Leaderboard

The Gamification Gurus Power 100 ranked individual social influence from 2012 to 2019. It is no longer active.

Any questions on this list or gamification in general - please contact Toby Beresford

Rank			Guru score
1.	(2)	Monica Cornetti Gamifcation Consultant and Trainer CEO of Sententia Gamification Specializing in Train the Trainer GamiCon Gamemaster	73.1
2.	(4)	Yu-kai Chou Gamification Pioneer. Creator of the Octalysis Framework. Octalysis Group, HTC/VIVE. My work has empowered over 1 Billion User Experiences. Opinions my own.	69.1
3.	(1)	Andrzej Marczewski Gamification & Loyalty, designer & speaker, gamer and author of Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play	68.1
4.	(3)	Roman Rackwitz Gamification Pioneer CEO Engaginglab www.romanrackwitz.de	62.0
5.	(5)	Gabe Zichermann If you're not currently on the precipice of failure, you're not doing it right. Author and Speaker on Behavioral Design & Gamification.	59.8
6.	(15)	Mario Herger I help people make work more fun	59.0
7.	(7)	An Coppens Chief game changer at Gamification Nation based in London and serving European clients.	54.5
8.	(20)	Michael Wu Ph.D. Scientist: Big Data, Gamification, Influence, Predictive Social Analytic, Cyber Anthropology, Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Community Dynamics	46.0
9.	(36)	Flavio Escribano PhD. Head of [Gamification] Research Team at @gecon_es \|\| Founder of @arsgames. Quiz me, baby	43.9
10.	(8)	Juan J. F. Valera Mariscal Social Psychologist. Gamification Designer.Executive Trainer and Coach. Professor and Author:"Gamificación en la empresa","CommuniCARDS". Coordinator of Psychology and Technology Group in COPMadrid	43.6
11.	(18)	Gamifier Gamifier and speaker. Make our environment more FUN by gamification. Take fun seriously! Check https://t.co/y8VOWtDuDP for more info. #gamification	42.8
12.	(14)	Sergio Jiménez	42.6
13.	(19)	Javier Arquelladas padre de 3 maravillosos hijos, creciendo con OMEGA CRM cada día y aprendiendo de la vida a base de “experiencias” ;) #customerexperience #omegacrm #oneteam	40.7
14.	(new)	Kevin Shane Fun ideas, #purpose #socialimpact exploration, family & friends, community, #marketplacelending #fintech #realestate ⛷kitesurfing and maps. @sharestates	40.4
15.	(6)	Toby Beresford rise.global CEO	38.7
16.	(11)	David Mullich Video game designer, producer, instructor.	37.0
17.	(16)	Karl Kapp Helping people understand the convergence of learning, technology, games & Gamification through engagement, laughter and insight.	35.4
18.	(9)	Emiliano Labrador Doctor en #UX y #Gamificación. Autor de El uso del color en los videojuegos @HeroesdePapelES y #ElTesoroDeSanBorondón @AyudarJugando @everis #Research	35.3
19.	(30)	Kevin Werbach Wharton prof, tech policy maven, blockchain wrangler, game thinker, MOOC teacher, pescatarian cook, feminist. Author, Blockchain & the New Architecture of Trust	33.9
20.	(10)	Victor Manrique www.epicwinblog.net	33.5
21.	(21)	José Carlos Cortizo	31.5
22.	(17)	Marigo Raftopoulos Innovation \| Technology \| Artificial Intelligence \| Design Futures \| Post-Doctoral Researcher \| MSCA-IF fellow with @augment_Us \| https://t.co/kPb6LdHJ7P	31.2
23.	(12)	Isidro Rodrigo Serious Gamer + HRer + Lifelong Learner + Shiny Happy People Searcher + Other Undiscovered Things = That's me!	30.7
24.	(13)	Darryn VDB Crafting Purposeful Play - and making the learning count	28.9
25.	(60)	Kelly Kampen Entrepreneur, LifeHacker, Semi-Minimalist, Founder of @DojoThreads (https://t.co/SVXQH4J9fl)	28.7

