Top 10 U.S Social Media Experts
Using our extensive media database, we compiled a list of the top 10 social media experts throughout the United States. Our solution makes it easy to find — and connect with — the influencers that matter to you.
Create custom media lists that are automatically updated, send multimedia emails, and track who opened emails and where they clicked, all right from the platform itself. And our module, Influencer Streams, shows you exactly what influencers are talking about on social media, so you can personalize pitches and amplify your message.
*Data as of July 2022

1. Kim Gast
Bio: CEO Keynote #Speaker #Author Online Biz Strategist, LIVE Video Evangelist #Forbes Top 10 #SocialMedia #Influencer 💜 God, FAM & hockey. Shop Now at Kim.Store
Location: Tampa, Florida
Followers: 576K

2. Mari Smith
Bio: Premier Facebook Marketing Expert | Social Media Thought Leader | Keynote Speaker | Dynamic Live Video Host | Ambassador |
Location: San Diego, California
Followers: 564K

3. Ann Handley
Bio: Head of Content at MarketingProfs, a marketing education & training company with a practical approach. Speaker. WSJ bestselling author of 2 books. Say hi!
Location: Boston, MA
Followers: 460K

4. Jeff Bullas
Bio: Educating and inspiring people to create, publish and flourish by designing life and business for happiness and fulfillment.
Followers: 563K

5. Rand Fishkin
Bio: Co-founder @SparkToro, husband to @everywhereist, author of Lost & Founder, feminist, he/him. I tweet ~30X/wk on marketing, tech, & startups.
Location: Seattle, WA
Followers: 463K

6. Evan Kirstel
Bio: I help B2B clients w #Social #Marketing, #Content, #Events in #Enterprise #Tech #Cloud #Mobile @evirahealth. Support my $B2B coin: rally.io/creator/B2B/
Location: Boston, MA
Followers: 327K

Followers: 276K

8. Marsha Collier
Bio: Over 1 million books sold: Author: Social Media, eBay, Customer Service, #Technology, #5G KOL, Founder #CustServ, #techradio Podcast, marketing. StarTrek nerd
Location: Los Angeles
Followers: 234K

9. Martin Jones
Bio: Leading #contentmarketing, #socialmedia & #leadgeneration digital strategist. Editor: CoxBLUE.com, Writer author & nationally recognized keynote speaker.
Location: Phoenix
Followers: 226K

10. Ryan Hoover
Bio: Founder of @ProductHunt, @WeekendFund investor. Real likes, no gimmicks. ✌️😸
Followers: 218K
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