100 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts in Disaster Relief & Development
The Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) has released a list of leading Twitter accounts in disaster response and development. Inspired by the 9th annual Global Disaster Relief & Development Summit, AIDF’s 100 Must-Follow Twitter List includes influencers, NGOs, UN agencies, foundations, charities and media with highest levels of engagement, number of followers and relevance of tweets to the issues of humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
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Amongst the seven UN agencies that made it to the list, the three highest ranked are @WFP (United Nations World Food Programme), @UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) and @Refugees (United Nations Refugee Agency).
Fifteen individuals are featured in the list of AIDF 100 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts including Helen Clark (@HelenClarkNZ), Margareta Wahlström (@WahlstromM) and Jo Scheuer (@ScheuerJo). The Voice of America (@VOANews), Guardian’s @GdnDevelopment and @Devex are amongst the leading media and news sites featured, which tweet more than once a day.
The impact of technology on disaster relief and development efforts is evidenced by a number of NGOs advocating use of information and communication technology (ICT) for aid and development. Amongst those who made it to the list are The Economist's @TechChange, Mobile4Dev @GSMAm4d and Development Gateway (@DGateway).
The first list of Top 100 Twitter Accounts in Humanitarian Aid and Development was published in 2015, to view it click here
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See who made to the Top 100 Twitter Accounts in Disaster Relief & Development (list is organised by number of followers)
| # | Name | Account Handle | Tweets | Followers | Joined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNICEF | @UNICEF | 32,900 | 6,160,000 | 2009 | |
| 2 | American Red Cross | @RedCross | 5,203 | 4,700,000 | 2007 | |
| 3 | Save the Children US | @SavetheChildren | 24,100 | 2,820,000 | 2008 | |
| 4 | World Bank | @WorldBank | 32,100 | 2,420,000 | 2009 | |
| 5 | UN Refugee Agency | @Refugees | 42,600 | 2,160,000 | 2008 | |
| 6 | ICRC | @ICRC | 10,400 | 1,960,000 | 2009 | |
| 7 | CDC Emergency | @CDCEmergency | 5,960 | 1,860,000 | 2009 | |
| 8 | World Food Programme | @WFP | 26,000 | 1,460,000 | 2009 | |
| 9 | The Voice of America | @VOANews | 82,200 | 1,310,000 | 2008 | |
| 10 | World Vision | @WorldVision | 5,264 | 1,190,000 | 2008 | |
| 11 | UNDP | @UNDP | 49,900 | 1,130,000 | 2009 | |
| 12 | Doctors Without Borders | @MSF_USA | 20,800 | 955,000 | 2008 | |
| 13 | Samaritan's Purse | @SamaritansPurse | 15,700 | 877,000 | 2009 | |
| 14 | NonprofitOrgs | @NonprofitOrgs | 19,600 | 849,000 | 2008 | |
| 15 | Oxfam International | @Oxfam | 35,500 | 828,000 | 2011 | |
| 16 | Uday Foundation | @udayfoundation | 2,961 | 655,000 | 2009 | |
| 17 | FEMA | @fema | 12,300 | 628,000 | 2008 | |
| 18 | UN Spokesperson | @UN_Spokesperson | 15,100 | 440,000 | 2010 | |
| 19 | UN News Centre | @UN_News_Centre | 20,400 | 274,000 | 2010 | |
| 20 | DFID | @DFID_UK | 18,000 | 261,000 | 2009 | |
| 21 | UNOCHA | @UNOCHA | 18,400 | 236,000 | 2009 | |
| 22 | Global Development | @GdnDevelopment | 25,400 | 218,000 | 2010 | |
| 23 | Helen Clark | @HelenClarkNZ | 40,800 | 153,000 | 2010 | |
| 24 | AfDB_Group | @AfDB_Group | 8,879 | 143,000 | 2009 | |
| 25 | Readygov | @Readygov | 5,153 | 135,000 | 2008 | |
| 26 | Rockefeller Foundation | @RockefellerFdn | 17,300 | 135,000 | 2010 | |
| 27 | Antonio Guterres | @antonioguterres | 85 | 114,000 | 2016 | |
| 28 | Disaster Operations | @NDOCKenya | 3,122 | 96,500 | 2001 | |
| 29 | The Overseas Development Institute | @ODIdev | 13,800 | 94,400 | 2009 | |
| 30 | ReliefWeb | @reliefweb | 17,400 | 91,500 | 2009 | |
| 31 | Christian Aid | @christian_aid | 27,800 | 83,700 | 2009 | |
| 32 | WaterAID UK | @WaterAidUK | 22,600 | 70,800 | 2008 | |
| 33 | IRIN News | @irinnews | 36,800 | 70,400 | 2008 | |
| 34 | ASEAN | @ASEAN | 6,186 | 70,300 | 2010 | |
| 35 | Devex | @devex | 37,000 | 68,900 | 2010 | |
