influence

According to a recent research conducted by INQ the top place in the list of people who have the largest number of Twitter followers belongs to a Scottish fellow most people haven't heard of. He is Mashable's CEO, Pete Cashmore. He's got a little more than 1.8 million followers at the moment.

As the Austin communication professor at University of Texas research, released in the December 2009 issue of Communication Research, found any social network’s avatar can considerably affect the user's thoughts.