Politwitter 2010 Year in Review

This page is a summary of the Twitter & social media usage of Canadian politicians during 2010. The usage of Twitter among MPs increased in 2010 over 2009 but the amount of new politicians joining Twitter dropped. Most of the early adoptors had already joined Twitter in 2009.

  • Total MPs joined Twitter in 2010: 34
  • Total MLAs joined Twitter in 2010: 52
  • Total Tweets Indexed in 2010: 1,122,447
  • Total Tweets by Federal MPs in 2010: 21,561
  • Total Tweets by MLAs in 2010: 66,557

Indexed Federal Tweets

Indexed Federal Tweets chart

Top Federal Tweeters

  1. 14944kady
  2. 10551DenisCoderre
  3. 9072davidakin
  4. 8118LibArtsAndMinds
  5. 7839RosieBarton
  6. 7454vijaysappani
  7. 6992dominionpundit
  8. 6614impolitical
  9. 6084pmoharper
  10. 4935Jatsimpleposie

Top Federal MP Tweeters

  1. 11010DenisCoderre
  2. 2605TonyclementCPC
  3. 1935mpjamesmoore
  4. 1494Carolyn_Bennett
  5. 1302brownbarrie
  6. 1195WoodworthMP
  7. 1146darylkramp
  8. 900MeganLeslieMP
  9. 852keithmartinmp
  10. 831kenneyjason

Top @replied Tweeters

  1. 12047@kady
  2. 11322@DenisCoderre
  3. 9625@TonyClement_MP
  4. 9069@pmharper
  5. 8040@davidakin
  6. 5928@RosieBarton
  7. 5770@natnewswatch
  8. 5012@M_Ignatieff
  9. 3629@blogging_tories
  10. 3610@pmoharper

Top Invited MPs to Twitter

  1. 498André Arthur
  2. 385Jim Abbott
  3. 315Guy André
  4. 253Harold Albrecht
  5. 160Dominic LeBlanc
  6. 159Gary Goodyear
  7. 38Rob Anders
  8. 28André Bellavance
  9. 17Robert Carrier
  10. 15Thomas Mulcair

Top Federal Hash Tags

Top Federal Hash Tags

Tweets indexed each month

tweets each month


MPs Most Viewed Youtube Videos (on politwitter)

1196 hits 153 hits 147 hits 120 hits 112 hits 111 hits 110 hits 109 hits 98 hits

Federal Video Stats

  1. 231bloc
  2. 218conservative
  3. 217liberal
  4. 194ndp
  5. 2

Top Video Posters

  1. 208GillesDuceppe
  2. 37mpjamesmoore
  3. 32jacklayton
  4. 30dondavies
  5. 29laurie-hawn
  6. 28jamesbezan
  7. 27irenemathyssen
  8. 22DenisCoderre
  9. 20
  10. 20bryonwilfert

MPs Most Viewed Photos (on politwitter)

54 hits 43 hits 33 hits 31 hits 30 hits 30 hits 29 hits 28 hits 27 hits 23 hits 23 hits 23 hits 22 hits 22 hits 22 hits

Federal Picture Stats

  1. 2395liberal
  2. 1783conservative
  3. 1391ndp
  4. 15bloc

Top Picture Posters

  1. 1169M_Ignatieff
  2. 694pmharper
  3. 438MichelleSimson
  4. 392DonDavies
  5. 298brownbarrie
  6. 257oliviachow
  7. 198siobhan-coady
  8. 193jacklayton
  9. 181GlennThibeault
  10. 165RickDykstra

2010 Federal Word Cloud




Most Retweeted Tweets of 2010

Most Tweets Retweeted

  1. 477 DenisCoderre
  2. 323 Tony Clement
  3. 204 Jason Kenney
  4. 126 James Moore
  5. 112 Olivia Chow

Combined total Retweets

  1. 1,567 DenisCoderre
  2. 964 Tony Clement
  3. 519 Jack Layton
  4. 512 Justin Trudeau, MP
  5. 462 Michael Ignatieff



