Among the early X followers of popular new projects, which Chinese KOLs appear most frequently?

Author: RootData

How to discover early Alpha project signals earlier? In addition to excellent investment research judgment, information acquisition channels are also an important auxiliary means, such as which new projects well-known KOLs are paying attention to every day.

A month ago, RootData launched the Twitter Follow Stream feature, allowing users to track the daily follow dynamics of any project and KOLs, including follows, unfollows, and being followed. The resulting functionality allows users to intuitively discover the earliest known followers of a project, especially by retrospectively analyzing which top KOLs appear most frequently in this follow list.

Source: RootData

In this regard, RootData has compiled a list of the earliest Chinese KOL followers who followed projects with a platform heat value exceeding 200 in the past two months before the heat value surged. Since most data has been recorded since early May this year, the project sample is limited to those established this year and active on platform X since May.

Among the 13 projects included in the statistics, the top five most frequently appearing Chinese KOLs are [Alvin Hung](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/member/Alvin Hung?k=MTg1OTc= "Co-founder of Crypto Wesearch") (5), [Leo the Horseman](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/member/Leo the Horseman?k=MjM5ODI=) (4), Xueqiu (4), sanyi.eth (3), [Xiao Buzhou CHAOS](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/member/小捕手 CHAOS?k=MjM3Mjg=) (3). Other common KOLs include BroLeon, 0xsun, Shapolang, Spark, etc.

It should also be noted that this data only covers well-known KOLs included by RootData, so many mid-tier KOLs' follow information may be missing. RootData will continue to enrich this information in the future.

Surf

Surf is a crypto AI command hub that extracts background information from trusted sources and enhances it with curated crypto X feeds and on-chain data to provide actionable insights for users. Surf is launched by Cyber.

Surf recently reached a peak heat value of 403 points (June 25), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include Xiao Buzhou CHAOS, Ma Ti Orange, BlockPunk, BroLeon, Xueqiu, etc.

Shelby

Shelby is a hot storage network and protocol designed for continuous, high-frequency Web3 workloads, jointly launched by Aptos Labs and Jump Crypto. Shelby combines a global high-performance node network with a dedicated fiber backbone and on-chain programmability, enabling developers to build streaming video, AI pipelines, social timelines, and DePIN applications.

Shelby recently reached a peak heat value of 853 points (June 25), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include Ma Ti Orange, BlockPunk, Spark, etc.

xeet

xeet is an InfoFi platform where users can monetize their X influence. xeet recently reached a peak heat value of 395 points (June 21), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include sanyi.eth, Alvin Hung, Xiao Buzhou CHAOS, Spark, 0xBclub, etc.

Backroom

Backroom is an AI-driven InfoFi protocol that captures these streams and transforms them into real-time, tradable information markets. Creators launch tokenized rooms to turn their insights into AI-driven monetizable content.

Backroom recently reached a peak heat value of 281 points (June 16), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include Alvin Hung, Xueqiu, Xiao Buzhou CHAOS, and Yuzhong Kuangshui.

Flipcash

Flipcash is a fast stablecoin payment platform where users create QR codes to share with friends for instant gas-free transactions. Flipcash recently reached a peak heat value of 289 points (June 15), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include 0xSun, BlockPunk, etc.

Klout

Klout is a platform for trading tokenized influence supported by Meteora. Klout recently reached a peak heat value of 362 points (June 10), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include Alvin Hung, Sleepy Hu, Leo the Horseman, Xueqiu, etc.

Liquid

Liquid is a decentralized perpetual contract trading protocol. Liquid recently reached a peak heat value of 346 points (June 6), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include sanyi.eth, 0xsun, etc.

Loud!

Loud! is a Kaito-based information tokenization protocol where weekly trading fees are distributed to the top contributors of LoudShare. Loud! recently reached a peak heat value of 760 points (June 1), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include Alvin Hung, Raccoon Chan, Leo the Horseman, etc.

BUILDon

BUILDon is a meme coin on the BNB chain, with a lion as its mascot. BUILDon recently reached a peak heat value of 773 points (June 2), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include BroLeon, Enheng, JY, 0xTodd, Chuanmu, Crypto Philanthropist, Shapolang, etc.

Trends

Trends is a Solana-based tweet tokenization protocol where users can tokenize and trade any tweet. Trends recently reached a peak heat value of 262 points (June 2), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include Shapolang, Zishi, etc.

Cooking.City

Cooking.City is a fair launch platform for tokens based on Solana, designed to ensure that every participant has an equal opportunity to engage in the value creation process. Cooking.City recently reached a peak heat value of 525 points (June 1), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include XiaoMaoGe, Kirin Alen, Leo the Horseman, etc.

[The Trenches](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/The Trenches?k=MTc5NTY= "Crypto Alpha and Insights")

The Trenches provides alpha and insights on leading cryptocurrency products and applications. The Trenches recently reached a peak heat value of 327 points (May 28), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include Yuyue, Crypto Philanthropist, Honest Mai Zong, Laughing, Calm Down etc.

GitFish

GitFish is a GitHub repository tokenization and trading platform. GitFish recently reached a peak heat value of 466 points (May 25), and its earliest Chinese KOL followers include sanyi.eth, Alvin Hung, Leo the Horseman, Xueqiu, 0xLoki, etc.

Additionally, as a supplement, besides the names of well-known Chinese KOLs, other accounts that frequently appear in the early follower lists include zac.eth, Minion, [Chung-Hsun Chang Chien](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/member/Chung-Hsun Chang Chien?k=MTk5Nzg=), [Mike Tomaino](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/member/Mike Tomaino?k=MjAzMzM=), etc.