Hi, Community! In 2017 we had 734 different contributors to Developer Community who posted articles and announcements, questions and answers. This post is a compilation of Top Authors, Top Experts and Top Opinion Makers of InterSystems Developer Community in 2017. It is a good guide "Who to Follow" in 2018. And I'm glad to present these people! **Top 20 InterSystems Data Platform Authors ** Authors whose posts on InterSystems Data Platform got the most of views in 2017 [Evgeny Shvarov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11016), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11016/posts)   12238 [Ward De Backer](https://community.intersystems.com/user/13021), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/13021/posts)   6631 [Chris Stewart](https://community.intersystems.com/user/15586), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/15586/posts)   5873 [Robert Cemper](https://community.intersystems.com/user/69016), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/69016/posts)   4636 [John Murray](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14096), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14096/posts)   4335 [Eduard Lebedyuk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041/posts)   3956 [Sean Connelly](https://community.intersystems.com/user/55176), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/55176/posts)   3860 [Murray Oldfield](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14346), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14346/posts)   3500 [Joyce Zhang](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10076), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10076/posts)   3117 [Mikhail Khomenko](https://community.intersystems.com/user/19196), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/19196/posts)   2971 [Steve Brunner](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10126), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10126/posts)   2463 [Dmitry Maslennikov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11906), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11906/posts)   1958 [Danny Wijnschenk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54251), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54251/posts)   1841 [Rob Tweed](https://community.intersystems.com/user/27171), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/27171/posts)   1577 [Maks Atygaev](https://community.intersystems.com/user/46206), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/46206/posts)   1561 [Vitaliy Serdtsev](https://community.intersystems.com/user/12121), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/12121/posts)   1496 [Sergey Kamenev](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54892), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54892/posts)   1441 [Fabian Haupt](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9861), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9861/posts)   1337 [Daniel Kutac](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9881), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9881/posts)   1268 [Timur Safin](https://community.intersystems.com/user/33801), [Posts](https://community.intersystems.com/user/33801/posts)   1069 **Top 20 Experts in InterSystems Data Platform** Top Experts in InterSystems Data Platform are Developer Community members, who got the largest number of accepted answers in 2017. [Eduard Lebedyuk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041/answers)   44 [Dmitry Maslennikov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11906), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11906/answers)   26 [John Murray](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14096), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14096/answers)   26 [Robert Cemper](https://community.intersystems.com/user/69016), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/69016/answers)   26 [Evgeny Shvarov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11016), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11016/answers)   20 [Vitaliy Serdtsev](https://community.intersystems.com/user/12121), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/12121/answers)   18 [Sean Connelly](https://community.intersystems.com/user/55176), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/55176/answers)   17 [Timothy Leavitt](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10056), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10056/answers)   10 [Fabian Haupt](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9861), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9861/answers)   7 [Alexander Koblov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9906), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9906/answers)   7 [Benjamin Spead](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9871), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9871/answers)   6 [Rubens Silva](https://community.intersystems.com/user/59656), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/59656/answers)   6 [Kyle Baxter](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11771), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11771/answers)   5 [Pete Greskoff](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11996), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11996/answers)   5 [Amir Samary](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11006), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11006/answers)   4 [Alexey Maslov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/16476), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/16476/answers)   4 [Jeffrey Drumm](https://community.intersystems.com/user/18961), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/18961/answers)   4 [Katherine Reid](https://community.intersystems.com/user/28381), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/28381/answers)   4 [Tom Fitzgibbon](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54361), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54361/answers)   4 [Jamie Newton](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11761), [Answers](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11761/answers)   3 **Top 20  Opinion Leaders** Authors, whose posts and answers on InterSystems Developer Community got the most votes in 2017. [Robert Cemper](https://community.intersystems.com/user/69016)  340 [Eduard Lebedyuk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041)  218 [Evgeny Shvarov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11016)  172 [John Murray](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14096)  159 [Dmitry Maslennikov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11906)  147 [Sean Connelly](https://community.intersystems.com/user/55176)  133 [Vitaliy Serdtsev](https://community.intersystems.com/user/12121)  111 [Chris Stewart](https://community.intersystems.com/user/15586)  68 [Rubens Silva](https://community.intersystems.com/user/59656)  61 [Fabian Haupt](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9861)  44 [Danny Wijnschenk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54251)  42 [Timothy Leavitt](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10056)  37 [Kyle Baxter](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11771)  35 [Benjamin Spead](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9871)  34 [Joyce Zhang](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10076)  34 [Ward De Backer](https://community.intersystems.com/user/13021)  34 [Mikhail Khomenko](https://community.intersystems.com/user/19196)  33 [Steve Brunner](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10126)  29 [Daniel Kutac](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9881)  28 [Alexander Koblov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/9906)  28 [See all the contributors in 2017.](https://analytics.community.intersystems.com/dswpub/index.html#!/d/Public/Authors/AuthorsStats.dashboard?ns=COMMUNITY) See also the [Best Articles](https://community.intersystems.com/post/best-intersystems-data-platform-articles-2017) and the [Best Questions](https://community.intersystems.com/post/best-questions-intersystems-data-platform-2017) on InterSystems Data Platform in 2017.