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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 It is no longer active.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

This month we saw the biggest climbs from Evgeni Kouris (up 67 places to 52nd), Alper Berber (up 67 places to 27th), and Sebastian Deterding (up 53 places to 48th).

We also welcome new gurus Zdravko Botushanov (55th), Albert van der Meer (72nd), and mustafa Abdelmohiman (86th). to the Gamification Gurus Power 100 board.

Well done to this month's top three Andrzej Marczewski, Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi, and Ahmed Hossam.

Rank			Guru score
1.	(8)	Andrzej Marczewski Gamification & Loyalty, designer & speaker, gamer and author of Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play	86.6
2.	(6)	Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi I help businesses change behavior of their customers and employees. #Persuasive / #Gamification - designer / consultant.	84.6
3.	(2)	Ahmed Hossam #Gamification Guest Lecturer for @oaklandu & Founder of @Gampact. empowering Gamification in #Egypt, & #MENARegion using impactful solutions	81.9
4.	(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.	78.8
5.	(9)	Pete Jenkins Speaker & trainer on #gamification \| CEO @gamifiplus \| Honorary Ambassador @GamFed \| Founder @gamifyawards \| Chair @gamification_eu \| Lecturer @BrightonBSchool	72.7
6.	(21)	Monica Cornetti Gamifcation Consultant and Trainer CEO of Sententia Gamification Specializing in Train the Trainer GamiCon Gamemaster	71.4
7.	(3)	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	68.3
8.	(5)	Vasilis Gkogkidis Gamification designer, speaker and trainer working for GAMIFICATION+. Greek Ambassador of GamFed and organiser of the Thessaloniki Gamification Meetup	65.2
9.	(4)	Ercan Altug YILMAZ First Turkish Gamification Book Author, Lecturer and Gamification Expert. www.oyunlastirma.co	64.5
10.	(17)	Lennart Nacke Director of @hcigamesgroup and Associate Professor. #UX and #Gamification Strategist. Games User Researcher. #GameDesign, #GamesUR, #GameUX	59.2
11.	(10)	An Coppens Chief game changer at Gamification Nation based in London and serving European clients.	56.9
12.	(11)	Gal Rimon Founder of GamEffective; the enterprise Gamification for sales and Service	55.2
13.	(7)	Karl Kapp Helping people understand the convergence of learning, technology, games & Gamification through engagement, laughter and insight.	50.9
14.	(12)	Gustavo Tondello Gamification Scientist and Consultant. Ph.D. Student, HCI Games Group. Logosophy Researcher.	46.2
15.	(13)	Nicolas Babin A rare combination of technology, marketing and management. Co founder of GamFed	37.8
16.	(16)	Jose Rodriguez Balda Emprendedor, gamificación por más de 10 años. Socio Ideasser S.C.	33.9
17.	(33)	Bernardo Letayf Gamification Expert, International Gamification Speaker, Creator of BLUErabbit	31.4
18.	(18)	George Cohta iglobe Inc. CEO Gamification & AR Evangelist, Startups Energizer, Digital Curator	31.0
19.	(28)	David Mullich Video game designer, producer, instructor.	30.3
20.	(30)	Fabio Viola Gamification Designer/Developer, Public Speaker and Professor of Gamification & Engagement at University of Rome and Milan.	29.7
21.	(23)	Rob Alvarez Bucholska Gamification in education expert, international keynote speaker and advocate. Host of Professor Game and working and teaching at @IEBusiness School with interactive learning experiences.	29.4
22.	(20)	Toby Beresford rise.global CEO	28.3
23.	(27)	Oscar García Pañella @JamSummit @Cookiebox_SL @ENTI_BCN @iebschool - Serious Games & Gamification Program Director, Researcher, Professor, Designer, Consultant	27.8
24.	(19)	Ehab Abudayeh Head of Operations @edraak \|Specialized in #Gamification #Digital_Psychology, MiddleEast gamification guru-GamifiedMENA #استراتيجيات_الألعاب_التحفيزية	26.3
25.	(31)	Dade Ronan Author Speaker Web Developer IT Analyst #Gamification Consultant https://winatweb.com	25.4

