kerpen. I visit this list every day.
5. Social Media Experts
By Juan Felix
Wow, this list has 555 social media pros!
6. bloggers
By Ray Carroll
Packed with some of the best bloggers on Earth -- this list even includes Post Planner's Scott Ayres.
7. Social Media
By Paul Taylor
Check out these digital media experts.
8. PR-Marketing-Top250
By Rami Kantari
This list includes Tweet Smarter & more than 300 others.
9. Social Media Experts
Nearly 400 people this firm often engages with on Twitter.
10. Social Media
By Aaron Lee
Here I list users who tweet great content related to social media. It took me more than 2 years to get nearly 600 people listed in the same place.
11. Copywriting/Writing
By Unbounce
Don't let the size of this list fool you, among its members are influencers like Mathew Ingram.
12. Social Media
By Mashable
Mashable's list helps you keep up as social media evolves.
13. The Circle
By Ted Coine
The description of this list reads "Think Three Musketeers, only there's more of us." How many more? About 1,515!
14. Content Marketers
By Martin Smith
Jeff Bullas & Medium definitely belong on this great list.
15. AdWeek Marketing Top 50
Take it from me, this is one to keep your eye on.
16. Rising Stars
Twitter's up-and-comers -- check it out!
Startups & Tech Twitter Lists
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17. Reasonable News
By Jacob Taylor
Want to keep up with what's happening in the tech world? This is the list to follow.
18. Tech
Another great tech list featuring organizations like CNET, The Guardian & Huffington Post.
19. Startup A-List
By Rick Palmer
Martin Varsavsky & UKStartUp are among this list's influential members.
20. Developers
About 111 developers make up this list.
21. Media
A list created by a senior writer at Gigaom must be good, right?
22. Tech Room
By Dylan Dawson
This list has tons of people from the tech world -- from CEOs like Tim Cook to writers for The Huffington Post.
23. Startup Founders
By TNW Apps
From Zee to Dave Winer, this list has more than 85 influential people in technology.
24. Most Influential in Tech
According to the Scobleizer, these are the people who make stuff happen in the tech world.
25. Tech Company Founders
This list features entrepreneurs who have started tech companies.
26. Mentors
By 500 Startups
Definitely a list I look to for mentoring. :)
27. Founders
By 500 Startups
Another list of powerful startup founders.
28. Startups NYC
By Mashable
Tweets from startups, entrepreneurs & investors in New York City.
Venture Capital Twitter Lists
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29. VC A-List
By Rick Palmer
People on this list have invested in companies like Twitter & AirBnb.
30. VCs and Analysts
This robust list includes members like Chris Dixon.
31. VC Leaders and Companies
By Bloomberg TV
Some of the best venture capitalists & angel investors in the world.
32. Startup Fundraising
Startup accelerators & some of the top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.
33. VC London
By Nuno Job
Are you based in London? If so, check this out!
Journalists/News Twitter Lists
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34. Fortune Folks
By Fortune
This list contains Fortune writers, editors, and contributors.
35. Tech News People
A HUGE list! More than 600 tech journalists ready for you to follow.
36. Mashable Staff
By Mashable
Who are the people behind Mashable? Follow their tweets here.
37. BI Editors & Reporters
List brings together Business Insider's news team in one convenient location.
38. Bloomberg Journalists
By Bloomberg
Follow the badass reporters at Bloomberg.
39. tech-bloggers-reporters
By Atul Arora
The best tech journalists around, including Lance Ulanoff & Robin Wauters.
40. Business Day
By NYT Business
Follow journalists from The New York Times business desk.
41. HuffPosters
Members of this list are journalists at The Huffington Post.
42. TDB/NWK Staffers
Staffers at Newsweek & The Daily Beast.
43. Journalism
By Jill Falk
Here's a list of websites & people journalism students should know.
44. SXSW Reporters
This list has more than 250 reporters who have tweeted about South By Southwest. You'll find journalists from TNW, Mashable, Gigaom & many other publications.
45. Leading Edge Sources
About 60 news organizations -- including Fast Company, Time, The Next Web & Business Insider.
46. News
By Dylan Lee
If business news from companies like the Wall Street Journal & Financial Times is what you fancy, this is the list for you.
Women Twitter Lists
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47. BlogHer '13 Attendees
By BlogHer
This list by BlogHer features nearly 1,000 people who attended BlogHer's 2013 annual conference.
48. Women to follow
This is a HUGE list -- with nearly 600 amazing women from all over the world.
49. tech-women2follow
This list showcases about 490 influential women in tech.
50. Tech Moms
By ProtectCELL
The name says it all: mom who are into tech. Awesome!
51. moms
By Spherical
Not sure how long it took to compile this list, but it has about 992 members.
