Posted by Lending Club :: December 23, 2010 @ 9:10 am
It's almost 2011, and I can't but reminisce about what an amazing year 2010 has been for the personal finance writers out there. Journalists and bloggers have both found themselves in a post-banking crisis world where people are looking for answers and guidance. More importantly, Americans seem to care more about their money and finances, and many took decisive steps towards controlling debt, saving more, investing smarter, and simply living richly... within one's means.
People want guidance, and guidance comes through conversations, not one-directional articles and posts. Here is where micro-blogging comes in. 2008 and 2009 became the "trial" years for personal finance bloggers, frugal types and money journalists to test the waters with this seemingly ephemeral new medium, to reach new audiences and engage followers in a way that forums, blogs, and newspapers cannot facilitate. But in 2010, microblogging strategies solidified and twitter became an integral part of most personal finance writers' outlets. Several failed, folded and left twitter, while others just paled and never gained any traction.
But the following Top 100 Personal Finance microbloggers have shown us how it's done. In a complete new world, where social media interactions and rules are still being defined, and many are still testing, trying to justify the ROI, and frankly just banging at it treating it just like another one-directional marketing medium, these folks have made us listen, follow their money tweets, and engage in meaningful conversations around money.
So what will 2011 bring to the personal finance microblogging space? I venture to say that it will be the year when microblogging is not an option any more. Just like having a website became the norm for any company that wanted to stay competitive in the early 1990's, if you are looking to influence and engage your audiences, you will need to become accessible via twitter. Period.
Congratulations for a wonderful microblogging year, and a toast to an even better 2011. And with that, I give you the Top 100 Personal Finance Microbloggers of 2010:
1. Suze Orman
Personal finance TV show host keeping it to 140 or less.
1,052,292 followers
3 tweets per day
2. USA TODAY Money
Personal finance from USATODAY.com. Also financial markets, US economy, business and all other money matters.
141,548 followers
8 tweets per day
3. Mint
Money tips and money management articles from Mint.com’s blog!
127,336 followers
4 tweets per day
4. Planet Money
Finance news and thoughts from the money team at National Public Radio.
124,255 followers
4 tweets per day
5. The Motley Fool
Educate, enriching, and amusing at any cost... especially around investing.
110,830 followers
5 tweets per day
6. The Dave Ramsey Show
Official microblog of the famous Dave Ramsey.
100,977 followers
4 tweets per day
http://www.daveramsey.com/radio/home/
7. Simple Mom (Tsh Oxenreider)
Life hacks for home managers with great money management tips.
40,317 followers
4 tweets per day
8. Money Saving Mom (Crystal Paine)
Money-saving deals & tips.
38,808 followers
9 tweets per day
http://moneysavingmom.com/welcome-twitter
9. Bargain Briana
The ultimate coupon freak.
31,521 followers
15 tweets per day
10. Money Smart Guy (Matthew Sapaula)
Host of Money Smart Guy radio show, Matt wants us “Save, Your-Self, Time, Energy and Money.”
20,466 followers
5 tweets per day
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/money-smart-guy/
11. EricaBiz (Erica Douglass)
Millionaire by 26, now offers business tips and money/investing advice.
17,937 followers
9 tweets per day
12. Save More Money
Clever tips, good deals and great sales.
17,673 followers
1 tweet per day
13. WalletPop
Personal finance blog and microblog that can save you money
17,628 followers
23 tweets per day
14. Clark Howard
Radio show host and consumer advocate helping folks save more, spend less and not get ripped off.
16,587 followers
1 tweets per day
15. WiseBread (Will Chen, Lynn Truong and Gregory Go)
Personal Finance and Frugal Living.
16,357 followers
9 tweets per day
16. I Will Teach You To Be Rich (Ramit Sethi)
Author, microblogger, video blogger with a passion for making money independently.
14,961 followers
2 tweets per day
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com
17. Yahoo! Finance
Tweets from the Yahoo! Finance team. 100% feed free.
14,311 followers
39 tweets per day
18. Money Experts
Personal finance tips from the money experts at moneydashboard in the UK.
13,816 followers
5 tweets per day
http://www.moneydashboard.com/tips
19. Get Out Of Debt Guy (Steve Rhode)
A debt management super hero, helping people get out of debt for free.
