Top 100 Web Celebrities
Tech Cult has came up with a list of the Top 100 Web Celebrities. I’m a bit shocked to find myself on the list. I’m even more shocked to find that I’m ahead of a lot of people who are more famous than me.
Tech Cult has me ranked at number 49, ahead of famous bloggers like Darren Rowse (#75), Steve Pavlina (#81) and Wordpress co-founder Matt Mullenweg (#76). Hell, I’m an even bigger web celebrity than David Filo of Yahoo and Steve Chen of YouTube! Surprisingly, Shoemoney is not on the list. How did Tech Cult compiled this list?
We gathered around 200 potential names and queried them on Google to see how many results they would generate. Some minor adjustments were made, and the 100 names with the highest number of results were profiled (as you can see it is not our fault that Chris Crocker ended at the 6th position!)
Celebrities that became famous prior to the explosion of the Web were not included. Hence you will not find the likes of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, despite our acknowledge that they are also influencing the Internet.
It’s pretty obvious that lists like these are pure linkbait. However, as you can see, we always fall for them. You can check out the list of the Internet’s top 100 web celebrities here.
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Good Job on making the list. You did good compared to thousands of others! Its kind of like my Top 100 Female Bloggers list!
Reply to this commentI love how Brian Lam is ranked much higher than Ryan Block.
Reply to this commentI Love if Johnchow as the top of rank. Don’t you?
Reply to this commentThat would be a little impossible. If it was the top make money online celebrity, then yeah, very likely. But I though Leo Laporte should have been in the top 10.
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Reply to this commentThe list is rather skewed. Shoemoney should definitely be on it.
Reply to this commentYea, I can’t believe Shoemoney didn’t make it, or me either.
Reply to this commentI’m sure you are #101
Reply to this commentRats man, I just missed being famous.
Reply to this commentWow, I never knew this blog was this popular. Looks like you didn’t know either
Reply to this commentCongratulations! Now even more people will know about your blog and you’ll move up in the rankings next year .. Stay out of the top 10 though .. scarey http://www.johnchow.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif
Reply to this commentsure johnchow would move further
Reply to this commentcongrats john…
Good to see your on the list, I tell some of my friends about you, heh.
Reply to this commenti cant find my name there….wonder how they missed it
Reply to this commentI’m surprised “G” isn’t there.
Reply to this commentthanks john for your article.
Reply to this commentYup, it’s clever linkbait - good formula: [Top X list of Y] + stroke people’s ego = lots of links from the people you mentioned in the list.
Reply to this commentMaybe I should write a similar list
Kind of a twisted list when crybaby Chris Crocker (leave Britteny alone!) comes in at #6.
Reply to this commentAgreed. How the hell is he above most of these people?
Reply to this commentShoemoney should be on there, and Darren Rowse should be higher.
Reply to this commentI agree with this. I don’t get how they missed Shoemoney.
Reply to this commentThat list is just too retarded. Most entries don’t make sense. Some seem like, “Oh well…hmmm…just throw this one in at…ummm…#13″ kind of stupidity.
Reply to this commentI agree Shoemoney should be on there as well. Interesting to see Adam Curry on that list coming from the broadcast side.
Reply to this commentFun list. Kind of useless but a good time-filler.
Reply to this commentWho cares whether the list is right or not. We all ended up going to check it out
Reply to this commentSad, but true. Hence it fufilled it’s purpose.
Reply to this commentCongratulations!
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–where is ebay’s founder on the list?
–where is Cindy Margolis?
I guess they should have conducted a survey/poll.
Reply to this commentEh, Cindy Margolis isn’t the most searched woman now. That was back in 1999.
Reply to this commentNice going, John.
That list is terribly jumbled. How some of those people are higher than others makes no sense. And I’m surprised that Larry Page, Tom Anderson, Matt Mullenwegg & Mark Zuckerberg aren’t higher.
Reply to this commentPublicity is everything…it works…good job JC
Reply to this commentCongrats to John! He’s the only one on the list to take on Google and survive. I think Chris Anderson should be higher. You see Long Tail marketing everywhere now.
Reply to this commentThese lists mean absolutely nothing. It’s just another round of inner circle back slapping. And one more thing, please John learn English.
Your grammar is terrible.
For instance, “How did Tech Cult compiled this list?”.
Sloppy, really sloppy.
Reply to this commentDon’t be hating.
Reply to this commentHope you get some PR millage out of it…
Reply to this commentCongrats John. You are a web celeb eh.
Reply to this commentCongrats to You Mr John , quite usefull list to know more great bloggers out there
Reply to this commentCongrats John on getting in the top 50. Next year you should be in the top 25. How did the Brittany Spears guy make the list? Weak!
Reply to this commentWell, I’d say a congrats is in order, so congrats!!!!
Reply to this commentGood job! You are what I aspire to be :P.
Reply to this commentPretty Impressive and ironic that a playboy actress is in the top of the list
That’s rock!
Reply to this commentI think it’s funny that Myspace is what made Tila famous, yet, she’s way higher than Tom.
Reply to this commentTila’s No 1?
Reply to this commentHow the heck did they wind up leaving SM off that list?
Reply to this commentSHOEMONEY FTW. How did he not make the list
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