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Bill Gates @BillGates
Seattle, WA
Influence:
57.07
Following:
87
Followers:
4,783,373
Days on Twitter:
909
Tweets:
355
Sharing cool things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests...
thegatesnotes.com
The report below analyzes users whom BillGates follows. We segment these users into a number of useful charted segments. Next to each chart, you will find links that allow you to explore specific users in each segment.

Sample size: 87 friends of @BillGates scanned – view all

Influence scores of whom BillGates follows
Our influence score is our proprietary rating of a user's influence and engagement on Twitter. It ranges from 0 to 100, where higher scores generally indicate a person with greater influential activity on Twitter.
Breakdown
1
1.1%
10 to 19
6
6.9%
20 to 29
5
5.7%
30 to 39
11
12.6%
40 to 49
15
17.2%
50 to 59
23
26.4%
60 to 69
21
24.1%
70 to 79
5
5.7%
80 to 89
Follower counts of whom BillGates follows
We've analyzed BillGates's friends and assembled the following chart to show you the number of people that those friends follow. This is a useful way to pinpoint those users with the most followers (and therefore clout).
Breakdown
10
11.5%
1k to 5k
6
6.9%
5k to 10k
27
31%
10k to 50k
9
10.3%
50k to 100k
17
19.5%
100k to 500k
4
4.6%
500k to 1 million
14
16.1%
1 million+
Friend counts of whom BillGates follows
Here we highlight the number of friends of BillGates's friends. Generally, this is a less useful metric than the follower count (above). That said, we've found that people with a large number of friends are often less "valuable" than those with fewer friends – this is because those people with many friends are less likely to read their Twitter stream (as there is simply too much information).
Breakdown
2
2.3%
none
10
11.5%
1 to 49
8
9.2%
50 to 99
27
31%
100 to 499
21
24.1%
500 to 1k
12
13.8%
1k to 5k
3
3.4%
5k to 10k
2
2.3%
10k to 50k
1
1.1%
50k to 100k
1
1.1%
500k to 1 million
Account ages of whom BillGates follows
The age of an account is an interesting way to measure value. Users who have been on Twitter for a while are early adopters, and generally more valuable than newbies. As well, there is a higher percentage of spam accounts in newer user segments (as Twitter has not yet cleared them out.)
Breakdown
5
5.7%
6 to 12 months
7
8%
1 to 2 years
44
50.6%
2 to 3 years
20
23%
3 to 4 years
11
12.6%
4 to 5 years
Tweet recencies of whom BillGates follows
If a person hasn't tweeted recently, then their account may be dormant. These data are based on the date that Follower Wonk last checked the user, so the dates may not be entirely precise, but they should give you a good idea of who is tweeting more recently than others. Protected accounts are excluded from this analysis.
Breakdown
8
9.2%
last hour
23
26.4%
1 to 24 hours
16
18.4%
1 to 7 days
5
5.7%
7 to 30 days
1
1.1%
3 to 6 months
1
1.1%
1 to 2 years
Total tweets of whom BillGates follows
If a user has a low total tweet count, they may not be a "real" user. Perhaps they tried Twitter and gave it up? On the other hand, those with a very large number of tweets might be avoided (they could be spammers, overwrought, or just too verbose!)
Breakdown
1
1.1%
1 to 49
3
3.4%
50 to 99
11
12.6%
100 to 499
10
11.5%
500 to 1k
44
50.6%
1k to 5k
13
14.9%
5k to 10k
4
4.6%
10k to 50k
1
1.1%
50k to 100k
Languages of whom BillGates follows
This reveals the breakdown of languages of BillGates's friends. However, it's worth noting that Twitter only allows users to pick between a few languages (English, Spanish, Turkish, Italian, Korean, French, Russian, German, and Japanese). As well, many Twitter users who tweet primarily in a foreign language may still have their official language set to English.
Breakdown
87
100%
English
Bio word cloud of whom BillGates follows
To help make sense of the "biography" field of each Twitter user, we've assembled the following word cloud which shows you the most frequently occuring words.
official – world – development – twitter – foundation
Location word cloud of whom BillGates follows
Similar to the above word cloud, here we show you the relative frequency of words used in the "location" field of BillGates's friends.
washington – new york – dc