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 It is no longer active.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

Some real shoots of excitement this month:

Yu-kai Chou (#14) exceeded his kickstarter targets for Octalysis Prime
Gal Rimon (#7) raised a further £7m for GamEffective

As usual the gurus board takes a look at the personalities within the gamification industry and ranks them according to their online influence.

Have a great month

Toby

Rank			Guru score
1.	(1)	Andoni Sanz Computer Scientist + STEM Teacher + EdTechnologist + Google Educator + Moodle expert + Gamifier	92.7
2.	(6)	Fabio Viola Gamification Designer/Developer, Public Speaker and Professor of Gamification & Engagement at University of Rome and Milan.	77.2
3.	(2)	Ercan Altug YILMAZ First Turkish Gamification Book Author, Lecturer and Gamification Expert. www.oyunlastirma.co	76.8
4.	(3)	Andrzej Marczewski Gamification & Loyalty, designer & speaker, gamer and author of Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play	65.9
5.	(4)	Karl Kapp Helping people understand the convergence of learning, technology, games & Gamification through engagement, laughter and insight.	64.8
6.	(7)	Sylvester Arnab Prof of #GameScience at @disrupt_learn @CovUni_CPC I #GChangers @GCRF_ACES @_mycapsule @beaconingEU \| Book https://t.co/v0JgZ0lb0B \| Believer \| Views my own	59.0
7.	(11)	Gal Rimon Founder of GamEffective; the enterprise Gamification for sales and Service	47.1
8.	(12)	Toby Beresford rise.global CEO	46.6
9.	(5)	Monica Cornetti Gamifcation Consultant and Trainer CEO of Sententia Gamification Specializing in Train the Trainer GamiCon Gamemaster	46.5
10.	(13)	Marco Tonetti Chief Product Designer at @bondlyfinance \| Not listed in Forbes 40 under 40 \| Happily married with a unicorn!	39.3
11.	(9)	An Coppens Chief game changer at Gamification Nation based in London and serving European clients.	39.0
12.	(23)	John Turner John Turner wants to live in a world where work can be engaging and fun. Connect on Linkedin @ https://t.co/DCNq2Ribhg	36.5
13.	(10)	Gustavo Tondello Gamification Scientist and Consultant. Ph.D. Student, HCI Games Group. Logosophy Researcher.	33.7
14.	(17)	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.	28.8
15.	(16)	Patrick Bartl Change Guide @Horváth&Partners - Digital Enthusiast, Speaker \| Passion for #DigitalTransformation, #ChangeManagement, #Gamification, #DesignThinking, #AI	28.3
16.	(24)	Dade Ronan Author Speaker Web Developer IT Analyst #Gamification Consultant https://winatweb.com	27.7
17.	(8)	Pete Jenkins Speaker & trainer on #gamification \| CEO @gamifiplus \| Honorary Ambassador @GamFed \| Founder @gamifyawards \| Chair @gamification_eu \| Lecturer @BrightonBSchool	24.2
18.	(14)	David Mullich Video game designer, producer, instructor.	23.4
19.	(new)	Salvatore Mica Gamification designer, project manager for Creative industries and ICT companies	17.2
20.	(87)	Thijs De Vries Experience designer, gamification expert, public speaker. Top 10 Gamification Guru, Speaker at TEDx.	16.5
21.	(18)	Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi I help businesses change behavior of their customers and employees. #Persuasive / #Gamification - designer / consultant.	15.4
22.	(54)	Rodrigo Borgia Gamification, Spanish, Latin America, Customer, Consultant.	15.1
23.	(19)	Mahmoud Fereydouni #MachineLearning & #SoftwareEngineer , #Gamer & #Gamification Guru	14.8
24.	(20)	George Cohta iglobe Inc. CEO Gamification & AR Evangelist, Startups Energizer, Digital Curator	14.6
25.	(25)	Marcio Rente Análise de Negócios \| Marketing Digital \| Coaching \| Pensamento Sistêmico \| Gamification \| Design Thinking	14.5