13,332 followers
29 tweets per day
20. MSN Money
The investing and personal finance world brought to you by the MSN Money team.
13,093 followers
2 tweets per day
http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp?ocid=twmsnmon
21. DailyFinance
Help its followers navigate through perilous economic times and make better financial decisions.
12,668 followers
22 tweets per day
22. The Simple Dollar (Trent Hamm)
Making your life not suck, providing cents and sense to those fighting debt and bad spending habits.
11,989 followers
16 tweets per day
@trenttsd and @thesimpledollar
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/
23. Out Of Your Rut
Jobs/business opportunities, expense reduction strategies, and savings programs.
11,049 followers
17 tweets per day
24. Money Woman Women
Representing and giving a voice to women in today’s financial world.
10,409 followers
2 tweets per day
25. Man vs. Debt (Adam Baker)
Microblogging a small family’s journey to sell their junk, pay off our debt, and start doing what they love.
8,630 followers
7 tweets per day
26. Calculated Risk (Bill McBride)
Tweeting about life, finance and money management after early retirement.
8,577 followers
5 tweets per day
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
27. Team DINKS
Personal finance by and for couples: dual income, no kids.
8,047 followers
1 tweets per day
28. Bible Money Matters (Peter Anderson)
Financial tips based on Christian teachings for regular people to dump the chains of debt and live a financially free life.
7,955 followers
7 tweets per day
29. DebtDiva (Clarky Davis)
Money management and frugal lifestyle tips to pay off debt and build savings.
8,705 followers
5 tweets per day
30. MaximizingMoney.com
Bonus offers, promotional discounts, cash savings, and other money-saving opportunities.
7,840 followers
7 tweets per day
http://www.maximizingmoney.com/
31. Kingdom First Mom (Alyssa Francis)
Honoring God with her finances... and tweets.
7,312 followers
10 tweets per day
32. Budgets Are Sexy
Personal finance, life, and silliness, all within a budget.
6,981 followers
9 tweets per day
33. SmartyPig
Online social savings, helping you control the spending pig inside you to put your money in the piggy bank.
6,818 followers
4 tweets per day
34. ThinkingFinance
Devoted to helping people learn finance and how to make money in the markets.
6,789 followers
<1 tweet per day
http://www.thinkingfinance.net/blog
35. NYTimes’ Your Money
Short messages from the New York Times money team on investing, pensions, retirement, mortgage rates, mutual funds, the stock market, bonds and notes.
6,259 followers
3 tweets per day
http://www.nytimes.com/yourmoney
36. Marcel Papineau
Getting completely out of debt in 8 yrs and showing others how to do the same.
6,226 followers
11 tweets per day
37. OutofDebtChristian
Daily dose of personal finances, frugality and faith.
6,212 followers
1 tweet per day
http://www.outofdebtchristian.com
38. A Frugal Friend
Stay-at-home mom who’s determined to help you cut your family’s budget.
6,146 followers
9 tweets per day
39. Jean Chatzky
Making money make sense.
5,719 followers
8 tweets per day
40. Financial Times Personal Finance
The Financial Times's personal finance microblog.
5,451 followers
8 tweets per day
41. Barron's Online
A premier financial news magazine that tweets good stuff too.
5,335 followers
4 tweets per day
42. Matt Krantz
Reporter for USA TODAY tweeting about investing you hard earned dollars.
5,103 followers
4 tweets per day
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/columnist/krantz/index.htm
43. It's Only Money
Personal finance tweets (sans the panic attacks) from Brent Hunsberger at The Oregonian.
4,972 followers
6 tweets per day
http://oregonlive.com/itsonlymoney
44. Canadian Finance (Tom Drake)
From Edmonton, Tom has become one of Canada’s leading microblogs tweeting personal finance matters.
4,967 followers
8 tweets per day
http://canadianfinanceblog.com/
45. The Centsible Life (Kelly Whalen)
Kelly hyper-tweets about family, finances, and fulfilling your dreams on a budget.
4,903 followers
32 tweets per day
46. MiB Smarter Money
Tweeting and blogging about about $: getting it, growing it, saving it.
