Top 10 FiveThirtyEight Staffers on Twitter

Math, love it or hate it, it’s all around us. Even good reporting makes use of data to back up its findings. Nate Silver created FiveThirtyEight in 2008 to highlight the use of statistics in predicting the outcome of the 2008 elections. Today, the site still takes advantage of advanced statistics and analyisis but has expanded to cover politics, economics, science, life, and sports. This list includes the Top 10 FiveThirtyEight staffers on Twitter, ranked by number of Twitter followers. Using Cision’s media database, we compiled the list based on Cision’s proprietary research. All numbers were pulled May 6, 2015.

1.  Nate Silver – Editor in Chief – 1,181,637

Sometimes you can gather all the data you like and the best forecast is ¯_(ツ)_/¯. http://t.co/XbOLaVpYYt

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 27, 2015

2. Ben Casselman – Chief Economics Writer – 21,313

Enough already with the "job-hopping millennials" narrative. http://t.co/5YIm2iA6Sj pic.twitter.com/sx3EswbqxJ

— Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) May 5, 2015

3. Mona Chalabi – Lead Writer, DataLab – 11,613

Dear Mona, What % of ppl don't know how to ride a bike? Dear reader, Depends where you live http://t.co/drqIA8erto pic.twitter.com/sCfYFYiCGM

— Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) April 16, 2015

4.  Walt Hickey – Lead Writer, Lifestyle – 10,158

It's wedding season again so just going to bump the only survival guide you will need http://t.co/e4FDsea3uS pic.twitter.com/rvE1rsUKnM

— Walter Hickey (@WaltHickey) May 5, 2015

5.  Harry Enten – Senior Political Writer & Analyst – 9,279

This is 45 times better (give or take) than Jeter's catch https://t.co/IHUqD8IWBk

— Harry Enten (@ForecasterEnten) April 26, 2015

6.  Neil Paine – Senior Sports Writer – 8,848

A Radical Proposal To Destroy The NHL's Loser Point http://t.co/uifYPi1DKO

— Neil Paine (@Neil_Paine) April 2, 2015

7.  Benjamin Morris – Senior Sports Writer – 8,474

Why I'm a women's basketball convert: (And no I'm not kidding.) https://t.co/5nxuZguU9I pic.twitter.com/MdKP64E1r1

— Benjamin Morris (@skepticalsports) April 27, 2015

8.  David Firestone – Managing Editor – 6,680

Weather on TV will meet the same fate as classified ads in newspapers. http://t.co/xqAxSk4ALE pic.twitter.com/CTHLecx77i

— David Firestone (@fstonenyc) April 21, 2015

9.  Carl Bialik – Lead Writer, News – 5,947

Even before Nepal earthquake and IS destruction of Hatra, many @UNESCO sites were endangered. http://t.co/8Auc8SOpds pic.twitter.com/4PpG16GCMJ

— Carl Bialik (@CarlBialik) May 1, 2015

10.  Allison McCann – Visual Journalist – 4,845

i love this @ollie chart on the time it takes to solve @nytimes crossword each day of the week http://t.co/yzeJJsY61A pic.twitter.com/SXBBOZzpfw

— ⒜⒧⒧⒤⒮⒪⒩ ⒨⒞⒞⒜⒩⒩ (@atmccann) April 17, 2015

[Image courtesy of FiveThirtyEight on Facebook]

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