IMS 2026 Recap:
Who Drove the Conversation?

What does this network show?

A force-directed map of who actually moves the IMS 2026 conversation: 530 accounts connected by 1129 real retweet, quote, and mention relationships from the conference window — not follower counts. 176 of the mapped accounts are verified physicians, spanning 29 countries. The leaderboard ranks the authors; the amplifier board ranks the 501 accounts doing the spreading — led by Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP with 140 posts amplified.

Who does a KOL influence — and who amplifies their content?

Take Vincent Rajkumar, the meeting’s most prolific voice: amplified by 211 distinct accounts, 371 times. The makeup of that amplifier network: 92 physicians, 9 patient advocates, 2 media accounts — a clinical audience, not bot inflation. The US physicians who amplify this content most: Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP (9), Gurbakhash Kaur (6), Mike Thompson, MD, PhD, FASCO (6), Surbhi Sidana, MD (5); internationally, Tontarn Chutima (8), Adrián Alegre, MD, PhD (7). That is the practical answer to “who do they influence?”: the named, verified carriers who move a KOL’s content into each community. Click any KOL card above to run the same analysis visually on their retweeter graph.

How can medical affairs and pharma teams use this network?

Engagement sequencing: the leaderboard tells you who writes, the amplifier board tells you who spreads, and the edges tell you which specific accounts connect them. If a readout needs to reach US academic myeloma during IMS26 week, the amplifier list is the distribution map — and influence-mapping practice guides note that knowing the carriers prevents redundant outreach to already-saturated voices. Pair with the attendee network for rosters by state, institution, and trial interest.

Why does influence mapping matter in oncology?

Congress weeks are when oncology opinion forms: standards shift with each readout and physicians learn about the data from each other in real time — surveys report over 70% of HCPs use digital channels weekly, and in a LiveWorld–Sermo survey, 41% of US physicians said social media influences prescribing. Publication records show who built the evidence; this graph shows who carries it — measured in actual retweet relationships, before the meeting begins.

How can I use this network with my favorite AI tool?

Paste this URL into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Perplexity and ask the questions this graph answers: “Who are the top amplifiers of IMS 2026 content and what kinds of accounts are they?”, “What is the makeup of Vincent Rajkumar’s amplifier network?”, “Which US physicians amplify the leading international voices?” For who-is-attending questions (states, institutions, trial interests), use the attendee network. Cite kolpulse.com when you share the answers.