Canada's Biggest Twits

I've been looking high and low for Canadians — individuals or institutions — that are attracting a lot of attention on Twitter or Facebook. Jason Lamarche tipped me to a list compiled at Twitterholic but it's crap because it's missing a whole pile of Canadians (including me who, with 1,200 plus tweeps would make Twitterholic's top 200 list). (That's not Jason's fault, of course, and I appreciated him drawing my attention to it.)

So, it looks like good, old-fashioned gumshoe work will be required here to find the Canuck with the biggest social media draw. Let's limit it, for now, to Twitter and to people who use a first and last name. Here's the Top 20, with tweeps (Twitter followers) current as of Aug 10, 2009:

1. Jason Sweeney – 675,618
2. William Shatner – 104,772
3. Nathan Fillion – 101,272
4. Justin Bieber – 99,343
5. John Chow – 57,417
6. Walter Apai – 55,989
7. Pamela Anderson – 53,405
8. Sharon Hayes – 39,779
9. Scott Stratten – 36,473
10. Amber MacArthur – 33,027
11. Tara Hunt – 27,988
12. Cory Doctorow – 26,749
13. Lucy Izon – 25,574
14. Daniel Negreanu – 24,345
15. George Stroumboulopoulos – 21,452
16. Jessi Cruickshank – 19,522
17. CBC News Top Stories – 18,780
18. Prime Minister Stephen Harper – 17,312
19. Nia Vardalos – 16,432
20. Terry Allison – 15,048

Please send me info if you've got a Canadian flavoured Twitter account that break into this list.

Last updated: Aug 11/2009 at 1942 Ottawa time