How much is a Daytona 500 win worth on Twitter? If you're Trevor Bayne, it's worth about 38,000 Twitter followers.
Trevor Bayne Makes Big Gain In NASCAR Twitter Rankings; Danica Still No. 1
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When we last measured the number of Twitter followers for NASCAR, Bayne had 4,504 (fewer than even Ryan Truex). As of Friday afternoon, he has 43,309, which ranks ninth among all drivers. That’s up from 39th in the previous rankings, which were posted last fall.
Bayne continues to gain followers so quickly, he could pass Kyle Busch later this month.
New tweeters Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson – who share accounts with their representatives – have taken to Twitter very quickly and are also moving up the ladder. Gordon’s account already had a big following because it was a longtime source of information for his fans, and he’s up to No. 11. Johnson, who just started tweeting last week, is already up to 26th and could be in the top 20 by Bristol.
Though their accounts have been successful – as with Joey Logano (28th), who brought his account back after an absence – one mystery is the new account of Kurt Busch.
Busch started tweeting the week before the Daytona 500, but has only attracted 5,600 followers so far.
Meanwhile, Danica Patrick continues to hold the top spot. She became the first NASCAR personality to surpass 300,000 followers earlier this month.
As a reminder, here’s how this ranking works: Drivers who tweet for themselves, team owners, crew members and driver wives/girlfriends are eligible for the list. Public relations accounts and media are currently not included in the rankings.
The rankings are strictly done by number of followers. Here are the rankings for March:
1 (1 in previous rankings). Danica Patrick (@danicapatrick): 310,832
2 (2). Juan Pablo Montoya (@jpmontoya): 278,299
3 (3). Nelson Piquet Jr. (@nelsonpiquet): 133,913
4 (4). Kevin Harvick (@kevinharvick): 67,656
5 (5). Kasey Kahne (@kaseykahne): 57,504
6 (6). Michael Waltrip (@mw55): 56,507
7 (7). Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin): 53,365
8 (10). Kyle Busch (@kylebusch): 48,118
9 (39). Trevor Bayne (@tbayne21): 43,309
10 (9). Elliott Sadler (@elliott_sadler): 41,450
11 (New). Jeff Gordon (@jeffgordonweb): 41,113
12 (11). Kenny Wallace (@kenny_wallace): 40,830
13 (12). DeLana Harvick (@delanaharvick): 40,345
14 (14). Ricky Carmichael (@rickycarmichael): 37,290
15 (15). Bobby Labonte (@bobby_labonte): 26,679
16 (17). Martin Truex Jr. (@martintruexjr56): 25,634
17 (16). Scott Speed (@scottspeed): 23,440
18 (18). Brian Vickers (@brianlvickers): 23,312
19 (19). Max Papis (@maxpapis): 18,938
20 (21). Robby Gordon (@robbygordon): 18,880
21 (22). Greg Biffle (@gbiffle): 18,770
22 (26). Brad Keselowski (@keselowski): 17,993
23 (24). AJ Allmendinger (@ajdinger): 16,303
24 (25). Samantha Busch (@samanthabusch): 15,746
25 (23). Krissie Newman (@krissienewman): 14,389
26 (New). Jimmie Johnson (@doublej48): 13,259
27 (31). David Ragan (@david_ragan): 11,051
28 (New). Joey Logano (@jlogano): 10,070
29 (32). Justin Allgaier (@j_allgaier): 10,016
30 (29). Amanda Speed (@amanda_speed): 9,448
31 (30). Steve Wallace (@stevewallace66): 9,357
32 (34). Aric Almirola (@aric_almirola): 9,246
33 (36). Michael McDowell (@mc_driver): 7,688
34 (35). T.J. Majors (@tjmajors): 7,045
35 (43). Regan Smith (@regan_smith_): 6,967
Dropped out (either because of inactivity or not currently driving in NASCAR): Narain Karthikeyan, Jamie McMurray, Colin Braun.
Honorable mention (other accounts with more than 4,000 followers):
Connie Montoya (6,801), Kelly Bires (6,764), Landon Cassill (6,374), Joe Nemechek (6,311), Ron Hornaday (6,310), Ryan Truex (6,244), Kurt Busch (5,652), Brendan Gaughan (5,389), David Reutimann (5,284), Travis Kvapil (5,222), Max Siegel (4,901), Brian Scott (4,815), Jennifer Jo Cobb (4,740), Sherry Pollex (4,709), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (4,476), JJ Yeley (4,150), Brett Griffin (4,131), David Gilliland (4,122), Ashley Allgaier (4,011).
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