(CNN) -- Entertainer Lady Gaga scores a 93, edging out President Barack Obama at 91. NBA rising star Jeremy Lin scores an 80. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates gets a 77. Pope Benedict XVI earns a 53. However, these very public figures -- along with the other hundreds of millions of us using social media -- all bow to the 100-point chart-topper: teen heartthrob Justin Bieber. We're talking about Klout, the four-year-old Web service that measures online influence based on "one's ability to drive action." Klout scores are derived from social networks -- mostly Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus -- to measure how many people you influence, how much you influence them and the relative power of your network.Klout is a web service that examines online influence based on "one's ability to drive action"The most effective means for increasing one's Klout score is consistencyBig things are in store for users this year such as new tools that increase transparency
It has very little to do with real-world, offline influence and everything to do with Twitter retweets and _ likes.