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 It is no longer active.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.	(1)	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.	97.0
2.	(3)	Andrzej Marczewski Gamification & Loyalty, designer & speaker, gamer and author of Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play	80.8
3.	(6)	Victor Manrique www.epicwinblog.net	78.0
4.	(9)	Roman Rackwitz Gamification Pioneer CEO Engaginglab www.romanrackwitz.de	74.9
5.	(2)	Mario Herger I help people make work more fun	74.9
6.	(7)	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.	73.0
7.	(10)	David Mullich Video game designer, producer, instructor.	72.7
8.	(5)	Sergio Jiménez	72.0
9.	(11)	Marigo Raftopoulos Innovation \| Technology \| Artificial Intelligence \| Design Futures \| Post-Doctoral Researcher \| MSCA-IF fellow with @augment_Us \| https://t.co/kPb6LdHJ7P	68.9
10.	(14)	José Carlos Cortizo	67.6
11.	(16)	Gamifier Gamifier and speaker. Make our environment more FUN by gamification. Take fun seriously! Check https://t.co/y8VOWtDuDP for more info. #gamification	67.2
12.	(8)	Oscar García Pañella @JamSummit @Cookiebox_SL @ENTI_BCN @iebschool - Serious Games & Gamification Program Director, Researcher, Professor, Designer, Consultant	62.9
13.	(155)	Monica Cornetti Gamifcation Consultant and Trainer CEO of Sententia Gamification Specializing in Train the Trainer GamiCon Gamemaster	62.3
14.	(70)	Achint Nigam Ph.D IIM Lucknow, Marketing Prof. - BITS Pilani, Biker, Cyclist, Marathon Runner, & Powerlifting.. !!	61.0
15.	(15)	Kelly Kampen Entrepreneur, LifeHacker, Semi-Minimalist, Founder of @DojoThreads (https://t.co/SVXQH4J9fl)	58.1
16.	(17)	Tyler Altrup #Marketing, #SocialMedia, and #Gamification doer, music/concert nut, sneakerhead, STL by birth, SF by choice. Opinions are my own. He/him.	58.0
17.	(13)	Flavio Escribano PhD. Head of [Gamification] Research Team at @gecon_es \|\| Founder of @arsgames. Quiz me, baby	56.2
18.	(18)	IvanKuo_ Digital Strategist at @BoozAllen \| Gamfication, UX, Design Thinking \| Sneakers, Tech, Fashion, & good vibezs	53.9
19.	(22)	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	53.6
20.	(38)	Isidro Rodrigo Serious Gamer + HRer + Lifelong Learner + Shiny Happy People Searcher + Other Undiscovered Things = That's me!	53.4
21.	(155)	An Coppens Chief game changer at Gamification Nation based in London and serving European clients.	49.3
22.	(49)	Jesse Lahey Host of Engaging Leader and Game Changer podcasts	45.8
23.	(26)	Kabir Ahmad Gamification geek	45.4
24.	(12)	Kevin Werbach Wharton prof, tech policy maven, blockchain wrangler, game thinker, MOOC teacher, pescatarian cook, feminist. Author, Blockchain & the New Architecture of Trust	45.2
25.	(23)	Ian Bogost Writer & game designer. Professor of media studies, computing, business, architecture @GeorgiaTech. Contributing Writer @TheAtlantic. Editor @ObjectsObjects.	43.6

26.	(4)	Toby Beresford rise.global CEO	41.4
27.	(19)	R Ray Wang @ConstellationR #CEO @DisrupTVShow 2X BestSelling Author @hcleadership @HarvardBiz Keynoter #Futurist Provocateur #EDM #DJ #Foodie #SVLife #TaiwaneseAm	41.4
28.	(29)	Markus Rach #TikTok creator (460K) \| #bestselling #author \| #marketing lecturer \| #entrepreneur \| #digitalmarketing & #socialmedia for #B2B is my thing	41.2
29.	(27)	Sebastian Deterding Empirical philosopher and deliberate designer of playful & gameful things. Professor @UniOfYork. Associate @whatsthehubbub. Co-editor of @gamefulworld.	40.9
30.	(20)	Daniel Meusburger Gamification and Tech Groupie	39.1
31.	(100)	Antonio Segovia Gamifier & Designer at Bitoon Games	38.4
32.	(21)	JesseSchell I am a game designer.	38.3
33.	(24)	Thomas Power Independent Director @9Spokes @bicraorg @pennypower @savortex DM @WhatsApp +447875695012 Email thomas@bip100.club #Bitcoin Join #BIP100Club	37.6
34.	(28)	Mike Martoccia Career Strategist w/ focus on Platforms. Fluent in IoT/Immersive/identity/blockchain. Technical evaluator and investor, momentum trader, Alt-* hater. #DYOR	37.3
