A journalist, an astronaut and a politician on the French podium. The first woman in the ranking is at 8e square.
Since 2017, the Tyto Tech 500 has identified the most influential personalities in the tech sector each year. The ranking now includes popular figures in three countries: France, Germany and the United Kingdom (naturally, they are not the same). The 2022 edition of this ranking of tech stars includes several familiar faces, of course.
Only one woman in the French top 10
Before looking at the lucky ones, let us specify that the scheduling is carried out according to so-called objective data, namely the influence on social networks. The authors state that this classification is based on data » and that he does not « not based on single measurements or subjective opinions “.
That being said, the 2022 winner of the tech influencer is… François Sorel. This BFM Business journalist presents every evening What I’m Mailing About, a program broadcast from 8 to 10 p.m. The individual is also not stingy with tweets with a well-stocked account of publications, despite a rather low number of subscribers (37K). But inevitably, being present on TV sets, he immediately enjoys a good audience.
His dolphin is not a journalist, but the most famous French astronaut. We won’t tell you anything, if our national space star had his head in the star heads, he also very often has his eyes glued to his smartphone to tweet. He regularly posted about his very spatial romance during his mission in the ISS and continued to water his 1.4 million followers of regular tweets throughout the year 2022 (which he nevertheless spent on the floor of the cows). Moreover, you will have noticed, in terms of popularity on Twitter, Thomas Pesquet crushes François Sorel.
Thierry Breton, European Commissioner, completes the podium. He recently distinguished himself by trying to reframe Elon Musk on Twitter.
Let us quote the occupants of the fourth, fifth and sixth places, whose profiles are quite heterogeneous. The fourth Tyto Tech 500 2022 influencer is Cédric O, former Secretary of State for Digital Transition and Electronic Communications, now an advisor to the European Space Agency. Then come Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, and Xavier Niel, main shareholder of Iliad.
The first woman is in eighth place. This is Laura Tenoudji, journalist who intervenes in the program Telematin on France 2. Similar observation across the Channel, but very different across the Rhine, with three women in the top 10, and in particular Özlem Türeci at the foot of the podium.
The big trends of 2022
Tyto analysts identify several trends in 2022. The first is the sharp increase in the topic of cybersecurity, which they call ” hottest tech topic “. The increase in acts of cybercrime and cyberwarfare has resulted in a 52% increase in the presence of cybersecurity domain experts within their Tech 500 rankings.
Moreover, while business leaders and journalists remain the most represented tech influencer profiles, both in France and in the United Kingdom and Germany, academics are gaining ground – especially in these last two countries. Their representation in the ranking has increased by 25% in Europe since last year and by 118% since 2020.
Source : Tyto
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