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 It is no longer active.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)	Andrzej Marczewski Gamification & Loyalty, designer & speaker, gamer and author of Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play	82.6
2.	(6)	Toby Beresford rise.global CEO	79.3
3.	(9)	Mario Herger I help people make work more fun	78.0
4.	(2)	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.	74.6
5.	(4)	Roman Rackwitz Gamification Pioneer CEO Engaginglab www.romanrackwitz.de	73.2
6.	(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.	72.6
7.	(14)	Kevin Werbach Wharton prof, tech policy maven, blockchain wrangler, game thinker, MOOC teacher, pescatarian cook, feminist. Author, Blockchain & the New Architecture of Trust	71.1
8.	(21)	Ian Bogost Writer & game designer. Professor of media studies, computing, business, architecture @GeorgiaTech. Contributing Writer @TheAtlantic. Editor @ObjectsObjects.	68.7
9.	(7)	Marigo Raftopoulos Innovation \| Technology \| Artificial Intelligence \| Design Futures \| Post-Doctoral Researcher \| MSCA-IF fellow with @augment_Us \| https://t.co/kPb6LdHJ7P	68.0
10.	(3)	Sergio Jiménez	67.2
11.	(12)	Thijs De Vries Experience designer, gamification expert, public speaker. Top 10 Gamification Guru, Speaker at TEDx.	65.8
12.	(13)	Barry Kirk Marketing consultant helping brands engage, retain and grow their valued customers \| Principal Consultant at Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute \| Tikiphile	65.0
13.	(20)	Sebastian Deterding Empirical philosopher and deliberate designer of playful & gameful things. Professor @UniOfYork. Associate @whatsthehubbub. Co-editor of @gamefulworld.	64.4
14.	(23)	Mike Martoccia Career Strategist w/ focus on Platforms. Fluent in IoT/Immersive/identity/blockchain. Technical evaluator and investor, momentum trader, Alt-* hater. #DYOR	63.8
15.	(17)	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	63.3
16.	(27)	JesseSchell I am a game designer.	63.1
17.	(19)	R Ray Wang @ConstellationR #CEO @DisrupTVShow 2X BestSelling Author @hcleadership @HarvardBiz Keynoter #Futurist Provocateur #EDM #DJ #Foodie #SVLife #TaiwaneseAm	63.0
18.	(29)	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	62.9
19.	(22)	Amy Jo Kim Game Designer	62.3
20.	(8)	Victor Manrique www.epicwinblog.net	62.1
21.	(11)	Michael Wu Ph.D. Scientist: Big Data, Gamification, Influence, Predictive Social Analytic, Cyber Anthropology, Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Community Dynamics	61.0
22.	(31)	Anthony Williams	60.8
23.	(26)	Keith Smith	60.6
24.	(10)	José Carlos Cortizo	59.7
25.	(40)	Kelly Kampen Entrepreneur, LifeHacker, Semi-Minimalist, Founder of @DojoThreads (https://t.co/SVXQH4J9fl)	58.3

26.	(34)	Jon Radoff Adventurer & entrepreneur. I fight for the game-maker. CEO https://t.co/rMJUnF2Fb3 #metaverse #games #gamedev #nft #f2p	57.6
27.	(37)	Kes Sampanthar Managing Director at KPMG Innovation Labs. Tweets: Brains, Games, Science, Media, Innovation NOTE: Opinions expressed here are solely my own.	57.6
28.	(32)	Kris Duggan None but ourselves can free our minds. Read more at https://t.co/yNZRDTGvZU	57.6
29.	(39)	Kam Star I love creating products users love	57.4
30.	(16)	Tyler Altrup #Marketing, #SocialMedia, and #Gamification doer, music/concert nut, sneakerhead, STL by birth, SF by choice. Opinions are my own. He/him.	57.1
31.	(30)	Semin Ozmorali Believer of #digital marketing & #ecommerce, into #UX & design trends, & coffee lover.	57.1
32.	(42)	Steven L. Johnson He/him. Views expressed are my own; RT ≠ endorsement Associate Professor, U. of Virginia	56.9
33.	(46)	Endafk Manager of Kerfoots Caravan Park and Henllys Farm Touring Park in beautiful North Wales	56.8
34.	(44)	Nathan Lands Previously built and sold Binded and Gamify. Created QuickCoin. Ex-pro gamer. Acted in Taiwan. Proud American.	56.6
35.	(43)	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.	56.4
