The court's Weibo page attracted more than 300,000 direct followers, but many other readers followed the proceedings on other pages that copied the court's postings.
The identity of one of his direct followers is known, his nephew Segna di Buonaventura.
Among the direct followers of Time in the United States were Business Week (founded 1929), United States News (founded 1933), and Newsweek (founded 1933), its nearest rival.
Perhaps someone better informed can tell me otherwise (the comments are open!), but there don't seem to be many direct followers of this strand today.
It is striking how, in spite of the immense respect with which he is treated, especially in France, he has no direct followers or students.
"About half the Islamic movement in Turkey, meaning the pious, conservative segment of society, are literally direct followers of Nursi, while the other half also respects him," Mr. Akyol said.
Like many artists whose style is unique in their own time, he left few direct followers; the closest was Adriaen Brouwer, who used Hals's techniques well to portray tavern scenes and similar subjects.
The list is then parsed assigning to each leader direct followers that are not already assigned to another leader.
A news article published in social media can reach many more audience members than media outlets' direct followers, passed through the social network.
His philosophy can be seen as a precursor of logical empiricism, but because of the peculiar form of his logic, he would not have may direct followers.