4,668 followers
11 tweets per day
47. Stretching a Buck Marcy
Marcy’s tweeting hard to live well on less and to help others do the same.
4,280 followers
8 tweets per day
http://www.stretchingabuckblog.com/
48. Baby Cheapskate (Angie Wynne)
Savings for moms and moms-to-be: best baby, kid and maternity bargains.
4,261 followers
7 tweets per day
49. ATL Bargain Hunter (Lauren Davidson)
Lauren shares tips on money, deals and savings for the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
4,178 followers
3 tweets per day
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-bargain-hunter/
50. Tweeting for Change (Kim McGrigg)
Financial ideas from a mom who’s been known to regift. Official tweets from Money Management International.
3,992 followers
3 tweets per day
http://www.moneymanagement.org/Community/Blogs/Blogging-for-Change.aspx
51. The Reformed Broker (Josh Brown)
Markets, politics, economics, media, culture and finance, all within 140 characters.
3,951 followers
21 tweets per day
52. Shoestring Magazine (Melissa Massello)
Saving money (and the planet) within a shoestring budget.
3,834 followers
3 tweets per day
53. Frugal Dad (Jason White)
Making frugal cool again, with a conservative approach to personal finances.
3,788 followers
1 tweets per day
54. Young Money
Tweets from the staff at Young Money magazine on money management, business and lifestyle, and entrepreneurship.
3,781 followers
2 tweets per day
55. Money Watch
Personal finance tweets from the UK, featuring money news, tips and money links.
3,657 followers
2 tweets per day
56. Bargaineering (Jim Wang)
Doses of fun, personal finance, and interestingness.
3,651 followers
6 tweets per day
http://www.bargaineering.com/articles
57. Get Rich Slowly
Tweets about, well, getting rich slowly.
3,630 followers
15 tweets per day
58. Fiscal Literacy
Concise tidbits of facts, advice to educate people on financial literacy: money, finances, debts, mortgages, real estate, and budgets.
3,594 followers
1 tweet per day
http://fiscalliteracy.wordpress.com
59. Almost Frugal (Kelly Rigotti)
Kelly is neither a financial guru, nor a personal finance queen, but that does not prevent her from sharing valuable advice on living frugally.
3,412 followers
<1 tweet per day
60. Christian PF (Bob Lotich)
All about money: make it, save it, grow it, give it… tweet it?
3,377 followers
2 tweets per day
61. Not Made of Money
Personal finances and all kinds of ways to save money: keeping it sane and out of debt.
3,148 followers
2 tweets per day
http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/
62. Bargain Babe (Julia Scott)
Daily strategies, coupons, and inspiration to save money.
3,143 followers
4 tweets per day
63. Fabulous and Frugal
Living well & spending wisely… for girls.
3,123 followers
4 tweets per day
64. Debt-Proof Living (Mary Hunt)
Equipping you with the best ways to get out of debt.
3,048 followers
<1 tweets per day
http://www.debtproofliving.com
65. PFIncome
A microblogger on a mission to generate passive income, stop relying on a job and, spend more time with family.
3,041 followers
1 tweet per day
http://www.passivefamilyincome.com
66. Redeeming Riches
Restore your money, renew your mind.
3,023 followers
6 tweets per day
http://www.redeemingriches.com
67. Darwin's Money
Evolutionary Money, Investing and Career Advice
3,019 followers
17 tweets per day
68. Monroe On a Budget (Paula Wethington)
Reporting live (and frugally) from @monroenews
2,942 followers
4 tweets per day
http://www.monroeonabudget.com
69. Free From Broke
Personal finance tweets for regular folks.
2,900 followers
11 tweets per day
70. Personal Finance from The Associated Press
Trevor Delaney, Personal Finance Editor at AP.com, keeps us updated on the latest money news.
2,806 followers
2 tweets per day
71. Being Frugal (Lynnae McCoy)
Christian, wife, mom, friend, and woman trying to get out of debt.
2,786 followers
<1 tweet per day
http://beingfrugal.net/about/lynnae-mccoy/
72. Lending Club (Rob Garcia)
Keeping peer-to-peer lending news to 140 characters or less. Also timely tweets on financial innovation, disruption, social media and trends.