36.	(53)	Tom Chatfield Tech philosopher, novelist, dad. Non-fiction, thrillers, critical thinking. Lists. Latest book: #HowToThink https://t.co/HU6JklHyXQ	56.4
37.	(15)	Gamifier Gamifier and speaker. Make our environment more FUN by gamification. Take fun seriously! Check https://t.co/y8VOWtDuDP for more info. #gamification	56.1
38.	(47)	Guy Stephens \| @guy1067 Social Customer Care Managing Consultant, IBM.	55.9
39.	(24)	Brian Burke Skier, Mountain Biker, Gamification & Enterprise Architecture expert at @Gartner_inc	55.2
40.	(35)	Robert Californian. Lived & worked in Asia from 2010-2021. Tweeting about gaming, consumer internet, sports tech, and entrepreneurship \| Founder: @Playbasis @BoltHype	55.0
41.	(58)	Nicholas Lovell Author of The Curve, founder of GAMESbrief, consultant on new business models. Latest book: The F2P Toolbox	54.8
42.	(28)	David Mullich Video game designer, producer, instructor.	54.1
43.	(48)	Jorge Simoes Research on e-learning, social networks, game-based learning and gamification.	54.1
44.	(54)	Dennis Crowley I like to build things (@Foursquare	52.8
45.	(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.	52.5
46.	(36)	Scott Sinclair I enjoy entrepreneurship, technology, digital, gamification and psychology. Views are my own.	51.5
47.	(25)	Monica Cornetti Gamifcation Consultant and Trainer CEO of Sententia Gamification Specializing in Train the Trainer GamiCon Gamemaster	51.4
48.	(49)	Achint Nigam Ph.D IIM Lucknow, Marketing Prof. - BITS Pilani, Biker, Cyclist, Marathon Runner, & Powerlifting.. !!	51.0
49.	(62)	Seth Priebatsch Chief Revenue Officer @Grubhub	50.5
50.	(65)	Tommy Lee Die hard #ravens fan, Biz Dev for @kingcountyIT, sports nut, and backyard #bbq guy	50.5

51.	(50)	JP Rangaswami Passionate about things I care about. My family. My church. My friends. Books and music. Information. Its free passage and enrichment	50.2
52.	(18)	Isidro Rodrigo Serious Gamer + HRer + Lifelong Learner + Shiny Happy People Searcher + Other Undiscovered Things = That's me!	49.9
53.	(52)	Hanan Gazit Founder @julootGG Gaming+ Gameful UX Design & Metaverse Expert, Startups & Enterprise Advisor, Mentor, Keynote Speaker. \| Tweets are my own.	49.8
54.	(61)	Jeff Malek CEO at Code Fellows, and musician.	49.6
55.	(45)	Scott Golas Founder of http://t.co/uT3BK53RDZ, advocacy management evangelist, angel investor, avid biker ...and owner of 2 Airstreams and 2 Grand Wagoneers	49.5
56.	(38)	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	48.5
57.	(56)	Carter Lusher Carter Lusher: @Zuora Analyst Relations (AR) #subscribed. Independent observer of IT industry, IT disruption & innovation. Also "analyst of the analysts"	48.0
58.	(66)	Bart Hufen Gamification \| Transformer \| Speaker \| Author of 'A Brand New Playground' \| Player 1 @ BrandNewGame \|	47.5
59.	(72)	Paulina Bozek Founder: INENSU, once upon a time SingStar. Making Apps. Platforms. Social Stuff. Justin Bieber followed me on 21_04_10.	47.1
60.	(82)	Trapper Markelz COO @BuiltOnBeamable. Startup leader. Poet. Musician. Cyclist. Sci-fi fan. Husband. Father of four. he/him	46.8
61.	(55)	Karl Kapp Helping people understand the convergence of learning, technology, games & Gamification through engagement, laughter and insight.	46.8
62.	(80)	Eric Montoya Seller @LiveRamp #OmniChannel Identity Resolution Evangelist\|eCommerce\|SocialGood Husband\|Christian\|Foodie\|Gamer\|Clarifier of the Obfuscated Web \|#NHLHockeyFan	46.7
63.	(71)	Carrie Peters Native New Mexican in #Seattle	46.5
64.	(77)	Thomas Power Independent Director @9Spokes @bicraorg @pennypower @savortex DM @WhatsApp +447875695012 Email thomas@bip100.club #Bitcoin Join #BIP100Club	46.1
65.	(69)	Bob Marsh Could be a decent golfer but rather hang with the fam & grow a company.	44.6
66.	(78)	Ben Kirman Postdisciplinary games academic: Make/study/teach design of the playful, unwise and radical. Did #DogInternet, https://t.co/Q8DsjenVlR, @getlostbot, etc. he/him	44.6
