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April 4, 2025
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Authors, by Techmeme Leadership (citations of Techmeme-featured pubs)

RankAuthorTwitterLeadershipSources
1Mark Gurman@markgurman9.548%Bloomberg (#1)
2Kyle Wiggers@kyle_l_wiggers2.067%TechCrunch (#3)
3Jason Koebler@jason_koebler1.999%404 Media (#8)
4Tom Warren@tomwarren1.323%The Verge (#2)
5Joseph Cox@josephfcox1.285%0.907%: 404 Media (#8), 0.379%: Wired (#4)
6Sarah Perez@sarahpereztc1.254%TechCrunch (#3)
7Andy Greenberg@a_greenberg1.114%Wired (#4)
8Matt Burgess@mattburgess10.847%Wired (#4)
9Bill Toulas@billtoulas0.768%BleepingComputer (#14)
10Jay Peters@jaypeters0.750%The Verge (#2)
11Brian Krebs@briankrebs0.718%Krebs on Security (#22)
12Maxwell Zeff@zeffmax0.698%TechCrunch (#3)
13Makena Kelly@kellymakena0.677%Wired (#4)
14Emma Roth@emroth080.633%The Verge (#2)
15Dan Goodin@dangoodin0010.625%Ars Technica (#11)
16Sean Hollister@starfire22580.613%The Verge (#2)
17Wes Davis@blunderchief0.585%The Verge (#2)
18Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker0.574%TechCrunch (#3)
19Charlie Warzel@cwarzel0.572%The Atlantic (#15)
20Chris Welch@chriswelch0.566%The Verge (#2)
21Vittoria Elliott@telliotter0.563%Wired (#4)
22Scharon Harding@scharhar0.559%Ars Technica (#11)
23Samantha Cole@samleecole0.558%404 Media (#8)
24Benj Edwards@benjedwards0.557%Ars Technica (#11)
25Lawrence Abrams@lawrenceabrams0.550%BleepingComputer (#14)
26Sara Fischer@sarafischer0.546%Axios (#17)
27Casey Newton@caseynewton0.540%Platformer (#28)
28John Gruber@gruber0.538%Daring Fireball (#29)
29Berber Jin@berber_jin10.517%Wall Street Journal (#5)
30Hayden Field@haydenfield0.513%CNBC (#13)
31Abner Li@technacity0.501%9to5Google (#26)
32Mishaal Rahman@mishaalrahman0.489%Android Authority (#21), 0.000%: Android Faithful, 0.000%: Android Police
33Jess Weatherbed@zombie_wretch0.487%The Verge (#2)
34Joseph Menn@josephmenn0.471%Washington Post (#12)
35Paul Sawers@psawers0.455%TechCrunch (#3)
36Filipe Espósito@filipeesposito0.443%9to5Mac (#16)
37Qianer Liu@qianerliu0.435%The Information (#10)
38Lily Hay Newman@lilyhnewman0.407%Wired (#4)
39Gary Marcus@garymarcus0.406%Marcus on AI (#33)
40Stephanie Kirchgaessner@skirchy0.403%The Guardian (#18)
41Wayne Ma@waynema0.401%The Information (#10)
42Bobby Allyn@bobbyallyn0.400%NPR (#24)
43Juli Clover@julipuli0.398%MacRumors (#23)
44Kate Knibbs@knibbs0.396%Wired (#4)
45Mike Masnick@mmasnick0.395%Techdirt (#35)
46Dustin Volz@dnvolz0.394%Wall Street Journal (#5)
47Stephen Totilo@stephentotilo0.392%Game File (#36)
48Brody Ford@brodyford_0.385%Bloomberg (#1)
49Dina Bass@dinabass0.378%Bloomberg (#1)
50Natasha Lomas@riptari0.375%TechCrunch (#3)

Publications, by Techmeme Leadership (citations of Techmeme-featured pubs)

RankSource LeadershipURL
1BloombergRSS17.696%bloomberg.com
2The VergeRSS7.995%theverge.com
3TechCrunchRSS7.417%techcrunch.com
4WiredRSS6.928%wired.com
5Wall Street Journal 5.526%wsj.com
6Reuters 5.501%reuters.com
7New York TimesRSS4.498%nytimes.com
8404 MediaRSS3.662%404media.co
9Financial TimesRSS3.484%ft.com
10The InformationRSS3.301%theinformation.com
11Ars TechnicaRSS2.287%arstechnica.com
12Washington Post 2.261%washingtonpost.com
13CNBCRSS2.082%cnbc.com
14BleepingComputerRSS1.640%bleepingcomputer.com
15The AtlanticRSS1.258%theatlantic.com
169to5MacRSS1.071%9to5mac.com
17Axios 0.989%axios.com
18The GuardianRSS0.803%theguardian.com
19BBCRSS0.759%bbc.com/news
20NBC News 0.756%nbcnews.com
21Android AuthorityRSS0.743%androidauthority.com
22Krebs on SecurityRSS0.718%krebsonsecurity.com
23MacRumorsRSS0.620%macrumors.com
24NPRRSS0.611%npr.org
25Associated PressRSS0.577%apnews.com
269to5GoogleRSS0.563%9to5google.com
27Ming-Chi KuoRSS0.563%medium.com/@mingchikuo
28PlatformerRSS0.540%platformer.news
29Daring FireballRSS0.538%daringfireball.net
30Simon Willison's WeblogRSS0.481%simonwillison.net
31PoliticoRSS0.472%politico.com
32Windows CentralRSS0.470%windowscentral.com
33Marcus on AIRSS0.406%garymarcus.substack.com
34EngadgetRSS0.396%engadget.com
35TechdirtRSS0.395%techdirt.com
36Game FileRSS0.392%gamefile.news
37SemaforRSS0.301%semafor.com
38MIT Technology ReviewRSS0.299%technologyreview.com
39The RecordRSS0.294%therecord.media
40Citation NeededRSS0.294%citationneeded.news
41Pew Research CenterRSS0.272%pewresearch.org
42VarietyRSS0.260%variety.com
43disruptionistRSS0.248%disruptionist.com
44ProPublicaRSS0.248%propublica.org
45Tom's HardwareRSS0.241%tomshardware.com
46DecryptRSS0.232%decrypt.co
47ForbesRSS0.229%forbes.com
48CoinDesk 0.221%coindesk.com
49User MagRSS0.217%usermag.co
50Android HeadlinesRSS0.207%androidheadlines.com