26.	(62)	Tyler Altrup #Marketing, #SocialMedia, and #Gamification doer, music/concert nut, sneakerhead, STL by birth, SF by choice. Opinions are my own. He/him.	27.4
27.	(new)	Mathias Vermeulen Really cool stuff in L&D with #WinstonWolfe - #ProfessionalAmateur - Co-founder of @DutchDillonVOF - Organizer of #LearningTechDay - Fan of Seattle #Seahawks!	27.3
28.	(33)	Keith Ng office uncle, co-founding team @gametize. #gamification advocate who wants to turn world into a giant playground. loves cheap food, retro games, and old stuff.	27.1
29.	(new)	Nicole Lazzaro I make games and technology fun.	25.2
30.	(22)	Zac Fitz-Walter Old twitter username, find me at @zacfitzwalter for all my latest nerdy updates.	22.1
31.	(24)	Oscar García Pañella @JamSummit @Cookiebox_SL @ENTI_BCN @iebschool - Serious Games & Gamification Program Director, Researcher, Professor, Designer, Consultant	21.2
32.	(81)	Kris Duggan None but ourselves can free our minds. Read more at https://t.co/yNZRDTGvZU	21.0
33.	(35)	R Ray Wang @ConstellationR #CEO @DisrupTVShow 2X BestSelling Author @hcleadership @HarvardBiz Keynoter #Futurist Provocateur #EDM #DJ #Foodie #SVLife #TaiwaneseAm	20.9
34.	(new)	Manuel Pimenta A gamification designer with a background in development, a scout leader, a musician and an aspiring speaker/writer/blogger.	20.7
35.	(38)	Robert Californian. Lived & worked in Asia from 2010-2021. Tweeting about gaming, consumer internet, sports tech, and entrepreneurship \| Founder: @Playbasis @BoltHype	20.6
36.	(53)	André Cavero Family 1st, after that #Innovation #Transformation #Gamification & #MusicLover. #Digital #Marketing at @Yanbal	20.3
37.	(37)	Sebastian Deterding Empirical philosopher and deliberate designer of playful & gameful things. Professor @UniOfYork. Associate @whatsthehubbub. Co-editor of @gamefulworld.	20.2
38.	(34)	Katie Piatt Technology, Learning & Games \| eLearning at the University of Brighton \| Co-Chair Playful Learning Association \| LGBT+ Ally	19.8
39.	(41)	Janaki Mythily Kumar Design leader \| Innovation culture catalyst \| Speaker \| Author \| Artist	19.2
40.	(64)	Michael Fergusson Michael is a business poet. He composes his businesses in Vancouver BC.	19.1
41.	(80)	Barry Kirk Marketing consultant helping brands engage, retain and grow their valued customers \| Principal Consultant at Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute \| Tikiphile	18.6
42.	(44)	Scott Golas Founder of http://t.co/uT3BK53RDZ, advocacy management evangelist, angel investor, avid biker ...and owner of 2 Airstreams and 2 Grand Wagoneers	18.5
43.	(new)	Prageeth Sandakalum Consultant - Engineering & Business Development \| Gamification & Millennial Enterprise Solution Strategist \| International Speaker	18.3
44.	(93)	Michelle Katics BankersLab Bringing gamified learning to the banking industry.	17.5
45.	(83)	Víctor VictorMadueno Business & Digital Consultant at @emakina \| Helping Brands Bridge Their Digital Gaps \| Angel Investor @GetCarbonMobile	17.5
46.	(45)	Dennis Crowley I like to build things (@Foursquare	17.3
47.	(46)	Thomas Power Independent Director @9Spokes @bicraorg @pennypower @savortex DM @WhatsApp +447875695012 Email thomas@bip100.club #Bitcoin Join #BIP100Club	17.2
48.	(47)	Ian Bogost Writer & game designer. Professor of media studies, computing, business, architecture @GeorgiaTech. Contributing Writer @TheAtlantic. Editor @ObjectsObjects.	17.2
