Al Sharpton is the top black talker in social media

Story by Black Talkers

Written by Robert "Rob" Redding Jr.

Civil rights activist, radio and TV talk show host Al Sharpton is the top national black weekday talk radio show in the country in social media, according to a study conducted by BlackTalkers.com.

Sharpton is reaching nearly 350,000 people with his social media outlets. Sharpton has more than 240,000 folks following him on Twitter and another 98,000 plus on Facebook.

Talk show host Joe Madison comes in at second with 20,000 fans - with 7,000 plus on Twitter and 13,000 plus on Facebook.

Warren Ballentine rounds out the top three with 17,000 fans - 13,000 plus on Twitter and 4,000 plus on Facebook.

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Complete list below:

   Show                       Twitter                                          Facebook                                        Total  
1. Al Sharpton                240k                                                  98k                                             350k
2. Joe Madison                  7k                                                  13k                                               20k
3. Warren Ballentine         13k                                                   4k                                               17k
4. Jesse Lee Peterson      3,906                                                 837                                             4,743
5. Rob Redding               1,199                                               2,376                                            3,575
6. Armstrong Williams     1,896                                               1,295                                            3,192
7. George Wilson              373                                                 160                                               533
8. Andre Eggelletion          130                                                 116                                               296