Top Searches from Yahoo! News: 2012 – Year in Review

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#1 Elections

#2 iPhone 5

#3 Kim Kardashian

#4 Kate Upton

#5 Kate Middleton

#6 Whitney Houston

#7 Olympics

#8 Political Polls

#9 Lindsay Lohan

#10 Jennifer Lopez

Top 10 influential Indian tweeters: Politics, Cinema, MSM Media Stars

According to the Burson-Marsteller study, the ten most influential Twitter accounts in India are (alphabetically):

1. Kiran Bedi – @thekiranbedi
2. Anand Mahindra – @anandmahindra
3. Narendra Modi – @narendramodi
4. Derek O’Brien – @quizderek
5. Vir Sanghvi – @virsanghvi
6. Jonathan Shainin – @jonathanshainin
7. Digvijaya Singh – @digvijaya_28
8. Dr. Subramanian Swamy – @Swamy39
9. Sushma Swaraj – @SushmaSwarajBJP
10. Shashi Tharoor – @ShashiTharoor

According to the Pinstorm India Influencers list, the most influential Indians are celebrities.

1. Priyanka Chopra with an aggregated score of 85
2. Sashi Tharoor
3. Amitabh Bachchan
4. Ram Gopal Varma
5. Hrithik Roshan
6. Akshay Kumar
7. Madhuri Dixit
8. Kiran Bedi
9. Shahrukh Khan
10. Actor Siddarth

Indian firm Pinstorm runs a similar ranking system called the ‘India influencers list’ which averages a users Klout score and Peer Index score. Peer Index, is like Klout, a social media analytical tool that measures influence.