Most Retweeted Links of 2010

link title from source first seen
304CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News@RickAndersoncnn.comOct 28, 2010 6:33 am
159The Rosemary Thompson Daily@backstagerosiepaper.liSep 30, 2010 11:15 pm
117Twibbon.com - Choose Authentication@OntarioGreenstwibbon.comDec 15, 2010 1:10 pm
114Edmonton News Talk Sports Radio - 630 CHED@RutherfordShow630ched.comOct 14, 2010 8:09 am
100AM 770: News. Talk. Sports. - Rutherford@RutherfordShowam770chqr.comSep 01, 2010 7:51 am
60Legislative TV / Audio-Video / Proceedings / The Nova Scotia Legislature@NSNDPnslegislature.caOct 28, 2010 10:03 am
51Liberal Blog@adamgoldenbergliberal.caOct 16, 2010 8:45 am
45Liberal Party of Canada@adamgoldenbergliberal.caOct 22, 2010 5:53 am
45It’s your turn at the microphone@liberal_partyliberal.caOct 13, 2010 7:19 am
43Vidéo et audio - Assemblée nationale du Québec@partiquebecoisassnat.qc.caOct 18, 2010 2:42 pm

Most Retweeted Links of 2010 by Politicians

link title from source first seen
54Remembrance Day Poppy - Support now! - Twibbon.com@Yasir_Naqvitwibbon.comOct 27, 2010 6:49 am
48The literacy Daily@MLACadieuxpaper.liDec 17, 2010 10:22 am
34Tax Benefits for Families@harindertakharrev.gov.on.caDec 22, 2010 1:17 pm
26Yasir Naqvi, MPP - Ottawa - Centre@Yasir_Naqviyasirnaqvimpp.caOct 19, 2010 1:32 pm
23Howard Epstein MLA Halifax Chebucto@hepsteinmlahowardepstein.caDec 09, 2010 10:18 am
23From the desk of Andrew Younger MLA@AndrewMLAblog.andrewyounger.caOct 16, 2010 7:55 pm
21Tiny URL - create a shorter link@shirleybondtiny.ccOct 26, 2010 8:18 am
21PM announces improvements for tri-cities commuters - Prime Minister of Canada@pmharperpm.gc.caSep 02, 2010 12:51 pm
19Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and Comprehensive Tax Package@Bob_Chiarellirev.gov.on.caOct 26, 2010 3:06 pm
19News, Toronto, GTA, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Canada, World, Breaking...@Glen4TCthestar.comOct 24, 2010 5:01 am

MPs with Greatest Increase in Facebook Fans

    MPs with Greatest Increase in Twitter Followers




      Provincial

      Most Active Provinces

      1. 62632British Columbia
      2. 49304Nova Scotia
      3. 45071Quebec
      4. 39332Alberta
      5. 35746Ontario
      6. 27766New Brunswick
      7. 5157Saskatchewan
      8. 2295Newfoundland
      9. 735Manitoba
      10. 692Territories (yk, nt, nu)
      11. 140Prince Edward Island
      Most Active Provinces

      Top Provincial Hash Tags

      1. 24073#ableg
      2. 13263#nbvotes
      3. 11967#bcpoli
      4. 6687#HST
      5. 3916#bcleg
      6. 3516#wap
      7. 3445#pq
      8. 3393#pcpo
      9. 3142#onpoli
      10. 3119#nspolitics

      Indexed Provincial Tweets

      1. 22015Parti Québécois
      2. 10660Ontario PC
      3. 10476BC Conservative
      4. 8956Ontario Liberal
      5. 8693Alberta PC
      6. 7735Nova Scotia Liberal
      7. 7685BC Liberal
      8. 7009Québec Solidaire
      9. 6991Action Démocratique
      10. 5584New Brunswick Liberal
      11. 5025Wildrose Alliance
      12. 4141BC Green
      13. 3566Nova Scotia NDP
      14. 3113BC NDP
      15. 2630Ontario Green
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