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How people become Top SEO Influencers

There are a few routes to becoming a top SEO Influencer. Influencers are mostly known for either their topical information or where they’ve built their channel. SEO influencers range from experienced to commentators to thought leaders, agency owners, bloggers/vloggers, and success stories.

What is an SEO influencer?

SEO influencers are people that other SEOs listen to. This could be from genuine experience to just plain popularity. Right now – the top SEO influencers could be described as mainly populist.

SEO Influencer Roots

Most SEO Influencers have come to fame at important roles, being popular on Twitter or from having a dizzying array of SEO success, but SEO success has typically been the worst predictor of becoming an SEO influencer. Arguably, the top SEO influencers are either agency or SEO tool owners, or have massive YouTube followings. Or a combination of both.

What is an SEO Rank Hunter?

An SEO rank hunter is an SEO who chases rank positions to showcase their SEO capability.

Top Channels for becoming an SEO influencer

  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • YouTube
  • Google
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok

The Best SEO Influencers

My list of top SEO Influencers on twitter/x

Specialty Expert
Semantic, Freshness & Content SEO @KorayGubur
CTR & Traffic Manipulation @LeoPoitevin
(FR & EN) – UGC Parasite SEO @nichejason
Toxic Links, Penalty Removal & Disavow @Kasra_Dash, @PaulDavidMadden
New Site SEO & Bypassing Sandbox @NinaClapperton
Link Building & Digital PR @sacha_vyzz, @FeryKaszoni, @CarrieRosePR
Local SEO (Organic & Maps) @JoyanneHawkins
SERP Level Analysis @ericlancheres, @glenngabe

(Thanks to @Charles_SEO for some of these recommendations)

List of Top SEOs on Reddit (r/seo)