26.	(36)	Lauren S. Ferro Game/UX/Researcher \| Prof @SapienzaRoma @VIGAMUSAcademy using @UnrealEngine \| Organizer @UEMeetupRome \| Fascinated by the human mind and behaviour \| Views mine	25.4
27.	(94)	Alper Berber Gamification Designer \| Guitar Player \| Camper	24.3
28.	(38)	John Adewole CEO IFB Gaming. Director of Learning at Hubert Ogunde School.	22.8
29.	(40)	Steven Isaacs Education Program Manager @epicgames @fncreate @unrealengine \| past: Teacher #gamedesign \| #ISTE Outstanding Teacher \| author: #esportsplaybook \| @gsesportsorg	22.2
30.	(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.	21.8
31.	(14)	Sabrina Bruehwiler Gamification Designer and Consultant @OctalysisGroup \| International Keynote Speaker. I believe in the transformation of the World through Gameful and Behavioural Design!	21.8
32.	(49)	Flavio Escribano PhD. Head of [Gamification] Research Team at @gecon_es \|\| Founder of @arsgames. Quiz me, baby	20.5
33.	(37)	Amit Shah #Technology & Business executive helping global companies succeed. #cloud #transformation #formula1 #nba views are my own	19.7
34.	(41)	Mahmoud Fereydouni #MachineLearning & #SoftwareEngineer , #Gamer & #Gamification Guru	19.5
35.	(58)	Michael Meder Researcher at @DAI_Labor @TUBerlin, Head of @CCIRML (Competence Center #InformationRetrieval and #MachineLearning) #ai #nlp #chatbot #gamification	18.5
36.	(34)	Place2Be P2B is a #cloud based software that handles gamification part of a #UX - We provide #Gamification as a Service to improve #userengagement through our #API	18.5
37.	(24)	Dennis Kappen Gamification Consultant and Researcher, UX specialist; Interaction Experience Designer	17.8
38.	(15)	Alberto Mora Computer Engineer / Gamification Researcher & Designer / Human-Computer Interaction	17.5
39.	(44)	Marigo Raftopoulos Innovation \| Technology \| Artificial Intelligence \| Design Futures \| Post-Doctoral Researcher \| MSCA-IF fellow with @augment_Us \| https://t.co/kPb6LdHJ7P	17.3
40.	(47)	Eric Montoya Seller @LiveRamp #OmniChannel Identity Resolution Evangelist\|eCommerce\|SocialGood Husband\|Christian\|Foodie\|Gamer\|Clarifier of the Obfuscated Web \|#NHLHockeyFan	17.0
41.	(25)	Zyad Chouadhi Entrepreneur/Intrapreneur "Couteau Suisse" \| Consultant en Gamification, Formation Immersive & Expérience Client (CX)	16.7
42.	(22)	Steven Markham Gamification advocate, Paranormal Investigator, Mustelid Rights Campaigner. Indecisive and has far too many interests to be successful at anything.	16.2
43.	(74)	Szymon Machajewski GVSU. Game On.	15.5
44.	(61)	Sergio Jiménez	15.5
45.	(46)	Bart Hufen Gamification \| Transformer \| Speaker \| Author of 'A Brand New Playground' \| Player 1 @ BrandNewGame \|	15.1
46.	(32)	Madhusudan Rao Immersive visualisation using VR & AR, is my next focus area. Keep following me to know more! Opinions are my own.	13.8
47.	(48)	Emiliano Labrador Doctor en #UX y #Gamificación. Autor de El uso del color en los videojuegos @HeroesdePapelES y #ElTesoroDeSanBorondón @AyudarJugando @everis #Research	13.4
48.	(101)	Sebastian Deterding Empirical philosopher and deliberate designer of playful & gameful things. Professor @UniOfYork. Associate @whatsthehubbub. Co-editor of @gamefulworld.	13.3
49.	(35)	Kevin Werbach Wharton prof, tech policy maven, blockchain wrangler, game thinker, MOOC teacher, pescatarian cook, feminist. Author, Blockchain & the New Architecture of Trust	13.0
50.	(71)	Javier Velasquez Gamification Consultant and Game Designer. Designer of the BEM Gamification Framework.	11.8

51.	(53)	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...	11.5
52.	(119)	Evgeni Kouris Artist, entrepreneur and gamification expert. Founder of Gamewheel - SaaS platform helping enterprises to effectively communicate with power of gamification and mobile AR/VR.	10.6
53.	(50)	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.	10.3
54.	(43)	Tyler Altrup #Marketing, #SocialMedia, and #Gamification doer, music/concert nut, sneakerhead, STL by birth, SF by choice. Opinions are my own. He/him.	10.2
55.	(new)	Zdravko Botushanov #RPA \| #Automation \| #Gamification \| #Technical #Trainer and #Consultant \| #Presenter \| #Speaker \| #Gamifinno	10.2
56.	(54)	Zac Fitz-Walter Old twitter username, find me at @zacfitzwalter for all my latest nerdy updates.	10.1
57.	(85)	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	9.8
58.	(63)	Amy Jo Kim Game Designer	9.7
59.	(45)	Pau Yanez Founder & CEO of @GeomotionGames. Creating location-based mobile games - @citynostra. Innovation, Games, Serious Games and Gamification.	9.7
60.	(86)	Manuel Pimenta A gamification designer with a background in development, a scout leader, a musician and an aspiring speaker/writer/blogger.	9.1
61.	(55)	Wouter De Jong docent Engels (ESL) \| kritisch innoverend \| erudiet onderwijs \| eigenzinnig, eigenwijs & eigenaardig \| #Moodle \| Trivium 21c \| https://t.co/LOorbxb8D9	9.0
62.	(83)	Dominique Mangiatordi Entrepreneur, Founder of ØPP - Gamification apps for businesses. Speaker, consultant, UX designer.	8.7
63.	(66)	Andoni Sanz Computer Scientist + STEM Teacher + EdTechnologist + Google Educator + Moodle expert + Gamifier	8.5
64.	(57)	Nicole Lazzaro I make games and technology fun.	8.3
65.	(62)	Tim Gorree Founder, Digistars	8.1
66.	(59)	Barry Kirk Marketing consultant helping brands engage, retain and grow their valued customers \| Principal Consultant at Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute \| Tikiphile	7.1
67.	(104)	Darryn VDB Crafting Purposeful Play - and making the learning count	5.6
68=	(89)	R Ray Wang @ConstellationR #CEO @DisrupTVShow 2X BestSelling Author @hcleadership @HarvardBiz Keynoter #Futurist Provocateur #EDM #DJ #Foodie #SVLife #TaiwaneseAm	5.1
68=	(76)	Michael Fergusson Michael is a business poet. He composes his businesses in Vancouver BC.	5.1
68=	(64)	ThomasBCN Independent mind working on mobile growth. https://t.co/1E2rrQMVq9	5.1
71.	(79)	Edward J. Moore III We're a #UX and #VR / #AR design consultancy in Los Angeles, and we'll help you reach your global audience with #gamification and a great #UX! Run by @ejm3d	4.9
72.	(new)	Albert Van Der Meer A European based creative gamification consultant and freelance film/story producer. Currently focused on gamification-writing and live-action educational simulations.	4.8
73.	(52)	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	4.4
74.	(80)	Jestin VanScoyoc High School Science Teacher. Runner. Gamer	4.0
75=	(107)	Michael Wu Ph.D. Scientist: Big Data, Gamification, Influence, Predictive Social Analytic, Cyber Anthropology, Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Community Dynamics	3.6

