Do you like your news and updates quick and under 140 characters? If your answer is yes, then you must be a Twitterer. Finding useful and engaging accounts to follow can be a time-suck with the volume of options there are to follow. To simplify this for our fellow Bostonians we took a look at Boston’s Twitter accounts and identified the top ten handles you should be following by category. We based our picks on category-related content, number of daily tweets and overall years on Twitter. So get ready to start liking and retweeting with our top picks for Boston centric Twitter accounts.
TOP TEN TWITTER ACCOUNTS IN BOSTON…
Everything Boston
Boston.com | @BostonDotCom
Followers: 273,000+
Joined: April 2008
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Boston Heartbeat
Only In Boston | @OnlyInBOS
Followers: 118,000+
Joined: July 2012
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Boston Music Scene
Concerts in Boston | @ConcertsBoston
Followers: 1,100+
Joined: March 2014
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Boston Celeb
Mayor Marty Walsh | @marty_walsh
Followers: 104,000+
Joined: September 2009
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Boston Community
BostonTweet | @BostonTweet
Followers: 167,000+
Joined: November 2008
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Boston Sports
WEEI | @WEEI
Followers: 98,400+
Joined: November 2008
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Boston Business
Boston Business Journal | @BosBizJournal
Followers: 44,400+
Joined: October 2008
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Boston Arts
City of Boston Arts | @ArtsInBoston
Followers: 9,600+
Joined: June 2009
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Boston Commute
Mass. Transportation | @MassDOT
Followers: 76,000+
Joined: March 2009
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Boston Feel Good
Animal Rescue League | @ARLBoston
Followers: 5,000+
Joined: March 2009
