A social networking/instant messaging site, Twitter that has become very popular and is still growing in usage. When there is any sort of 'breaking news' in Davis, that news is often spread very quickly by Davis Twitter users. There are at least several hundred Twitter users who live or work in Davis. Furthermore, UC Davis schools, societies, and other campus-based organizations, are particularly well represented.
DavisWiki is also on twitter, at @daviswiki.
The top 25 Davis Twitter accounts
The following ranking is taken from Twitter Grader's list of the top 50 ranked twitter accounts in Davis (their ranking is based on a secret formula), and is correct as of November 14th 2012. Note that the actual follower counts may be higher or lower than shown here and that not every Davis-based Twitter user will be listed by Twitter Grader (this depends on what is entered in the Twitter 'location' field'). Please consider changing your location field to 'Davis, California' if you want to make it on to their list. Names in the 'Real name' column link to pages on Davis Wiki where relevant. A UC Davis social media page also maintains a page of notable twitterers on campus
Anyone else find the existence of a Top X list for twitter accounts hilarious? As if Twitter weren't already spectacularly pro-narcissism.
| Position |
| Twitter name |
| Real name (if known) |
| Number of followers |
| Info |
| 1 |
| constantia oomen |
| Constantia Oomen |
| 29,225 |
| Author, OBE expert, nature lover, 24/7 vegan, astral & physical traveler |
| 2 |
| marykayhoal |
| Mary Kay Hoal |
| 23,563 |
| Youth internet-safety advocate |
| 3 |
| phylogenomics |
| Jonathan Eisen |
| 12,636 |
| UC Davis Professor |
| 4 |
| ucdavis |
| 6,036 |
| UC Davis Admissions, a great source of news for all things related to UC Davis |
| 5 |
| cgjerdetu |
| 6,574 |
| Davis, CA Real Estate |
| 6 |
| californiaaggie |
| 4,537 |
| The California Aggie, a UC Davis Newspaper |
| 7 |
| ucdavisvetmed |
| 4,382 |
| The account of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine |
| 8 |
| freefromhunger |
| 4,444 |
| Freedom From Hunger |
| 9 |
| ucdavisaggies |
| 2,880 |
| UC Davis Athletics |
| 10 |
| igenomics |
| Dawei Lin |
| 2,723 |
| Manager of the Bioinformatics Core at the UC Davis Genome Center |
| 11 |
| muren |
| Nancy LaBerge Muren |
| 2,488 |
| Artist |
| 12 |
| 911news |
| 2,305 |
| 13 |
| serenadegarden |
| 2,218 |
| Twitter account of a garden product made by AgraQuest |
| 14 |
| ucdavisnews |
| 2,144 |
| UC Davis News Service |
| 15 |
| itsjonsantiago |
| Jon Santiago |
| 1,914 |
| Host of the Davis 'Sport's Deli Podcast' |
| 16 |
| dr_bik |
| Holly Bik |
| 1,763 |
| Post-doctoral researcher in marine genomics |
| 17 |
| aggiepack |
| 1,716 |
| The UC Davis Aggie Pack |
| 18 |
| halfdeck |
| 1,319 |
| Davis blogger |
| 19 |
| unschool |
| Suzie |
| 1,670 |
| A Davis Unschooler |
| 20 |
| rebeccablack |
| Rebecca Black |
| 1,271 |
| Teacher, writer, and etiquette professional |
| 21 |
| big_tomato |
| 1,794 |
| Davis Food Co-op |
| 22 |
| vervesol |
| Liz Merry |
| 1,519 |
| Solar consulting company |
| 23 |
| ucdaviscaes |
| 1,695 |
| UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences |
| 24 |
| andyojones |
| Andy Jones |
| 1,771 |
| UC Davis Professor, poet, radio host, and quizmaster |
| 25 |
| UCDavisCoE |
| 1,587 |
| UC Davis College of Engineering |
And some other notable/useful Davis twitter accounts (some of which are also listed in twitter grader's top 50)
| Position |
| Twitter name |
| Real name (if known) |
| Number of followers |
| Info |
| 26 |
| ucdavislaw |
| 1,252 |
| UC Davis School of Law |
| 27 |
| kbradnam |
| Keith Bradnam |
| 1,150 |
| The person who lovingly, and foolishly, keeps this page updated |
| 30 |
| ucdavisrec |
| 1,198 |
| UC Davis Campus Recreation |
| 33 |
| ucdavisevents |
| 1,180 |
| The people to speak to if you want to plan an event (e.g., get married) on campus |
| 34 |
| marilynm |
| Marilyn Maciel |
| 1,834 |
| Davis' most prolific tweeter, with over 40,000 tweets! |
| 39 |
| ucdextension |
| 1,161 |
| UC Davis Extension |
| 40 |
| cory_golden |
| Cory Golden |
| 1,614 |
| Davis Enterprise reporter |
| 41 |
| UCDavis_Egghead |
| Andy Fell |
| 890 |
| Research and general news from UC Davis |
| 46 |
| d_enterprise |
| 816 |
| The Davis Enterprise, Davis' daily newspaper |
| 47 |
| ucdavismusic |
| 883 |
| UC Davis Department of Music |
| UCDavis_Morain |
| Claudia Morain |
| 1,691 |
| News Service Director for UC Davis |
| DavisDowntown |
| 996 |
| information about shops, shopping, and entertainment from the Davis Downtown Business Association |
| ucdavisfye |
| 928 |
| UC Davis Campus Orientation |
| davisfanatic |
| 572 |
| a Davis Fanatic |
| daviswiki |
| Philip Neustrom |
| 561 |
| The site you're now using! |
| daviscapatch |
| Justin Cox |
| 544 |
| Editor of Davis Patch, bringing you Davis-related news |
| UCDavisSocialMe |
| 475 |
| Bringing news of various UC Davis Social Media activities |
| calaggiesports |
| 404 |
| UC Davis sports news from The California Aggie |
| UCDavisTweetUp |
| 262 |
| Organizers behind UC Davis Tweet Ups |
| DavisTweetUp |
| 230 |
| Organizers behind the regular Davis Tweet Ups |
Suitable hashtags to use for tweets about Davis
Hashtags are one way that makes it easier to find all tweets on a similar theme or topic. The most common hashtags used in tweets about Davis are simply:
Including these hashtags in your tweets will make it slightly easier for people to discover them.
sba
2012-10-10 11:13:35 Updated main tables with latest figures —KeithBradnam
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