| 36 | Catholic Relief | @CatholicRelief | 13,900 | 67,200 | 2008 | |
| 37 | 100 Resilient Cities | @100ResCities | 3,466 | 66,300 | 2014 | |
| 38 | Music for Relief | @MusicForRelief | 6,324 | 64,200 | 2008 | |
| 39 | OECD Development Center | @OECD_Centre | 10,600 | 62,300 | 2008 | |
| 40 | BBC Media Action | @bbcmediaaction | 5,498 | 61,400 | 2009 | |
| 41 | Ludo Bok | @ludobok | 5,432 | 57,700 | 2011 | |
| 42 | EU Humanitarian Aid | @eu_echo | 26,800 | 50,600 | 2012 | |
| 43 | Development Pros | @GuardianGDP | 43,500 | 49,600 | 2012 | |
| 44 | UNISDR | @unisdr | 9,498 | 49,100 | 2009 | |
| 45 | NDMA India | @ndmaindia | 8,797 | 42,600 | 2014 | |
| 46 | Action Aid UK | @ActionAidUK | 23,400 | 42,100 | 2008 | |
| 47 | WaterAid America | @WaterAidAmerica | 7,521 | 31,500 | 2009 | |
| 48 | Aid News | @AidNews | 307,000 | 31,400 | 2009 | |
| 49 | Agenda4Humanity | @agenda4humanity | 10,200 | 30,300 | 2014 | |
| 50 | Thomas Reuters Foundation | @TR_Foundation | 37,800 | 29,500 | 2011 | |
| 51 | DEC | @decappeal | 13,000 | 27,200 | 2009 | |
| 52 | NDRF | @NDRFHQ | 2,142 | 24,800 | 2014 | |
| 53 | Humanitarian Academy | @AcademyHum | 1,385 | 23,100 | 2015 | |
| 54 | Shelter Box | @ShelterBox | 5,332 | 19,700 | 2009 | |
| 55 | Development Gatewat | @DGateway | 12,900 | 19,600 | 2009 | |
| 56 | Kuldip Nar | @kuldipnar | 3,675 | 18,400 | 2008 | |
| 57 | IAEM | @iaem | 5,979 | 17,200 | 2008 | |
| 58 | TechChange | @TechChange | 27,200 | 16,200 | 2010 | |
| 59 | Deliver2030 | @deliver203 | 6,106 | 16,100 | 2012 | |
| 60 | Action Against Hunger | @ACF_UK | 16,700 | 13,700 | 2009 | |
| 61 | GSMA Mobile4Dev | @GSMAm4d | 7,600 | 12,800 | 2012 | |
| 62 | GE Foundation | @GE_Foundation | 5,457 | 10,900 | 2014 | |
| 63 | Irish Aid | @Irish_Aid | 5,596 | 10,900 | 2009 | |
| 64 | Episocpal Relief | @EpiscopalRelief | 7,795 | 10,500 | 2008 | |
| 65 | NDPTC | @DisasterCTR | 4,009 | 9,759 | 2010 | |
| 66 | Humanity Road | @HumanityRoad | 50,200 | 9,469 | 2010 | |
| 67 | Christain Aid Global | @CA_global | 14,800 | 8,253 | 2010 | |
| 68 | Caroline Kende-Robb | @CarolineKende | 6,927 | 8,212 | 2011 | |
| 69 | Avril Benoit | @avrilbenoit | 4,712 | 7,872 | 2009 | |
| 70 | International Medical Corps UK | @IMC_UK | 8,424 | 7,713 | 2012 | |
| 71 | MapAction | @mapaction | 3,318 | 7,665 | 2009 | |
| 72 | IATI | @IATI_aid | 3,864 | 6,055 | 2011 | |
| 73 | NetHope | @NetHope_org | 4,726 | 5,604 | 2008 | |
| 74 | Nardos Bekele-Thomas | @unnardos | 1,176 | 5,212 | 2013 | |
| 75 | Sustainability Agenda | @sustain_agenda | 4,858 | 5,157 | 2016 | |
| 76 | Global Impact | @charitydotorg | 13,100 | 4,719 | 2010 | |
| 77 | UK Resilience | @UKResilience | 1,025 | 4,707 | 2012 | |
| 78 | Sara Pantuliano | @SaraPantuliano | 3,374 | 4,535 | 2010 | |
| 79 | Operation USA | @OperationUSA | 6,250 | 4,379 | 2008 | |
| 80 | Plan International Asia | @PlanAsia | 14,300 | 4,260 | 2009 | |
| 81 | TTC Mobile | @TTC_Mobile | 5,240 | 4,252 | 2009 | |
| 82 | Aid Worker Daily | @aidworkerdaily | 3,000 | 4,116 | 2008 | |
| 83 | CHS Alliance | @CHS_Alliance | 2,176 | 4,068 | 2008 | |
| 84 | Disaster Tech Lab | @DisasterTechLab | 5,730 | 3,758 | 2012 | |
| 85 | Margareta Wahlstrom | @WahlstromM | 367 | 3,726 | 2011 | |
| 86 | Jo Scheuer | @ScheuerJo | 8,510 | 3,688 | 2013 | |
| 87 | Evidence Aid | @EvidenceAid | 12,400 | 2,868 | 2004 | |
| 88 | Tom Jackson | @tomjacksonca | 684 | 2,717 | 2011 | |
| 89 | WFP Disaster Alerts | @WFP_ADAM | 170 | 2,697 | 2014 | |
| 90 | Robert Glasser | @RobertGlasserUN | 938 | 2,518 | 2016 | |
| 91 | Irwin Redlener, MD | @IrwinRedlenerMD | 2,601 | 2,300 | 2010 | |
| 92 | ICNA Relief USA | @ICNARelief | 2,598 | 2,192 | 2009 | |
| 93 | High Tech Humanitarian | @HumanTechRev | 4,280 | 1,553 | 2015 | |
| 94 | Scott Jackson | @jacksonscott3 | 1,141 | 1,163 | 2011 | |
| 95 | ETCluster | @Itresponse | 2,725 | 1,152 | 2010 | |
| 96 | Manu Gupta | @manugupta2412 | 2,223 | 1,057 | 2009 | |
| 97 | Tyler Radford | @TylerSRadford | 985 | 1,045 | 2014 | |
| 98 | Butyl Products Limited | @AID_Butyl_Tweet | 449 | 498 | 2011 | |
| 99 | TSF International | @TSF_Intl | 313 | 326 | 2015 | |
| 100 | Disaster Medics | @DisasterMedics | 225 | 240 | 2014 |
