Twitter Watch: Fortune 50’s Twitter Presence |
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Company |
Primary Corporate Account |
Number of Followers (as of 5/7) |
Number of Followers (as of 8/2) |
% Change |
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| 1 | Walmart | @WalmartSpecials | 14,875 | 16,457 | 10.64 |
| 2 | Exxon Mobil | @ExxonMobil | 1,947 | 2,497 | 28.25 |
| 3 | Chevron | @chevron | 2,793 | 3,645 | 30.50 |
| 4 | General Electric | @GEInnovate | 6,783 | 7,842 | 15.61 |
| 5 | Bank of America | @bofa_help | 7,024 | 10,204 | 45.27 |
| 6 | ConocoPhilips | @conocophillips | 924 | 1,150 | 24.46 |
| 7 | AT&T | @attnews | 28,612 | 37,349 | 30.54 |
| 8 | Ford Motor | @ford | 35,958 | 66,849 | 85.91 |
| 9 | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co | @jpmorganchase | 0 | 152 | 152.00 |
| 10 | Hewlett-Packard | @hpnews | 17,270 | 21,152 | 22.48 |
| 11 | Berkshire Hathaway | @brk_b | 553 | 716 | 29.48 |
| 12 | Citigroup | @citi | 4,912 | 8,031 | 63.50 |
| 13 | Verizon Communications | @VERIZON | 23,489 | 37,969 | 61.65 |
| 14 | McKesson | @McKesson_HIT | 1,692 | 2,030 | 19.98 |
| 15 | General Motors | @Gmblogs | 23,311 | 25,067 | 7.53 |
| 16 | American International Group | n/a | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | Cardinal Health | @CardinalHealth | 136 | 159 | 16.91 |
| 18 | CVS Caremark | @cvscaremark | 4,715 | 9,074 | 92.45 |
| 19 | Wells Fargo | @WELLSFARGO | 7,752 | 8,643 | 11.50 |
| 20 | IBM | @ibm_news | 28,418 | 36,835 | 29.62 |
| 21 | UnitedHealth Group | @unitedhealthgrp | 6,784 | 7,121 | 4.97 |
| 22 | Procter & Gamble | @PGNewsUS | 4,205 | 5,047 | 20.02 |
| 23 | Kroger | @krogerdeals | 3,953 | 8,214 | 107.79 |
| 24 | AmerisourceBergen | n/a | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | Costco Wholesale | @costco_online | 10,496 | 11,269 | 7.36 |
| 26 | Valero Energy | n/a | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 27 | Archer Daniels Midland | n/a | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 28 | Boeing | @BoeingAirplanes | 3,332 | 7,331 | 120.02 |
| 29 | Home Depot | @Thehomedepot | 29,830 | 38,935 | 30.52 |
| 30 | Target | @target | 18,031 | 28,553 | 58.36 |
| 31 | WellPoint | @Wellpointhealth | 41 | 133 | 224.39 |
| 32 | Walgreen | @WALGREENS | 7,685 | 10,434 | 35.77 |
| 33 | Johnson & Johnson | @JNJComm | 7,278 | 9,045 | 24.27 |
| 34 | State Farm Insurance Cos. | @statefarm | 5,803 | 6,603 | 13.79 |
| 35 | Medco Health Solutions | @medco | 942 | 1,091 | 15.82 |
| 36 | Microsoft | @microsoft | 406,169 | 533,023 | 31.23 |
| 37 | United Technologies | n/a | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 38 | Dell | @delloutlet | 1,566,472 | 1,620,509 | 3.45 |
| 39 | Goldman Sachs Group | @goldmansachs | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 40 | Pfizer | @pfizer | 8,201 | 9,136 | 11.40 |
| 41 | Marathon Oil | @MARATHON_OIL__ | 114 | 213 | 86.84 |
| 42 | Lowe's | @Lowes | 7,634 | 14,250 | 86.66 |
| 43 | United Parcel Service | @ups_news | 9,557 | 10,054 | 5.20 |
| 44 | Lockheed Martin | @lockheedmartin | 3,683 | 4,369 | 18.63 |
| 45 | Best Buy | @BESTBUY | 49,035 | 90,472 | 84.50 |
| 46 | Dow Chemical | @DCECU | 101 | 102 | 0.99 |
| 47 | Supervalu | @supervalufoods | 239 | 298 | 24.69 |
| 48 | Sears Holdings | @SEARSdeals | 11,792 | 25,654 | 117.55 |
| 49 | International Assets Holding | n/a | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 50 | Pepsico | @pepsi | 32,849 | 55,482 | 68.90 |
Since May 7, when we last looked at Twitter followers of the Fortune 50, companies like Best Buy, Sears and Lowe’s have made substantial gains. |
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Source: Fortune/PR News |
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Twitter Watch: Fortune 50’s Twitter Presence
