The 11 Most Popular Pinterest Users

Any ol' Pinterest user can post a pretty picture and call it a day. But creating a carefully-curated Pinterest page full of well-tailored boards, original content, and lots of interesting pins is a skill very few pinners have truly mastered. Those part of this super-user breed have attracted masses of followers with their pinning prowess.

If you're new to Pinterest and you're looking for some great tips to get started, we've got a list of the 27 most beautiful pinboards you need to check out. We've also pinned down (sorry) a list of the most popular users, courtesy of Repinly, a Pinterest directory site that offers a real-time list of the social network's most popular users. (You can also check out Repinly to find a ton more Pinterest data, such as what's trending across various categories, Repinly co-founder Rami Madi said in a press release announcing the directory earlier this week.)

Flip through the slideshow to view Pinterest's most-popular users, ranked by number of followers. Then, make sure to check out 11 awesome Pinterest tools that will help you pin like one of these pros.

What are your best Pinterest tips? Share them in the comments (below), tweet them at us (@HuffPostTech) or send them via email ([e-mail]).

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• #11: Ez Pudewa

  Around 907,000 Pinterest users follow <a href="http://pinterest.com/ezpudewa/" target="_hplink">Ez Pudewa's page</a> of 54 boards and more than 3,100 pins.

• #10: Bright.Bazaar

  <a href="http://pinterest.com/will_uk/" target="_hplink">Bright.Bazaar</a> (a.k.a. Will) certainly has a bright Pinterest page with 24 colorful boards and more than 5,400 pins. He has more than 924,000 followers.

• #9: Michael Wurm

  With 42 boards and 4,210 pins, <a href="http://pinterest.com/inspiredbycharm/" target="_hplink">Pinterest user Michael Wurm</a> has collected around 940,000 followers.

• #8: Christine Martinez

  <a href="http://pinterest.com/chrisem/" target="_hplink">Christine Martinez's creative Pinterest page</a> features 43 boards and about 6,000 pins, winning her roughly 979,000 followers.

• #7: Daniel Bear Hunley

  Around 1,175,000 people follow <a href="http://pinterest.com/danielhunley/" target="_hplink">Daniel Bear Hunley's Pinterest page</a>, which contains 29 boards and about 2,300 pins.

• #6: anna h

  User <a href="http://pinterest.com/anna_h/" target="_hplink">anna h</a>'s profile has garnered more than 1,200,00 followers with 52 boards and about 3,400 pins.

• #5: Caitlin Cawley

  Pinterest user <a href="http://pinterest.com/caitlin_cawley/" target="_hplink">Caitlin Cawley</a> has more than 1,235,000 followers, 34 boards and about 2,000 pins on her page.

• #4: Mike D

  With 27 boards and roughly 4,300 pins, <a href="http://pinterest.com/tempspaz/" target="_hplink">Mike D's Pinterest page</a> has attracted almost 1,270,000 followers.

• #3: Maia McDonald

  About 1,317,000 users follow <a href="http://pinterest.com/maia_mcdonald/" target="_hplink">Maia McDonald</a> on Pinterest. Her page has 35 boards and more than 11,000 pins.

• #2: Jennifer Chong

  <a href="http://pinterest.com/jchongdesign/" target="_hplink">Jennifer Chong's</a> Pinterest page has 55 boards, almost 3,000 pins and roughly 1,550,000 followers.

• #1: Jane Wang

  Pinner <a href="http://pinterest.com/janew/#" target="_hplink"> Jane Wang</a> has nearly 2,844,000 followers on Pinterest. Her prolific pinning has spawned 83 boards and over 15,000 pins.

• Pinterest Becomes Third Most Popular Social Network

  An Experian report claims Pinterest is now the third most popular social network, behind Facebook and Twitter.

Comments

[Cloud Ponderer]

10:36 AM on 04/20/2013

OK, so they're popular. You couldn't tell us something about them besides just the stats?

[dresses for you]

01:02 AM on 09/11/2012

Very beautiful, can be found in the above a lot of fun , pretty pictures , I just registered account
http://pinterest.com/dressesforyou/

[Mr John Strong]

04:02 PM on 04/21/2012

Pinterest has certainly taken off, especially with women. I'll be sure to check these out.
http://www.johnswaffs.co.uk

[Evalynn Miller]

11:07 PM on 06/25/2012

One of my favorites so far is http://pinterest.com/uhoneymoons/activity/ pin boards by unforgettable honeymoons, a honeymoon travel agency with the most wonderful photos and website. So yep, it's full of lady stuff, I suppose some of the Guys enjoy looking at Honeymoon/Destination wedding photos, Brides stuff, etc. as well!!

:)

[pdxlacy]

11:17 AM on 04/21/2012

You might not be aware of the fact that Pinterest assigns a certain amount of Pinners to you when you open up your Pinterest account. I believe that many of the Pinners you name as most popular are popular because Pinterest has chosen them...not because people themselves have. I know that when I opened my account I was assigned several of these "popular" pinners...and most people would just leave them and not delete them and choose pinners to follow themselves. Hence, you have pinners who are followed by many...with or without merit.

[HBsurfergirl]

10:43 AM on 06/22/2012

True... I dropped all those pinners that I did not personally pick. I must have had 6 with all more than 500,000 followers. It's a shame Pinterest did this.

[traveler291]

10:56 AM on 04/21/2012

once again the author trots out another story about pinterest without knowing the real story.

pinterest is built on copyright infringement where people feel they can go grab intellectual property (photography) without authorization. upon "pinning" images the site unlawfully strips the copyright data from the photos and by doing so puts their members in legal peril.

in essence, the author just exposed those infringing on others work which plays into those now drawing up lawsuits. so a word of caution to pinterest users, pin "your own" photography and not that of others. otherwise, you might get pinned to pay out some pretty hefty damages, plus per the pinterest terms of service, the site legal fees as well.

[helleborine]

10:29 PM on 04/21/2012

Yeah, like Jane Wang (Ben Silbermann's MOTHER) has gotten permission for these 15,000 pins.

[Ma Lucille]

11:13 PM on 04/20/2012

wow thanks!

[plasmaorb]

04:07 PM on 04/20/2012

People with too much free time on their hands to search the internet all day for people to follow them like lose sheep in the flock