49.	(26)	Jane McGonigal The opposite of play isn't work. It's depression. Get my NYT bestsellers SUPERBETTER and REALITY IS BROKEN! (powered by the science of games) https://t.co/lfF5lsMrER	17.1
50.	(48)	JP Rangaswami Passionate about things I care about. My family. My church. My friends. Books and music. Information. Its free passage and enrichment	17.0

51.	(91)	Lucía Gutiérrez G. Marketiniana de corazón 2.0 - Fan de la vida, de viajar, de leer, de reír, de la comida china, de VillaVi, de aprender..	16.9
52.	(50)	Ken Krogue Founder of @InsideSales.com. Top blog on Inside Sales, #2 Globally in Social Selling. @Forbes contributor. Loves family, friends, hard work, and fun.	16.9
53.	(51)	Steven L. Johnson He/him. Views expressed are my own; RT ≠ endorsement Associate Professor, U. of Virginia	16.8
54.	(42)	Brian Burke Skier, Mountain Biker, Gamification & Enterprise Architecture expert at @Gartner_inc	16.7
55.	(52)	Steve Peters Immersive Experience Designer, King of Shenanigans. These tweets auto-delete after 30 days. #ephemera #nomakeup #blessed	16.6
56.	(67)	Jesse Lahey Host of Engaging Leader and Game Changer podcasts	16.5
57.	(23)	Eric Montoya Seller @LiveRamp #OmniChannel Identity Resolution Evangelist\|eCommerce\|SocialGood Husband\|Christian\|Foodie\|Gamer\|Clarifier of the Obfuscated Web \|#NHLHockeyFan	16.5
58.	(74)	Nathan Lands Previously built and sold Binded and Gamify. Created QuickCoin. Ex-pro gamer. Acted in Taiwan. Proud American.	16.4
59.	(117)	Jerryfilipiak	16.3
60.	(54)	Manuel__esc Ingeniero de Sueños y #CEO en @healthybluebits, Mi pasión es ayudar a cambiar el mundo con #ehealth: promoción de la #salud. #Xamarin #developer #punk #hacker	16.1
61=	(68)	Tommy Lee Die hard #ravens fan, Biz Dev for @kingcountyIT, sports nut, and backyard #bbq guy	15.8
61=	(146)	Dr. Justin Marquis Juggler of human brains, e-learning and video games! Game-based learning authority and curriculum design mastermind!	15.8
63.	(55)	Natalie Denmeade Interested in E-Learning (Moodle), Information Technology, Adobe, Theosophy, Theatre, Motherhood, Living life to the full.. I will inspire you!	15.7
64.	(63)	Seth Priebatsch Chief Revenue Officer @Grubhub	15.6
65.	(56)	Guy Stephens \| @guy1067 Social Customer Care Managing Consultant, IBM.	15.5
66.	(58)	Mariann Hardey A Sociologist. Asso Prof @DurhamUni: Inequality & interventions in tech. Book: Culture of Women in Tech (WiT), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. Still learning :-)	15.4
67.	(new)	Matt Davis I like building things.	15.4
68.	(59)	Scott Dodson #Growth #Product #Marketing I ♥ intrinsic motivation & sustained engagement I CMO @HeroGaming I Former CGO @Lingvist I Tweets & opinions are (clearly) my own :p	15.3
69.	(72)	Mike Martoccia Career Strategist w/ focus on Platforms. Fluent in IoT/Immersive/identity/blockchain. Technical evaluator and investor, momentum trader, Alt-* hater. #DYOR	15.1
70.	(39)	Catur PW Digital & Social Media Marketer @ Magni7 Digital \| Gamification Evangelist	15.0
71.	(71)	Caroline Japic CMO at Kenna Security, Technology Cheerleader, Cloud Expert, Cybersecurity Stylist, Wife, Mother of Three Turbo Soccer & Volleyball Girls, Christian.	15.0
72.	(65)	Trapper Markelz COO @BuiltOnBeamable. Startup leader. Poet. Musician. Cyclist. Sci-fi fan. Husband. Father of four. he/him	14.9
73.	(66)	Mario Götz Leiter Digital & Marketing bei @cubetech_ch - Bastler bei @rumblebox_cbg - Bündner - Media Engineer - Privater Kanal	14.7