26.	(28)	Michiel Van Eunen Gamification Expert \| Experience Designer	14.3
27.	(new)	GamFed International Gamification Confederation	14.0
28.	(39)	Samantha Clarke Designer and researcher for game-based learning & Gamification. Cert Lego Serious Play facilitator. Mum. D&D fanatic. She/Her. blog here: https://t.co/Eu5JRzQzvX	13.5
29.	(22)	Lluis Bueno Gamificación de negocios online y offline	13.2
30.	(69)	Steven Isaacs Education Program Manager @epicgames @fncreate @unrealengine \| past: Teacher #gamedesign \| #ISTE Outstanding Teacher \| author: #esportsplaybook \| @gsesportsorg	12.9
31.	(32)	Joris Beerda Gamification Expert; Octalysis Master	12.0
32.	(26)	Dutch Driver WHAT I DO: I infuse executives and professionals with the crystal clear insights essential to decrease their risks; I gained from 40 years of experience.	11.7
33.	(67)	Andres Pisso Game Designer y CEO Diversoft, Intereses: #Gamification #Mlearning, #Lectura,#Videojuegos, #Comics & #Rock	11.5
34.	(29)	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	11.4
35.	(31)	Serena #bigdata #artificialintelligence #gamification #blogging #socialmedia	11.1
36.	(38)	Madhusudan Rao Immersive visualisation using VR & AR, is my next focus area. Keep following me to know more! Opinions are my own.	10.4
37.	(77)	Sergio Jiménez	10.0
38.	(58)	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.	9.8
39.	(21)	Michael Wu Ph.D. Scientist: Big Data, Gamification, Influence, Predictive Social Analytic, Cyber Anthropology, Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Community Dynamics	9.7
40.	(41)	Bart Hufen Gamification \| Transformer \| Speaker \| Author of 'A Brand New Playground' \| Player 1 @ BrandNewGame \|	9.7
41.	(46)	Marigo Raftopoulos Innovation \| Technology \| Artificial Intelligence \| Design Futures \| Post-Doctoral Researcher \| MSCA-IF fellow with @augment_Us \| https://t.co/kPb6LdHJ7P	9.6
42.	(27)	Oscar García Pañella @JamSummit @Cookiebox_SL @ENTI_BCN @iebschool - Serious Games & Gamification Program Director, Researcher, Professor, Designer, Consultant	9.5
43.	(74)	Noemí Blanch En Versión Beta permanente, aprenseño y trabajuego. Creo en el #poderdeljuego.Soy la mitad de @playlikepanks, 1/4 de @revoludica y #femininja a tiempo completo.	9.2
44.	(47)	José Carlos Cortizo	8.8
45.	(30)	Dennis Kappen Gamification Consultant and Researcher, UX specialist; Interaction Experience Designer	8.5
46.	(61)	Tyler Altrup #Marketing, #SocialMedia, and #Gamification doer, music/concert nut, sneakerhead, STL by birth, SF by choice. Opinions are my own. He/him.	8.1
47.	(48)	Kevin Werbach Wharton prof, tech policy maven, blockchain wrangler, game thinker, MOOC teacher, pescatarian cook, feminist. Author, Blockchain & the New Architecture of Trust	8.0
48.	(37)	Gaute Kokkvoll On a mission to make work play! Gamification Consultant - Kokkvoll Consult	7.5
49=	(50)	Eric Montoya Seller @LiveRamp #OmniChannel Identity Resolution Evangelist\|eCommerce\|SocialGood Husband\|Christian\|Foodie\|Gamer\|Clarifier of the Obfuscated Web \|#NHLHockeyFan	7.3
49=	(40)	Amit Shah #Technology & Business executive helping global companies succeed. #cloud #transformation #formula1 #nba views are my own	7.3

51.	(36)	SeriousGamesIndustry Ronnie Dungan - head of content for http://t.co/WTHPH9K2mJ	7.2
52.	(42)	Mark Faulkner Game design, gamification, finance, and software development. And Games.	6.7
53.	(44)	Gamifier Gamifier and speaker. Make our environment more FUN by gamification. Take fun seriously! Check https://t.co/y8VOWtDuDP for more info. #gamification	6.5
54.	(65)	Cesc Garriga Pons Gamification - Tech. Project Manager - eLearning 2.0	6.3
55.	(15)	Jan Bidner A creative guy. Gamification speaker. Project manager. UX strategist, teacher and Game designer. Hospital clown. Mostly just professional digital strategist and gameful behavior designer.	6.1
56.	(49)	John Adewole CEO IFB Gaming. Director of Learning at Hubert Ogunde School.	5.7
57.	(59)	Pau Yanez Founder & CEO of @GeomotionGames. Creating location-based mobile games - @citynostra. Innovation, Games, Serious Games and Gamification.	5.7
58.	(110)	Ahmed Hossam #Gamification Guest Lecturer for @oaklandu & Founder of @Gampact. empowering Gamification in #Egypt, & #MENARegion using impactful solutions	5.3
59.	(76)	Hanan Gazit Founder @julootGG Gaming+ Gameful UX Design & Metaverse Expert, Startups & Enterprise Advisor, Mentor, Keynote Speaker. \| Tweets are my own.	5.3
60.	(72)	Sebastian Deterding Empirical philosopher and deliberate designer of playful & gameful things. Professor @UniOfYork. Associate @whatsthehubbub. Co-editor of @gamefulworld.	5.2
61.	(64)	Helen Routledge Serious Games Designer, Author, Blogger and Psychologist, Gamification	5.1
62.	(113)	Mrs.Storie Richardson public #librarian previous math T who ❤️ #boardgames Herald at ENVOY #edtech #gbl #STEM #gamification #classcraft	4.8
63.	(51)	Manuel Pimenta A gamification designer with a background in development, a scout leader, a musician and an aspiring speaker/writer/blogger.	4.7
64.	(52)	Szymon Machajewski GVSU. Game On.	4.5
65.	(85)	Aitor Barbosa Consultor de gamificación y serious games en Imagames y organizador de los @Gamificationjam	4.2
66.	(121)	Joshua Wong #Gamification x #DesignThinking in People Development Linkedin: https://t.co/Y68ZhtUFqj	4.1
67.	(60)	Marco Vallarino Journalist, writer, game designer: I work with Gamification, play with Interactive Fiction and viceversa	3.8
68.	(62)	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	3.8
69.	(73)	Antonio Segovia Gamifier & Designer at Bitoon Games	3.5
70.	(66)	Darryn VDB Crafting Purposeful Play - and making the learning count	3.5
71.	(84)	Juliette Denny Founder and MD of @growthengineer, an award winning learning technologies company. #Gamification #LearningGames #SocialLearning #LoveLearning	3.4
72.	(69)	Flavio Escribano PhD. Head of [Gamification] Research Team at @gecon_es \|\| Founder of @arsgames. Quiz me, baby	3.3
73.	(107)	Phaedra Boinodiris Tech for Good, Design Ethicist, Solutionary. Views are my own.	3.3
74=	(80)	Mario Herger I help people make work more fun	3.0
74=	(43)	Ruth S. Contreras Researcher/Designer/Lecturer ★GAMES★ UX-UI,Technology+Learning,Game Based Learning,Gamification, Serious games,Communication #H2020 projects, @WIGJ	3.0