2,667 followers
13 tweets per day
http://blog.lendingclub.com
73. Personal Dividends
Passionate tweets about creating true wealth and whatever makes you “rich”.
2,678 followers
5 tweets per day
http://www.PersonalDividends.com
74. Green Panda
Tweeting personal finance tips for college students and 20-somethings.
2,573 followers
1 tweets per day
http://www.greenpandatreehouse.com/twitter-green-panda-treehouse/
75. Consumerism Commentary
Personal finance tweets based on the quest for financial accountability.
2,674 followers
5 tweets per day
http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/
76. PT Money (Philip Taylor)
Frugal guy, husband, father of two, tweets about personal finance
2,540 followers
4 tweets per day
77. Evolution Of Wealth
Helping people find, keep and enjoy their money.
2,512 followers, <1 tweets per day
78. Ron Lieber
Money scribe for The New York Times, keeps us entertained and updated on the latest money news.
2,501 followers
4 tweets per day
http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/
79. AskLizPullman
Personal finance columnist sharing her thoughts on managing your money.
2,489 followers
9 tweets per day
80. Miranda Marquit
Freelance writer helping you putt your personal financial house in order.
2,438 followers
9 tweets per day
http://www.allbusiness.com/personal-finance/2975922-1.html
81. Taking Charge (Dan Ray)
The musings of Dan Ray, the editor in chief of CreditCards.com.
2,427 followers
2 tweets per day
82. Suns Financial Diary
An electrical engineer who happens to have passion for personal finance.
2,339 followers
6 tweets per day
http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/
83. The Thrifty Divas
Elizabeth & Laura promise us they will save us time and money. That’s quite a promise, isn’t it?
2,418 followers
5 tweets per day
http://www.thethriftydivas.com/
84. Squawkfox (Kerry Taylor)
She offers 397 Ways To Save Money. That’s right 397! Hmmm, I wonder how she came up with that exact number.
2,339 followers
1 tweets per day
@SquawkFox
85. Fabulously Broke
Tweets about personal finance, loving your career, living life, minimalism, traveling, Starbucks chai lattes, & being debt-free. Wonder if dropping the lattes could help to be debt free?
2,310 followers
51 tweets per day
http://www.FabulouslyBroke.com
86. Len Penzo
Off-beat personal finance tweets from somebody who never met a polska kielbasa he didn't like.
2,227 followers
1 tweet per day
87. Five Cent Nickel
Thoughts on various topics related to money and finance sine 2005.
2,198 followers
9 tweets per day
http://www.fivecentnickel.com/
88. Money Ning (David Ning)
Personal finance tips to help individuals reach their retirement and financial freedom goals.
2,198 followers
6 tweets per day
89. Tip'd
Your daily dose of crowdsourced financial news.
2,197 followers
9 tweets per day
90. The Daily Crux
Unashamedly claiming to be the world's top financial media digest.
2,181 followers
8 tweets per day
91. Money Crashers
Guiding you to financial fitness with personal finance tips.
2,154 followers
8 tweets per day
92. In Good Cents
Beth tweets about her love for saving money and finding great deals.
2,137 followers
15 tweets per day
93. Money Strands (Lucia Giacomantonio)
Lucia shares money saving tips and interesting articles, while answering questions about MoneyStrands.com
2,096 followers
1 tweets per day
http://money.strands.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=biolink&utm_campaign=twitter
94. Moolanomy
Pinyo is all about building wealth and helping you achieve your financial goals.
2,095 followers
2 tweets per day
95. The Frugal Find (Julia Wessels)
Julia tweets about transforming the way you shop and thinking beyond coupons, deals, and savings.
2,066 followers
9 tweets per day
96. Life Turner Personal Finance (Lisa Byrne)
Money for the rest of us, with non-profit, unbiased financial education.
2,061 followers
8 tweets per day
97. Move Your Money
The #MoveYourMoney team is on a mission to help you take your money away from the “Too Big To Fail” Wall Street Banks.
2,056 followers
4 tweets per day
98. Forbes Money Builder
Personal finance coverage from Forbes.
2,039 followers, 1 tweets per day
http://forbes.com/moneybuilder
99. Money Funk
Releasing the bounds of Consumerism to live a life more simple in Nature… while paying down debt.