67.	(76)	Nacho Harriague Geek, entrepreneur, musician(ish) & decent yachtsman.	44.5
68.	(51)	IvanKuo_ Digital Strategist at @BoozAllen \| Gamfication, UX, Design Thinking \| Sneakers, Tech, Fashion, & good vibezs	44.3
69.	(81)	Nikita Kakuev Gen Y marketing professional who specializes in Behavioural Consumer Engagement and Customer/User Experience Design	44.1
70.	(92)	Toby Barnes TECHNO. Experience Design Leader. Views are my own etc. Full Bio: https://t.co/4DwWQVWO8u. Last seen @ Whole Foods Market!	43.8
71.	(91)	VincentBoon Founder at Standing On Giants & Giants Technology	43.6
72.	(70)	Zac Fitz-Walter Old twitter username, find me at @zacfitzwalter for all my latest nerdy updates.	42.6
73.	(60)	Caroline Japic CMO at Kenna Security, Technology Cheerleader, Cloud Expert, Cybersecurity Stylist, Wife, Mother of Three Turbo Soccer & Volleyball Girls, Christian.	42.5
74.	(74)	Kabir Ahmad Gamification geek	42.1
75.	(57)	Daniel Meusburger Gamification and Tech Groupie	42.1

76.	(63)	Helen Routledge Serious Games Designer, Author, Blogger and Psychologist, Gamification	40.6
77.	(75)	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...	40.1
78.	(87)	Michelle Katics BankersLab Bringing gamified learning to the banking industry.	39.3
79.	(93)	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 :-)	39.3
80.	(85)	Jukka Koskenkanto CEO & Co-founder @ Cloudriven. Interests: Collaboration, CRM, Gamification, Management, Nature, Sailing and Sports.	39.0
81.	(68)	Emiliano Labrador Doctor en #UX y #Gamificación. Autor de El uso del color en los videojuegos @HeroesdePapelES y #ElTesoroDeSanBorondón @AyudarJugando @everis #Research	38.6
82.	(41)	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	38.3
83.	(73)	Janne Haonperä Horrifying Producer and Cheerful Marketing and Communications Guy. Tweets are my own. @afterdarkhki @korjaamohki #AfterDarkHelsinki	38.1
84.	(86)	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.	37.5
85.	(64)	Oscar García Pañella @JamSummit @Cookiebox_SL @ENTI_BCN @iebschool - Serious Games & Gamification Program Director, Researcher, Professor, Designer, Consultant	37.4
86.	(99)	Niels \| DTDID Dare to do it Different & Care to do it Different Purpose Agent, Business & Product Strategy Puzzler. Interested in things that make a real impact!	37.1
87.	(89)	Sudarshan (Suds) Mathematics in Study, Art in Appreciation // Telling Meaningful stories using data that matters to you // Next-gen Business Intelligence	36.8
88.	(90)	Priscilla Haring Mediapsycholoog MSc	36.4
89.	(101)	Rutgerteunissen I'm Rutger, the founder of @24sessions. The #saas solution for online advice. Tweets about #startups #business #marketing and #cycling	36.4
90.	(98)	Vyty FREE gamification & playfication platform. Create games and reward everybody instead of using boring paid ads. Cool, uh?	36.3
91.	(96)	Jesse Lahey Host of Engaging Leader and Game Changer podcasts	35.9
92.	(67)	Jordi Almirall UX professor at UOC University. Front End. Design Sprint facilitator	35.8
93.	(117)	Antonio Tbahs	35.0
94.	(83)	Jose Angel Cano Founder at @specesvoladores and @wonnova. ex-@IVIclinics,@bmw. Digital entrepreneur&marketeer. Father of 2 lovely girls and husband. Biker, traveller.	34.8
95.	(84)	Janaki Mythily Kumar Design leader \| Innovation culture catalyst \| Speaker \| Author \| Artist	34.6
96.	(95)	Ryan Elkins Founder and CEO of IActionable - Performance Management through Gamification	34.3
97.	(97)	Amit Shah #Technology & Business executive helping global companies succeed. #cloud #transformation #formula1 #nba views are my own	34.0
98.	(88)	Flavio Escribano PhD. Head of [Gamification] Research Team at @gecon_es \|\| Founder of @arsgames. Quiz me, baby	32.8
99.	(112)	Michael Fergusson Michael is a business poet. He composes his businesses in Vancouver BC.	32.7
100.	(107)	Andy Fanning Vice President - Catalytic @wearecatalytic	32.7