52. Top Women in Content
By Joe Chernov
Don't let size of this list fool you, it has some of the top women in content marketing -- including the amazing Ann Smarty & Diana Urban.
53. Social Media Divas
By Lee Odden
Lees has compiled influential women from the worlds of social media world, PR, marketing, advertising & nonprofits.
Business Twitter Lists
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54. Tech Companies
Here Scobleizer lists tech companies -- big & small.
55. Most Innovative Companies
By Fast Company
This list includes BuzzFeed, Samsung & many more.
56. Brands
By Aaron Lee
I've added more than 200 companies to this list.
Advertising & Marketing Twitter Lists
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57. Advertising and Marketing
By Gina Marie
HubSpot & Sean Garner are just a couple of the advertising & marketing pros listed here.
58. Most Creative People 2013
By Fast Company
These were 100 of the most creative people in business in 2013.
59. Business Finance
By Little Bird
Experts in business finance who are followed by other finance pros.
60. Media Outlets
This list has business-related news from ABC News, The Daily Beast & Forbes.
Tools Twitter Lists
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61. Weapons for Entrepreneurs
Follow this list for tools & services to help you run your company.
62. socialtools
Post Planner is listed here among more than 30 other social media tools.
Sports Twitter Lists
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63. NFL
A lengthy list of Twitter accounts from the National Football League.
64. MLB
Prefer baseball? Then follow this list of major league teams.
65. NHL
Twitter accounts from the National Hockey League.
66. NBA Teams
By Chicago Bulls.
Compiled for fans by a National Basketball Association team.
Lifestyle, Beauty & Fashion Twitter Lists
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67. Fashion & Style
By Sable Talley
This list features companies & bloggers in the fashion industry.
68. Bloggers INT
By Bloggermedia
Spice up your twitter stream by following international bloggers such as Perez Hilton & Chiara Ferragni.
69. Blogger
These bloggers write about beauty, fashion & wellness.
70. Fashion-Beauty
Fashion bloggers & magazines.
71. fashion/brand/mag/beauty
By NNNonnnn
Hundreds of fashion aficionados.
72. FASHION BLOGS
Follow some of the top fashion blogs including Refinery29.
73. Elle Staff
By Elle
Tweets from Elle staffers.
74. Fashion/Style/Lifestyle
By RPRAI World
Find the loveliness of all fashion & style, designers, stores, & make-up in this huge twitter list.
75. Style Source
By UNIQLO
The team at Uniqlo turns to this list for their fashion inspiration.
76. Fashion
By Agora Index
News about fashion trends & style news.
Health & Fitness Twitter Lists
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77. Fitness People
By Fred Smith
More than 300 people from the fitness industry. Scrolling through these tweets makes me want to workout.
78. Fitness
Need some motivation to get you to the gym? Follow this list!
79. Exercise
By D Mitch
Those listed here tweet about their workouts & fitness results.
80. fitness
As the name suggests, this list is for all fitness & health buffs.
81. fitness!!
By Giovan Clark
This description sums it up for me: "people that like to get in at the gym!!"
82. Fitness & Bodybuilding
From bodybuilders to health & fitness magazines.
Food Twitter Lists
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83. brainfood
Want to eat while enjoying the science & technology behind the food? Perhaps this list is for you.
84. Food Bloggers
Something good must be cooking here since this has hundreds of members & subscribers.
85. Gluten-free
Need some gluten-free recipes? Here's a tasty list.
86. Foodie Tweets
Members of this list tweet about food.
87. food
Follow recipes, restaurant reviews & fun tweets from foodies on Twitter users.
88. Food
By Sarah Renfer
Yotam Ottolenghi is one of the foodies tweeting here.
89. Good food
By Pickleback
Restaurants & chefs like Jamie Oliver belong to this list.
Travel Twitter Lists
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90. travel
Here you'll find tweets about travel, travel writers & other travel-related resources.
91. Travel
By Bvsiness
Organizations & travel bloggers like HuffPost Travel & Scott Mayerowitz.
92. Travel
Follow Twitter travelers like Ritz Carlton & JD Andrews.
93. Travel Blogs/Magazines
Packed with some of the best travel bloggers around.
94. Travel Bloggers
By Iain Manley
Tweeters who write about travel.
95. Travel Bloggers/Writers
Some of the world's best travel bloggers & writers.
96. Travel + Food
Tweets about travel & food. What could be better?
Bonus: a handful of my RANDOM favorites
97. verified accounts
Follow nearly 500 verified Twitter accounts here.
98. World Leaders
Follow tweets from these world leaders.
99. Stuff of Interest
Not into politics? Check out some of these random facts.
100. olympians
Twitters accounts for about 100 Olympians are listed here.
101. entertainment
Donald Trump, Khloe Kardashian & other people in the entertainment industry.
Did I Miss Anything?
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