35.	(69)	Scott Sinclair I enjoy entrepreneurship, technology, digital, gamification and psychology. Views are my own.	36.9
36.	(25)	GeCon	36.8
37.	(41)	Dennis Crowley I like to build things (@Foursquare	36.5
38.	(37)	JP Rangaswami Passionate about things I care about. My family. My church. My friends. Books and music. Information. Its free passage and enrichment	36.4
39.	(46)	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	35.6
40.	(43)	Steven L. Johnson He/him. Views expressed are my own; RT ≠ endorsement Associate Professor, U. of Virginia	35.1
41.	(39)	Robert Californian. Lived & worked in Asia from 2010-2021. Tweeting about gaming, consumer internet, sports tech, and entrepreneurship \| Founder: @Playbasis @BoltHype	35.0
42.	(62)	Madhusudan Rao Immersive visualisation using VR & AR, is my next focus area. Keep following me to know more! Opinions are my own.	34.6
43.	(30)	Karl Kapp Helping people understand the convergence of learning, technology, games & Gamification through engagement, laughter and insight.	34.4
44.	(54)	Trapper Markelz COO @BuiltOnBeamable. Startup leader. Poet. Musician. Cyclist. Sci-fi fan. Husband. Father of four. he/him	34.2
45.	(51)	Bob Marsh Could be a decent golfer but rather hang with the fam & grow a company.	33.8
46.	(84)	Yaniv Corem Founder & CEO, Playful Meme :: Gamification Design & Consultancy	33.7
47.	(47)	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	33.7
48.	(31)	Guy Stephens \| @guy1067 Social Customer Care Managing Consultant, IBM.	33.6
49.	(65)	Thijs De Vries Experience designer, gamification expert, public speaker. Top 10 Gamification Guru, Speaker at TEDx.	33.1
50.	(58)	Jon Radoff Adventurer & entrepreneur. I fight for the game-maker. CEO https://t.co/rMJUnF2Fb3 #metaverse #games #gamedev #nft #f2p	33.1

51.	(99)	Amit Shah #Technology & Business executive helping global companies succeed. #cloud #transformation #formula1 #nba views are my own	33.0
52.	(52)	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 :-)	32.6
53.	(44)	Janaki Mythily Kumar Design leader \| Innovation culture catalyst \| Speaker \| Author \| Artist	32.5
54.	(34)	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	32.2
55.	(40)	Víctor VictorMadueno Business & Digital Consultant at @emakina \| Helping Brands Bridge Their Digital Gaps \| Angel Investor @GetCarbonMobile	31.9
56.	(80)	ThomasBCN Independent mind working on mobile growth. https://t.co/1E2rrQMVq9	31.7
57.	(155)	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	31.5
58.	(61)	Michael Fergusson Michael is a business poet. He composes his businesses in Vancouver BC.	31.0
59.	(48)	Bart Hufen Gamification \| Transformer \| Speaker \| Author of 'A Brand New Playground' \| Player 1 @ BrandNewGame \|	30.8
60.	(53)	Tom Chatfield Tech philosopher, novelist, dad. Non-fiction, thrillers, critical thinking. Lists. Latest book: #HowToThink https://t.co/HU6JklHyXQ	30.8
61.	(50)	Keith Smith	30.4
62.	(42)	Zac Fitz-Walter Old twitter username, find me at @zacfitzwalter for all my latest nerdy updates.	30.3
63.	(55)	André Cavero Family 1st, after that #Innovation #Transformation #Gamification & #MusicLover. #Digital #Marketing at @Yanbal	29.9
64.	(104)	Rutgerteunissen I'm Rutger, the founder of @24sessions. The #saas solution for online advice. Tweets about #startups #business #marketing and #cycling	29.7
65.	(60)	Mario Götz Leiter Digital & Marketing bei @cubetech_ch - Bastler bei @rumblebox_cbg - Bündner - Media Engineer - Privater Kanal	29.5
66.	(79)	Michael Wu Ph.D. Scientist: Big Data, Gamification, Influence, Predictive Social Analytic, Cyber Anthropology, Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Community Dynamics	29.5
67.	(59)	Barry Kirk Marketing consultant helping brands engage, retain and grow their valued customers \| Principal Consultant at Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute \| Tikiphile	29.2
68.	(64)	Kris Duggan None but ourselves can free our minds. Read more at https://t.co/yNZRDTGvZU	29.2
