Who are the best in DC Tech?

Have you ever met one of those PhD’s from a third world country. You know someone that used to be well-esteemed and then their country fell apart. So when you meet them they are working as a security guard but telling you stories about human genomics?

That’s kinda how I feel leaving the Intelligence Community. For years I have been laboring away inside their networks, building them, growing communities, and finding success. Now I am leaving, branching out into the wider world.

My first step is to survey the DC Tech scene. I’ve found that the Facebook group DC Tech is pretty much awesome and we are on the verge of having our own twitter hashtag #DCTech.

To go beyond that I had to hit the numbers to see who’s dominating:

Top Twitterati in DC (by followers)

1. Walt Mossberg (120k)
2. Alex Howard (49k)
3. Mark Drapeau (17k)
4. Angie Goff (14k)
5. Allyson Kapin (14k)

Top DC Tech Website ($)

1. Viget Labs (58k)
2. TechCocktail ($35k)
3. Nclud ($21k)
4. Jess3 (17k)
5. iStrategyLabs (13k)

*website worth from cubestat.com

Top DC Tech Website (by Alexa rank)

1. TechCocktail (16k)
2. Viget Labs (29k)
3. Jess3 (59k)
4. Geoff Livingston (77k)
5. iStrategyLabs (90k)

Top Women in DC Tech

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Twitter:

1. Angie Goff and Allyson Kapin (both have 14k)
2. Debbie Weil (9k)
3. Jill Johnson (8k)
4. Kate Michaels and Pamela Sorenson (both at 4k)

Websites:

1. Angie Goff (top website in Alexa rank)
2. City Girl Blogs (2nd best Alexa rank)
3. Pamela Sorenson (top website value in $$)
4. Debbie Weil (2nd best website value in $$)

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Full List (in alphabetical order)

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Alex Howard writing on Gov 2.0 at Oreilly Radar

• Twitter – @digiphile: 49,499
• #27 in DC on Twitter

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All Things D by Walt Mossberg

• Twitter – @WaltMossberg: 120,936
• #15 in DC on Twitter

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City Girl Blogs

• Alexa rank #236,448
• 104 subscribers in Google Reader at 5.1 posts/week
• Website worth $825
• Twitter @CityGirlBlogs: 2071

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CTO Vision by Bob Gourley

• Alexa rank #1,203,750
• 135 subscribers in Google Reader at 3.3 posts/week
• Website worth $1,340
• Twitter @BobGourley: 4,161
• Facebook likes: 488

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Debbie Weil

• Alexa Rank #299,243
• 1,731 subscribers in Google Reader at 0.5 posts/week
• Website worth: $9,719
• Twitter – @DebbieWeil: 9,561

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Eye Traffic by Andrew Bates

• Alexa Rank #789,305
• 8 subscribers in Google Reader at 1.6 posts/week
• Website worth: $2,777
• Twitter – @eyetraffic: 4,290

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Geoff Livingston

• Alexa Rank #368,252
• 96 subscribers in Google Reader at 4.9 posts/week
• Website worth: $5,950
• Twitter – @GeoffLiving: 10,778
• Facebook friends: 3,217

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InfoVegan by Clay Johnson

• Alexa Rank #1,073,678
• 705 subscribers in Google Reader at 0.2 posts/week
• Website worth $2,041
• Twitter – @cjoh: 4,136

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iStrategyLabs by Peter Corbett

• Alexa Rank of #248,215 – “visitors tend to consist of childless, highly educated, higher-income women between the ages of 25 and 45. We estimate that 57%”
• 52 subscribers in Google Reader at 0.5 posts/week
• Website worth: $13,400
• Twitter – @corbett3000: 6,910
• Facebook likes: 1,237

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Jess3 by Jesse Thomas and Leslie Bradshaw

• Alexa Rank of #131,274 – “audience tends to consist of highly educated, childless men earning over $60,000”
• 170 subscribers in Google Reader at 7.0 posts/week
• Website worth: $16,800
• Twitter – @jess3: 6,373
• Facebook likes: 897

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K Street Kate by Kate Michaels

• Alexa Rank: #1,7381,82
• Twitter – @kstreetkate: 3,567
• Facebook Friends: 3,778

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Live Your Talk by Jill Johnson

• Alexa rank #5,407,489
• 16 subscribers in Google Reader at 1.6 posts/week
• Twitter – @Jill Foster – 7,601

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Nclud by Marty Ringlein and Alex Giron

• Alexa Rank #121,361
• 84 subscribers in Google Reader at 1.2 posts/week
• Website worth: $20,643
• Twitter – @Nclud: 1,015
• Facebook likes: 96

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OhMyGoff.tv by Angie Goff

• Alexa Rank – #150,295
• 30 subscribers in Google Reader at 12.6 posts/week
• Website worth $2,551
• Twitter – @ohmygoff: 13,821
• Facebook likes: 7,577

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Pamela’s Punch by Pamela Sorenson

• Alexa rank: #1,323,486
• 129 subscribers in Google Reader at 18 posts/week
• Website worth: $12,378
• Twitter – @pamelaspunch: 3,789
• Facebook Friends: 4,463

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Pink Line Project by Philippa Hughes

• Alexa Rank #2,403,537
• 25 subscribers in Google Reader at 5.1 posts/week
• Website worth: $913
• Twitter: @Pinklineproject: 964
• Facebook Friends: 3,484
• Facebook Likes: 1,378

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Sector: Public by Mark Drapeau

• Alexa Rank #1,093,086
• 39 subscribers in Google Reader at 0.9 posts/week
• Website worth: $2,004
• Twitter: @cheeky_geeky: 17,340
• #45 in DC on Twitter
• Facebook Friends: 1,455

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Shashi.name by Shashi Bellamkonda

• Alexa rank #2,052,581
• 87 subscribers in Google Reader at 9.6 posts/week
• Twitter – @shashib: 12,222

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Shepherd’s Pi by Lewis Shepherd

• 231 subscribers in Google Reader at 0.5 posts/week
• Twitter – @LewisShepherd: 3,687

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TechCocktail by Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo

• Alexa Rank #61,955 – “Compared with the overall internet population, Techcocktail.com appeals more to users who are high-income”
• 137 subscribers in Google Reader at 15.4 posts/week
• Website worth: $35,600
• Twitter – @Techcocktail: 6,763
• Facebook likes: 4,176

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Viget Labs by Brian Williams and Andy Rankin

• Alexa Rank #28,793
• 409 subscribers in Google Reader at 0.2 posts/week
• Website worth: $58,004
• Twitter – @Viget: 1,591
• Facebook likes: 240

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WomenWhoTech by Allyson Kapin

• Alexa rank #885,325
• Website worth: $2,400
• Twitter – @WomenWhoTech: 13,570

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And for what it’s worth, a little evaluation of this site:

• Amy Senger and Steven Mandzik on 1×57
  • Alexa rank #10,290,276
  • 29 subscribers in Google reader at 1.2 posts/week
  • Facebook likes: 45