1,957 followers
9 tweets per day
100. BSimple
Helping us find ways to simplify our personal finances so we can live a healthier and wealthier lifestyle. Sounds good, no?
1,940 followers
6 tweets per day
http://simplefinanciallifestyle.com/welcome-twitter-followers
There you have them, the best 100 personal microbloggers of 2010. Follow them, tweet at them, and more importantly encourage them to keep up the good work.
Stay tuned for the complete list of Top 250 personal finance microbloggers next week.
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43 Comments
Thanks for including me!
Hey, thanks for including me on your list - it's great to be
included on a list with such established and interesting blogs.
Thanks for including me in your list.
anybody tried following all of these? Wonder if anybody got real
financial advise out of them.
Thanks @robgarciasj!
We are at #73!!!
This list should keep going.... when are you posting the top 250?
Great list.
One of the better compilations of twitter accounts on personal
finance, however, you included very few (or no one actually) on
trading or investing. I can't figure out how to get a list of top
investing microbloggers that are not spammy and can be trusted.
Not an original headlines, but this post is an exceptional list of
personal finance folks on twitter. good job.
Hey this is a good list. Am I Able to follow them all at once
without having to click one by one? I most certainly will obviously
check these folks out. Thanks in any event.
Wow i thought this was probably the most comprehensive list of
personal finance twitters I've come across. I am gunna follow most
of these folks now. Fantastic, totally awesome.
Really great idea dude. Glad you put this list together.
excellent. I actually dont have a twitter account yet, but this
list made me want to check it out. I shall open it and start
reading "tweets" (is that how it's called?) from these guys. all
the best for your excellent work.
No @Prism_Money?
damn right "http://twitter.com/laurenyoung">@laurenyoung shoulda been on
Happy holidays man.
the list!
Thank you for adding us to your list!! Happy Holidays!
Thanks for the mention!
Thank you! Adding this to roundup
Good post. I've been following many of these myself. I noticed many
of them are bloggers too, is this the trend?
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What an HONOUR to be on this list of Top 100 PF Micro-Bloggers of
2010.
Just barely squeaked in there. I'll take it, though, if you
describe anything I do as entertaining!
Great list, Rob!!
Would have been nice to see more non-famous bloggers. Suze Orman
and Dave Ramsey just don't do it for me.
Thanks so much for the mention and praise. I appreciate it!
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This is good info! When are you posting the remaining 150 for the
top 250? Who runs this list and what is the methodology? Keep up
the good work
Good list. I enjoyed going through it. Will bookmark it to check a
few of these out a day for the next few days.
Keep focusing on sharing the voices of others on your blog. This is
I'm a fan of your guest posts and now a
a nice list here
follower of these fine tweeters. Cheers!
WOW! Honored to be included!
Sweet, I'm number 28 on the list of top 100 personal finance micro
bloggers!
Nice list! Where can I check to see if I made the Top 250
microbloggers? I'd like to put that badge on my site!, and, I'm
quite the investing tweeter:)
thanks for listing me in your list of top 100. You had me at debt
superhero. LOL.
Thanks for taking the time to compile this list, I found it very
complete. Can't wait to see the remaining 150!
A Must-See List: Lending Club’s list of top 100 financial
micro-bloggers.
If these twitters sound more compelling to you than your average
finance advisor or planner, perhaps it is your best choice to
follow them and listen carefully. It may take more work to make the
right finance decision (as you listen to all of them and find
what's right for you), instead of financial planners what only look
to benefit themselves, and sometimes, they can't really spend time
with you. I'm a big believer in managing your money yourself.
Great list Rob. I'm honoured to be included in the top 50!
Thank you so much!
I really appreciate being on the list.
It's nice to find a definite list of personal finance twitters,
they all seem to be bloggers too, who know what they are talking
about. My problem with twitter is that most people are just
talkers.
Wow. Great list. Quite a few on there I need to start following!
Very honored to be in such great company. Thanks for taking the
time to put together such a stellar list!
Thanks for including Fiscal Literacy's Blog in your top 100
personal finance microbloggers. I appreciate it...
this is definitely an interesting list of bloggers, or should i
say, twitters? great work