74.	(32)	Thijs De Vries Experience designer, gamification expert, public speaker. Top 10 Gamification Guru, Speaker at TEDx.	14.6
75.	(155)	Nikita Kakuev Gen Y marketing professional who specializes in Behavioural Consumer Engagement and Customer/User Experience Design	14.6

76.	(113)	Javier Molina Romero Especialista en tecnología para la Gamification y un apasionado de la teoría de la diversión. Co-fundador de gamygame.com, la primera plataforma de habla hispana de gamificación. Javier tiene g...	14.4
77.	(43)	Bart Hufen Gamification \| Transformer \| Speaker \| Author of 'A Brand New Playground' \| Player 1 @ BrandNewGame \|	14.4
78.	(76)	Markus Rach #TikTok creator (460K) \| #bestselling #author \| #marketing lecturer \| #entrepreneur \| #digitalmarketing & #socialmedia for #B2B is my thing	14.2
79.	(61)	Jorge Simoes Research on e-learning, social networks, game-based learning and gamification.	14.2
80.	(82)	Elle Waters Find me on LinkedIn: https://t.co/1M0HbzjHH7	14.1
81.	(70)	Priscilla Haring Mediapsycholoog MSc	14.0
82.	(89)	Rodrigo Borgia Gamification, Spanish, Latin America, Customer, Consultant.	14.0
83.	(79)	Jussi Mori #UserAdoption #JediMaster Office Apps & Services MVP, Serial Entrepreneur, Hacker of health and growth, Gamer, SciFi and Fantasy Geek. Knight in the Web 3.0	13.8
84.	(69)	JesseSchell I am a game designer.	13.7
85.	(86)	Nicholas Lovell Author of The Curve, founder of GAMESbrief, consultant on new business models. Latest book: The F2P Toolbox	13.7
86.	(new)	Bo Armstrong #IOpsych grad student; #tech in #training & #selection	13.6
87.	(85)	Raf Keustermans CEO at @Sportlight_Ltd, a sports analytics startup. Advisor of StikiPixels. Former co-founder & CEO of Plumbee, acquired by Sony's GSN Games in 2016.	13.5
88.	(142)	José Luis Ramírez C. CEO de @Grupo_RC2008 Cofundador de @quelibroleo @btwinbooks y @quaterni Profesor en @estudiosCEF y @Udima #Marketing	13.5
89.	(94)	Nacho Harriague Geek, entrepreneur, musician(ish) & decent yachtsman.	13.3
90.	(149)	Semin Ozmorali Believer of #digital marketing & #ecommerce, into #UX & design trends, & coffee lover.	13.3
91.	(87)	Marcos Holgado Senior Android Engineer at @DuckDuckGo. Instructor at @caster_io. Remote. Public speaker. Kotlin lover. I also fly planes. Valencià. Paella not Pallela.	13.2
92.	(88)	ThomasBCN Independent mind working on mobile growth. https://t.co/1E2rrQMVq9	13.0
93.	(84)	Kes Sampanthar Managing Director at KPMG Innovation Labs. Tweets: Brains, Games, Science, Media, Innovation NOTE: Opinions expressed here are solely my own.	13.0
94.	(97)	WmAndrewGore	12.8
95.	(25)	Jose Angel Cano Founder at @specesvoladores and @wonnova. ex-@IVIclinics,@bmw. Digital entrepreneur&marketeer. Father of 2 lovely girls and husband. Biker, traveller.	12.8
96.	(new)	Laurence Buchanan Partner at #EY and CEO of EY Seren. Focused on customer-centric business and digital disruption. Blog, speak, consult around #digital and #custex	12.7
97.	(101)	Ryan Elkins Founder and CEO of IActionable - Performance Management through Gamification	12.6
98.	(77)	Judd Antin Director of Design & Research at Airbnb. HCI, social computing, social psychology. TR35 winner. BBQ. Beer. Repeat.	12.5
99.	(new)	Aliya Zaidi Geek, feminist, foodie. Brightonian/Londonista. Freelance research/content specialist. Passionate about words, digital, tech, and marketing.	12.4
100.	(110)	SocialMediaSoul My passion is to help others by finding simple solutions to complex problems.	12.3