A lot of people are trying to figure out the best way to get people to follow them back, having a massive amount of followers seems to be what people want.

There are at least a dozen books that I’ve seen on sale that tell you how to get loads of followers – one guy promises 20,000 in 30 days (but he fails to mention that his idea is basically a pyramid scheme and it’s only him that is really getting the followers.

If you are really a #newbie and really want followers, I can only recommend following people like these. Their stats show that they pretty much follow everyone back, so this is a safe 51 people to follow.

100,000+ Followers (alphabetically)

1. Astronautics
2. Brad Howard
3. DowningStreet
4. ESPN Headlines
5. Nansen Malin
6. TheOnion
7. Twitter_Tips

50,000-100,000 Followers (alphabetically)

1. Alister Cameron (alicam)
2. AlohaArleen
3. Arnold Aranez (mr_gadget)
4. Bear fan Ron Show (bearfanron)
5. Benjamin Teo (upicks)
6. Bill Austin
7. Brooks Bayne
8. CaseyWright
9. Carrie Wilkerson (barefoot_exec)
10. Dash Chang (djc8080)
11. DiyanaAlcheva
12. eleesha
13. Gemstars
14. GuyKawasaki
15. hashtags
16. Jason_Pollock
17. Jeanette Fisher (jeanettejoy)
18. KevinRuddPM
19. Ludwik C. Siadlak (ludwikc)
20. MartinZwilling (StartupPro)
21. MichaeMillman
22. Mike Klingler
23. Mike Wesely
24. Nansen
25. PerryBelcher
26. PragueBob
27. Radioblogger
28. Reg Saddler (zaibatsu)
29. Rex7
30. RobMcNealy
31. Robert Clay (marketingwizdom)
32. ronniewilson
33. Sam Jones
34. Samuel Lemieux (wakooz)
35. Scobleizer
36. ScotMcKay
37. shannonseek
38. Starbucks
39. stephenkruiser
40. TheBusyBrain
41. ThinkReferrals
42. Teddy Shabba
43. TysontheQuick

0 to 50,000 Followers

1. _McLaughlin
2. I’m sure there are a lot more, but these 51 are a good start.