Klout measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to See http://klout.com for more information about their service Install: sudo gem install klout Usage and Example >> require 'rubygems' >> require 'klout' >> Klout.api_key = "yourkloutapikey" >> Klout.score('jasontorres') => {"user"=>{"kscore"=>19.74, "status"=>200, "status_message"=>"OK"}} >> Klout.profile('jasontorres') {"user"=>{"score"=>{"slope"=>0, "kscore"=>"19.7429", "kclass"=>"connector", "true_reach"=>"195", "amplification_score"=>"0", "kscore_description"=>"", "network_score"=>"0", "kclass_description"=>"You are a constant source of information to your friends and co-workers. There is a good chance that you probably introduced several of your friends to Twitter. Your taste and opinion is respected and your judgment is trusted.", "date_updated"=>"2009-07-09 00:59:08"}, "twitter_screen_name"=>"jasontorres", "status"=>200, "twitter_id"=>"406073", "status_message"=>"OK"}} Disclaimer: Author is not anyway involved w/ Klout.com Klout is a copyright trademark of Klout.com MIT License