75=	(56)	José Carlos Cortizo	3.6
75=	(89)	Gamifier Gamifier and speaker. Make our environment more FUN by gamification. Take fun seriously! Check https://t.co/y8VOWtDuDP for more info. #gamification	3.6
78=	(64)	JesseSchell I am a game designer.	3.5
78=	(75)	Ian Bogost Writer & game designer. Professor of media studies, computing, business, architecture @GeorgiaTech. Contributing Writer @TheAtlantic. Editor @ObjectsObjects.	3.5
78=	(67)	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.	3.5
78=	(93)	Humberto Cervera Co-Creador de #FiTech: Robolution / Escritor / Productor / Game Designer / EP de #ReyMysterio / https://t.co/Dy9PBNLgkH / https://t.co/cYMxI5NNmn /	3.5
78=	(125)	Joshua Wong #Gamification x #DesignThinking in People Development Linkedin: https://t.co/Y68ZhtUFqj	3.5
83.	(119)	Antonio Tbahs	2.9
84.	(29)	Hanan Gazit Founder @julootGG Gaming+ Gameful UX Design & Metaverse Expert, Startups & Enterprise Advisor, Mentor, Keynote Speaker. \| Tweets are my own.	2.5
85.	(81)	Justin Matthew Social Media Pioneer. Fiverr Top Seller 2012 Kred Influencer 2015 Klout top 5 worldwide . Featured in Frobes, Huff Post, Busines.com & much more.	2.4
86.	(new)	Mustafa Abdelmohiman LX Facilitator\| Performance Coach\| Gamification designer. Passionate about impact Accelerate their transformation. Working on Humanizing the workplaces	2.0
87=	(68)	Rich Wallace father of crazy twins. gamer, #ux believer and #gamification geek.	1.0
87=	(125)	Magriet Mouton Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. Learn, apply, teach. #Organdonar\|#CliftonStrengths. Searching for the pearls in people through their stories. Dog mamma.	1.0
87=	(94)	Juan Antonio Esteban Bernardo Profesional de la gestión de personas, apasionado por enseñar y aprender, maratoniano converso. Co-autor de #RetratosHumanos y #RelatosHumanos	1.0
90=	(125)	Cesc Garriga Pons Gamification - Tech. Project Manager - eLearning 2.0	0.5
90=	(101)	Salvatore Mica Gamification designer, project manager for Creative industries and ICT companies	0.5
92.	(125)	Isidro Rodrigo Serious Gamer + HRer + Lifelong Learner + Shiny Happy People Searcher + Other Undiscovered Things = That's me!	0.4
93.	(125)	Kevin Shane Fun ideas, #purpose #socialimpact exploration, family & friends, community, #marketplacelending #fintech #realestate ⛷kitesurfing and maps. @sharestates	0.4
94=	(125)	Nathan Lands Previously built and sold Binded and Gamify. Created QuickCoin. Ex-pro gamer. Acted in Taiwan. Proud American.	0.2
94=	(125)	Carrie Peters Native New Mexican in #Seattle	0.2
94=	(107)	Mario Herger I help people make work more fun	0.2
94=	(125)	Jordi Almirall UX professor at UOC University. Front End. Design Sprint facilitator	0.2
94=	(119)	Priscilla Haring Mediapsycholoog MSc	0.2
94=	(73)	Matt Davis I like building things.	0.2
94=	(107)	Rutgerteunissen I'm Rutger, the founder of @24sessions. The #saas solution for online advice. Tweets about #startups #business #marketing and #cycling	0.2