69.	(66)	Steve Peters Immersive Experience Designer, King of Shenanigans. These tweets auto-delete after 30 days. #ephemera #nomakeup #blessed	29.1
70.	(45)	Katie Piatt Technology, Learning & Games \| eLearning at the University of Brighton \| Co-Chair Playful Learning Association \| LGBT+ Ally	29.1
71.	(81)	Helen Routledge Serious Games Designer, Author, Blogger and Psychologist, Gamification	28.7
72.	(56)	Willempje Love movements. Love to make you move. #community #social #sports \| inspired by tech ----- mail@willempje.com	28.4
73.	(63)	Mdohlen Startup guy & Innovation Consultant \| product brands & ecommerce \| innovation, service design, corporate innovation, business model generation	28.4
74.	(68)	Nicholas Lovell Author of The Curve, founder of GAMESbrief, consultant on new business models. Latest book: The F2P Toolbox	28.2
75.	(97)	Mike Finney Can do! I am living a Yes Attitude while sharing a smile with the people I meet. Just like the Agile Manifesto says: People First. I am Mike Finney; I apply Gamification to add color where the worl...	28.1

76.	(73)	Fredrik Torstensson Beer and freedom	28.1
77.	(72)	Luca Massaro Founder and CEO of @WePlayCo Multi-Award-Winning, Performance Marketing Agency for the Sports Sector.	27.9
78.	(75)	Nacho Harriague Geek, entrepreneur, musician(ish) & decent yachtsman.	27.7
79.	(67)	Tommy Lee Die hard #ravens fan, Biz Dev for @kingcountyIT, sports nut, and backyard #bbq guy	27.2
80.	(155)	Alejandrodomsau Dtor. Comunicación en @OmniumLab y @NeurobiaR Corresponsal en @EFEnoticias Periodismo, game design, guionaje, serious games, gamification y flamenco	26.9
81.	(103)	Dr. Justin Marquis Juggler of human brains, e-learning and video games! Game-based learning authority and curriculum design mastermind!	26.8
82.	(155)	Gamification_Br Doutorando em Linguística Aplicada - Universidade Católica de Pelotas. Gamification Researcher	26.6
83.	(74)	Kes Sampanthar Managing Director at KPMG Innovation Labs. Tweets: Brains, Games, Science, Media, Innovation NOTE: Opinions expressed here are solely my own.	26.6
84.	(85)	Michelle Katics BankersLab Bringing gamified learning to the banking industry.	26.4
85.	(82)	Semin Ozmorali Believer of #digital marketing & #ecommerce, into #UX & design trends, & coffee lover.	26.4
86.	(78)	Scott Golas Founder of http://t.co/uT3BK53RDZ, advocacy management evangelist, angel investor, avid biker ...and owner of 2 Airstreams and 2 Grand Wagoneers	26.1
87.	(36)	Carter Lusher Carter Lusher: @Zuora Analyst Relations (AR) #subscribed. Independent observer of IT industry, IT disruption & innovation. Also "analyst of the analysts"	25.9
88.	(92)	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.	25.9
89.	(96)	Bruno Forgiarini Doutorando em Linguística Aplicada - Universidade Católica de Pelotas. Gamification Researcher - Brazil.	25.5
90.	(71)	Nicolas Babin A rare combination of technology, marketing and management. Co founder of GamFed	25.0
91.	(35)	Eric Montoya Seller @LiveRamp #OmniChannel Identity Resolution Evangelist\|eCommerce\|SocialGood Husband\|Christian\|Foodie\|Gamer\|Clarifier of the Obfuscated Web \|#NHLHockeyFan	24.8
92.	(88)	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..	24.7
93.	(90)	Jorge Simoes Research on e-learning, social networks, game-based learning and gamification.	24.7
94.	(117)	Brian Burke Skier, Mountain Biker, Gamification & Enterprise Architecture expert at @Gartner_inc	24.5
95.	(89)	Caroline Japic CMO at Kenna Security, Technology Cheerleader, Cloud Expert, Cybersecurity Stylist, Wife, Mother of Three Turbo Soccer & Volleyball Girls, Christian.	24.3
96.	(124)	Priscilla Haring Mediapsycholoog MSc	24.1
97.	(86)	Nitesh Ambuj Digital Transformation Evengalist \| Product Strategist \| Entrepreneur \| Social Activist \| Political Observer \| Author \| Conversationalist - Speaker	23.9
98.	(87)	Elle Waters Find me on LinkedIn: https://t.co/1M0HbzjHH7	23.6
99.	(76)	Adam Holtby Principal analyst with Omdia focusing on all things future of work and mobility. Thoughts and opinions are my own.	23.2
100.	(94)	Jeff Malek CEO at Code Fellows, and musician.	23.2