It can be hard to make social media work when trying to reach electronics design engineers, but we don’t believe that a channel should be overlooked just because it is challenging. So we put together this list of the top 75 suppliers in the electronic components sector based on Klout rankings. It’s clear that some suppliers – particularly the larger manufacturers and distributors – have strong engagement on social channels: as twitter continues to grow we believe more and more companies in our sector will take advantage of social media.
We put the table together in a couple of hours one afternoon, so it’s likely we’ve missed a few suppliers and several twitter accounts. If we have, please do let us know in the comments and we’d happily update the table! We’re also very aware that Klout measures several social media platforms, so it’s not purely a measure of influence on twitter. But it’s really just a bit of fun – and hopefully some motivation to get you more active on social media.

Rank Company twitter Username Klout Score
1 Freescale @Freescale 53
2 element14 @element14 52
3 Digi-Key @Digikey 50
4 Texas Instruments @Txinstruments 50
5 ARM Holdings @armcommunity 46
6 ARM Mobile @Armmobile 44
7 RS Components @DesignSparkRS 44
8 Synopsys @synopsys 44
9 Microchip @MicrochipTech 43
10 Windows Embedded @MSFTWEB 43
11 xilinx @xilinxinc 42
12 NXP semi-Conductors @NXP 42
13 Analog Devices @ADI_News 41
14 Cadence @Cadence 41
15 Fluke @flukecorp 41
16 Broadcom @broadcom 41
17 Agilent @Agilent 40
18 Intel @intelsoftware 40
19 Mouser Electronics @MouserElec 40
20 ARM Embedded @armembedded 39
21 Atmel @Atmel 38
22 Avnet @aventdesignwire 38
23 Avnet @d4innovation 38
24 Qlogic @Qlogic 38
25 Anritsu @anrtisu 38
26 ARM Multimedia @armmultimedia 37
27 Avnet @AvnetComms 37
28 CUI Inc @CUIInc 37
29 energy micro @energymicro 37
30 Maxim @Maxim_IC 37
31 Renesas US @RenesasAmerica 37
32 ST Microelectronics @ST_World 37
33 Texas Instruments @AroundTI 37
34 WindRiver @WindRiver 37
35 Marvell @Marvellsemi 37
36 altium @altium 36
37 ARM SoC @ARMSoC 36
38 Arrow Electronics @Arroweurope 36
39 FutureElectronics @futureelec 36
40 Renesas EU @Renesas_Europe 36
41 Tektronix @tektronix 36
42 IAR Systems @IARSystems 35
43 NXP semi-Conductors @LPCZone 34
44 Mentor Graphics @MentorGraphics 33
45 Omron Electronics @OmronEurope 33
46 Arrow Electronics @ArrowNAC 32
47 Intel @intelinside 32
48 Lattice @latticesemi 32
49 Molex @MolexConnectors 32
50 Littelfuse @littelfuse 32
51 Altera @alteracorp 30
52 Intersil @intersil 30
53 SoftwareonArm @SoftwareonARM 30
54 RS Components @@RSNachrichten 29
55 RFMD @RFMD 29
56 Linear Technology @lineartech 28
57 National Instruments @NIUKIE 28
58 Harwin @Harwineurope 27
59 Vicor Corp @vicorcorp 27
60 Enocean @enocean_en 27
61 Cypress @Cypresssemi 26
62 Fairchild Semi @FairchildSemi 26
63 LSI Storage @LSIstorage 26
64 Power One @power_one 26
65 Silicon Labs @silabs 26
66 Vishay @Vishayindust 26
67 NXP semi-Conductors @MOSFETs 26
68 ENEA @ENEAAB 24
69 Mindspeed @mindspeed 21
70 Cirrus Logic @cirruslogic 21
71 Omron Electronics @OmronProduct 20
72 Renesas Mobile @renesasmobile 20
73 Fluke Calibration @flukecal 19
74 FTDI Chip @USBmadeEasy 19
75 Pico Technology @picotech 19
76 Prism Sound @prismsound 19
77 CML Microcircuits @CMLmicro 19
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