Vancouver’s 20 Most-visible Individuals on the Web

The Vancouver Sun published NowPublic’s first-ever index identifying the web’s 20 most-visible individuals in Vancouver today. The MostPublic Index measures whose voices are most heard in the digital landscape as new channels – including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube – transform how media is created and spread.

“These are folks who are engaged. They are involved in the world around them,” said Leonard Brody, CEO of NowPublic, a Vancouver-based site where people can post and discuss news stories.

The Vancouver index is the latest effort by NowPublic to identify the MostPublic influencers in specific urban centres. Previously, NowPublic published similar lists in New York, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. NowPublic’s measurement formula gauges an individual’s online visibility, presence on user-generated content and social networking sites, audience interactivity and accessibility, and the presence on microblogging platforms such as Flickr or Twitter.

Topping the list in Darren Barefoot who introduced me to blogging back in 2004. Others notables on the list are Techvibes guest contributors Boris Mann, Rebecca Bollwit, and Ian Andrew Bell.

The Top 20 is as follows:

1. Darren Barefoot
2. Tim Bray
3. Boris Mann
4. Kris Krug
5. Roland Tanglao
6. Tom Williams
7. Megan Cole
8. Rebecca Bolwitt
9. Arianna Schweber
10. Tod Maffin
11. Dick Hardt
12. Tris Hussey
13. Alfred Hermida
14. Matthew Good
15. Ian Andrew Bell
16. Travis Smith
17. Danny Robinson
18. Paul Sullivan
19. David Beers
20. David Eby

So…. I’ve got to ask. Who did NowPublic miss on the list? Any surprise omissions or inclusions?