74=	(122)	José Luis Ramírez C. CEO de @Grupo_RC2008 Cofundador de @quelibroleo @btwinbooks y @quaterni Profesor en @estudiosCEF y @Udima #Marketing	3.0
77.	(109)	Jorge Simoes Research on e-learning, social networks, game-based learning and gamification.	2.8
78.	(35)	Emiliano Labrador Doctor en #UX y #Gamificación. Autor de El uso del color en los videojuegos @HeroesdePapelES y #ElTesoroDeSanBorondón @AyudarJugando @everis #Research	2.8
79.	(71)	Amy Jo Kim Game Designer	2.8
80.	(45)	Mathias Vermeulen Really cool stuff in L&D with #WinstonWolfe - #ProfessionalAmateur - Co-founder of @DutchDillonVOF - Organizer of #LearningTechDay - Fan of Seattle #Seahawks!	2.8
81.	(85)	Javier Espinosa Slow education.	2.7
82.	(86)	Bernardo Crespo Learning & Being myself “everyone else's already taken” #beyondDigital #DigitalSustainability #DigitalTransformation @IEbusiness · Lego Lover · proud ex @BBVA	2.6
83=	(116)	Tom Chatfield Tech philosopher, novelist, dad. Non-fiction, thrillers, critical thinking. Lists. Latest book: #HowToThink https://t.co/HU6JklHyXQ	2.5
83=	(55)	JesseSchell I am a game designer.	2.5
83=	(126)	Nicole Lazzaro I make games and technology fun.	2.5
86.	(116)	Benedikt Straube Working as IT Consultant, ESN Evangelist, active MOOCer, #Gamification Enthusiast Tweets are my own	2.4
87.	(81)	Semin Ozmorali Believer of #digital marketing & #ecommerce, into #UX & design trends, & coffee lover.	2.3
88.	(107)	Brian Burke Skier, Mountain Biker, Gamification & Enterprise Architecture expert at @Gartner_inc	2.2
89.	(83)	Ian Bogost Writer & game designer. Professor of media studies, computing, business, architecture @GeorgiaTech. Contributing Writer @TheAtlantic. Editor @ObjectsObjects.	2.2
90.	(63)	Antonio Tbahs	2.1
91.	(128)	Christi Collins Educator, Instructional Designer, GCE, Technology Trainer	2.0
92.	(99)	Robert Californian. Lived & worked in Asia from 2010-2021. Tweeting about gaming, consumer internet, sports tech, and entrepreneurship \| Founder: @Playbasis @BoltHype	2.0
93.	(116)	Eduardo Mendoza ¡Gamificamos entornos que no son juegos!	2.0
94.	(15)	Wolfgang Rathert Performance by Design - everything else is an accident. Applying Gamification to Management, Leadership, Innovation, and Change.	2.0
95.	(109)	Kevin Shane Fun ideas, #purpose #socialimpact exploration, family & friends, community, #marketplacelending #fintech #realestate ⛷kitesurfing and maps. @sharestates	1.7
96.	(102)	Kam Star I love creating products users love	1.7
97.	(53)	Janaki Mythily Kumar Design leader \| Innovation culture catalyst \| Speaker \| Author \| Artist	1.5
98.	(110)	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	1.5
99.	(127)	Máté Farkas an entrepreneurial minded gamification professional	1.4
100.	(33)	Lennart Nacke Director of @hcigamesgroup and Associate Professor. #UX and #Gamification Strategist. Games User Researcher. #GameDesign, #GamesUR, #GameUX	1.3